WHEN Lina Medina’s stomach began growing, doctors were certain she was suffering from a large tumour – she was only five years old, after all.
But after running tests they found she was seven months pregnant after being raped and weeks later she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
80 years on, Lina is still the youngest person in the world to have ever given birth.
Lina Marcela Medina is confirmed to be the youngest mother in history, giving birth at the young age of 5 years and 7 months old.
Lina was born on September 23, 1933, in Peru. She came from what seemed to be a humble family, her mother by the name of Victoria Losea who was a housemaker and her father by the name of Tiburelo Medina who was a silversmith.
At the age of five, her mother noticed her growing abdomen after she complained about having stomach pains.
Just weeks later on May 14, 1939, she gave birth to a baby boy via Caesaerean as her young pelvis was deemed to small for a natural birth.
Her baby was born a healthy 6lbs and the infant was named Gerardo in honour of the doctor who delivered him.
When Gerardo was born , the doctor discovered that despite only being five years old, Lina had mature 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺.
Although the family have never spoken to the press, Lina’s mother reportedly noticed that her daughter started having periods from the age of three.
After Lina gave birth, police arrested her father Tilburelo on 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵.
But he was later released by police due to a lack of evidence and to this day the true identity of the father has never been revealed.
Growing up, Gerardo always believed Lina was his sister but at the age of ten was told she was his mother.
Gerardo grew up healthy but died at the age of 40 in 1979 after suffering from a bone disease.
Lina is now 85 years old and still lives in Peru – however, she refused to ever sell her story as she wanted to live a normal life.
She married husband Raul in the 1970s, later giving birth to her second son at the age of 39.
Her case has often been thought of as a 𝘩𝘰𝘢𝘹, but doctors say they have x-rays and biopsies that prove she really was pregnant.
Source:thesun.co.uk
