Lina Medina is a Peruvian girl, known as the youngest mother in the history of world medicine. She gave birth to a baby at the age of 5 years and 7 months. The girl suffered from a rare and abnormal physiological process - premature puberty. The name of the father of her first child is still unknown.
short biography
Lina Medina, whose full name sounds like Lina Vanessa Medina Vasquez, according to some sources, was born on September 23, and according to others on September 27, 1933. The exact place of her birth is also unknown. Possible options include the settlements of Tikrapo, Antakancha and Pauranga located in the Huancavelica region of Peru.
Panoramic view of Huancavelica Photo: David Alexis / Wikimedia Commons
Her father Tiburelo Medina created silverware, and her mother Victoria Losea was engaged in the household and children. After all, Lina had eight brothers and sisters.
Unexpected diagnosis
At the age of five, Lina Medina's parents were faced with abnormal edema of the girl's abdomen, which, according to their assumption, could be a tumor. The worried parents went to the hospital for help. However, the diagnosis puzzled everyone.
Doctor Gerardo Losada has determined that Lina is seven months pregnant. After that, he invited other specialists, his fellow doctors, to examine the girl, and contacted the police.
Image of a pregnant woman Photo: Naiaaizpurua / Wikimedia Commons
First, Lina's father was arrested, who was suspected of child abuse. Also, the girl's mentally retarded brother came under the close attention of the police. But later, all charges were dropped, since no evidence was found that one of them was the father of the child.
In turn, the parents of Lina Medina said that the girl's menstruation began at the age of three. In addition, she showed signs of breast development and an increase in pelvic size.
Neonatologist - V. Apgar Photo: Al Ravenna / Wikimedia Commons
Lina gave birth to a boy weighing 2, 7 kg using a cesarean section. She named him after her physician Gerardo. In subsequent years, Lina's parents tried to protect the girl from undue attention. They categorically refused offers of photography or interviews, including those that were financially beneficial for their family.
Family and personal life
After the birth of the child, Dr. Gerardo Losada took Lina into his care. He made sure that the girl studied and received a proper education. Later, Gerardo helped her get a secretarial job at a clinic in Lima, where he worked himself.
City of Lima, Peru Photo: Leon petrosyan / Wikimedia Commons
At 33, she married Raul Jurado and in 1972 gave birth to a son, Raul Jurado Jr. Already becoming an adult woman, Lina continued to refuse interviews, wanting to keep her family calm.
Her eldest son Gerardo grew up as a perfectly healthy child. Until the age of ten, he considered Lina his own sister, and only later did he learn the story of his birth. Gerardo died in 1979 of a bone marrow disease. He was 40 years old.
