She Gave Birth to a Baby Boy at the Age of 5
Date: May 4, 2022 (Wednesday)
Would you believe that a 5-year-old girl gave birth to a healthy baby boy?
I was scrolling through a video streaming app when I passed by a documentary about a 5-year-old girl who gave birth to a baby boy. To be honest, I thought that the title was just a clickbait and I do hope that it was. With the curiosity I have in mind, I watched the whole video with hopes that the whole thing was just a big lie. But after I finished it, I became speechless as I have known that it was indeed real story and it happened back in time.
This story happened in a small village in the mountains of Peru where the 5-year-old girl named Lina Medina lives. Lina is just like the other kids, living normally in the village. She plays with other kids and do things that the kids in their plays usually do. She was living a normal life, until one day, Lina has felt a pain in her tummy. At first, Lina thought that it was normal, but when the pain in her tummy continues, she told her parents about it.
After knowing Lina's situation, her parents got so alarmed because the pain that Lina felt might be a tumor. They also have seen that the tummy of Lina was bigger than usual and their feeling that it might be a serious illness arises. With that in mind, they decided to bring Lina in a nearby hospital to get checked. After the doctor has checked Lina, what the doctor has told to Lina's parents was truly shocking.
"She's pregnant!"
Lina's parents can't believe what they have heard from the doctor. They can't believe that at the very young age, their daughter already get impregnated. With that, Lina's parents didn't believe to what the doctor said.
After a couple of months, at exactly Mother's Day, the poor girl Lina gave birth to a healthy baby boy named, "Gerardo". Lina was a small girl, so she can't give birth to him in normal delivery, it was done through caesarean section. At exactly 5 years and 7 months, Lina has lost her childhood and became a mother in a snap. After that happened, Lina was recognized as the World's Youngest Mother that ever confirmed.
You see, we can't believe stories like this because it's not normal for a young girl to get pregnant at that age. She's not even ready to carry a baby in her tummy knowing that she's still so young. But it did happened.
But, how can Lina get impregnated when she has not reach adolescence yet?
The truth is, Lina was not like the usual girls who got their period at the age of 8 onwards. She got her period at the age of 3. The doctors later on discovered this rare case of her. Her physical attributes are also not like the other girls as she got bigger chest and wider hips than the normal 5 year old girls.
But then, even though Lina has gotten a rare condition on having period at a young age. It's still not possible for her to get pregnant if there's no man who impregnated her, right?
Now, here's the shocking revelation...
Lina can't possibly become pregnant if there's no man who did it. Who is the man behind Lina's pregnancy?
Here's the reality behind Lina's case. In the small village where Lina lives, they have this religious traditions that could lead to groups doing the thing to the minors; you know what's that thing mean. And from that, the minors are the ones who are abused in doing such traditions. And since it's a religious tradition, it's accepted in that village. They see it as something right, rather than wrong. With that, the man who could have possibly impregnated Lina was a man who was there in that religious tradition. Since Lina is living in that village, she became a part of the tradition too. Needless to say, other minors might not have gotten pregnant because they haven't reached puberty yet, but since Lina got her period already, that tradition has brought her to motherhood in a snap.
Closing Thoughts
It's just so sad to note that Lina became a mother at a young age. She's still young, she's supposed to live her life to the fullest as a young girl, playing with her fellow kids and all. It's just sad that because of that religious tradition in their village, her childhood was being stolen from her. It may be a sad thing to note, but it already happened, so they end up accepting Lina's reality.
By the way, this story happened back in 1939 in Peru. Based from the news, Lina Medina was happily married to a man named Raul Jurado. As of the moment, she's still alive and still living in Peru. However, his son Gerardo reportedly died at the age of 40 due to bone marrow disease.
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It so sad reality that many abusive people still exist.😥