When five-year-old Peruvian girl Lina Medina’s stomach began growing, doctors were certain that she was suffering from a large tumour.
But after running tests they found she was actually seven months pregnant and weeks later she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
And almost 80 years on, Lina is still the youngest person in the world to have ever given birth.
She was born in a small village in the Andes in Peru to a poor family in 1933.
At the age of five, her mother noticed her growing abdomen after she complained about having stomach pains.
After being taken to hospital, doctors were convinced young Lina was suffering from a tumour but they later made the shocking discovery she was in fact almost eight months pregnant.
Just weeks later on May 14, 1939, she gave birth to a baby boy by a cesarean section as her young pelvis was deemed to small for a natural birth.
Her baby was born a healthy six pounds and the infant was named Gerardo in honour of the doctor who delivered him.
However, when the doctor delivered Lina’s baby, he discovered that despite being five years old, she had mature sexual organs and suffered from a a condition called precocious puberty.
At the time, it was believed her own father had committed incest with his daughter and he was arrested.
However, he was later released by police due to a lack of evidence and to this day, the true identity of the father of her baby has never been revealed.
Growing up, Gerardo always believed that Lina was his sister but at the age of 10, was told she was in fact his mother.
Gerardo grew up healthy and normal but died at the age of 40 in 1979 after having suffered from a bone disease.
Meanwhile, Lina – who has never spoken about the pregnancy – is still alive and she married her husband Raul in the 1970s and later gave birth to her second son.
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.
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But after running tests they found she was actually seven months pregnant and weeks later she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
And almost 80 years on, Lina is still the youngest person in the world to have ever given birth.
She was born in a small village in the Andes in Peru to a poor family in 1933.
At the age of five, her mother noticed her growing abdomen after she complained about having stomach pains.
After being taken to hospital, doctors were convinced young Lina was suffering from a tumour but they later made the shocking discovery she was in fact almost eight months pregnant.
Just weeks later on May 14, 1939, she gave birth to a baby boy by a cesarean section as her young pelvis was deemed to small for a natural birth.
Her baby was born a healthy six pounds and the infant was named Gerardo in honour of the doctor who delivered him.
However, when the doctor delivered Lina’s baby, he discovered that despite being five years old, she had mature sexual organs and suffered from a a condition called precocious puberty.
At the time, it was believed her own father had committed incest with his daughter and he was arrested.
However, he was later released by police due to a lack of evidence and to this day, the true identity of the father of her baby has never been revealed.
Growing up, Gerardo always believed that Lina was his sister but at the age of 10, was told she was in fact his mother.
Gerardo grew up healthy and normal but died at the age of 40 in 1979 after having suffered from a bone disease.
Meanwhile, Lina – who has never spoken about the pregnancy – is still alive and she married her husband Raul in the 1970s and later gave birth to her second son.
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.
Music: "Mystery Bazaar" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Source: The Sun , Wikipedia.
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