How did lina medina have a child

Abused may go through puberty faster than their peers. So there are suspicions that precocious puberty might be accelerated by sexual contact at an early age. In the case of Lina Medina, Dr. Edmundo Escomel reported to a medical journal that she had her first period when she was only eight months old. However, other publications claimed that she was three years old when she began menstruating. Either way, it was a shockingly early start.Further examination of 5-year-old Medina showed that she had already developed breasts, wider-than-normal hips, and advanced (that is, post-pubescent) bone growth. But of course, even though her body was developing early, she was still very clearly a young child. Who Was The Father Of Lina Medina’s Baby?Wikimedia CommonsLina Medina never told authorities who the father of the child was. Sadly, it’s possible that even she didn’t know.Precocious puberty partially explains how Lina Medina got pregnant. But of course, it doesn’t explain everything. After all, somebody else had to get her pregnant. And sadly, given the 100,000-to-1 odds against it, that person probably wasn’t a little boy with the same condition that she had. Medina never told her doctors or the authorities who the father was or the circumstances of the assault that led to her pregnancy. But due to her young age, she might not have even known herself. Dr. Escomel said that she “couldn’t give precise responses” when questioned about the father.Tiburelo, Medina’s father who worked as a local silversmith, was briefly arrested for the suspected rape of his child. However, he was released and the charges against him were dropped when no evidence or witness statements could be found to hold him responsible. For his part, Tiburelo Medina strenuously denied ever raping his daughter. In the years following the birth, some news agencies speculated that Medina may have been attacked during unspecified festivities that took place near her village. However, this was never proven.The Media Swarms The World’s Youngest MotherYouTube/Ileana FernandezAfter Gerardo Medina was born, Lina Medina and her family quickly retreated from the public eye.Once Lina Medina’s pregnancy became generally known, it garnered attention from all over the world.Newspapers in Peru unsuccessfully offered the Medina family thousands of dollars for the rights to interview and to film Lina. Meanwhile, newspapers in the United States had a field day reporting on the story — and they also attempted to interview the youngest mother in

U.S.Medicine: Little MotherTIMEMay 29, 1939 12:00 AM GMT-4Into the hospital at Pisco, Peru last month came a tired, ragged Indian woman from the foothills of the Andes. She led by the hand a shy little girl, scarcely three feet tall, with chestnut braids and an enormously bulging abdomen. Pointing to the frightened child, the Indian woman begged Surgeon Geraldo Lozada to exorcise the evil spirits which had taken possession of her. Certain that little Lina Medina had an abdominal tumor, Dr. Lozada examined her, received the surprise of his life when he discovered she was eight months pregnant.Ten days ago in Lima’s maternity hospital, surrounded by an audience of 35 Peruvian doctors, Surgeon Lozada performed a Caesarean section on 70-lb. Lina, brought forth a lusty, six-pound baby boy. But bewildered Lina would have nothing to do with her child, could not comprehend that he belonged to her. Silent and uncommunicative, she lay on her hospital bed fondling a shiny, new doll, fingering with reverence a holy picture pinned on her pillow.Lina’s mother, swearing that she did not know the father of her grandchild, produced a village birth certificate indicating an age of four years and eight months for Lina. When the child was eight months old, said Mrs. Medina, she showed signs of sexual maturity, began to menstruate. But skeptical Lima doctors took pictures of Lina’s teeth and bones, concluded that she was nearer six than five, for her milk teeth had begun to fall out. Her pelvic bones, although small, were adult in shape, and she was, said Dr. Hipólito Larrabure of Lima enthusiastically, “a miniature woman.” He cordially invited “some U. S. foundation to send an investigator to Lima” to observe the youngest mother in the world.Last week members of the American Medical Association, meeting in Missouri, were even more skeptical of Lina Medina’s extreme youth. Most of the members believed that Lina was at least eight or nine, little younger than several U. S. child mothers now living in the South. Baby teeth, said the critical U. S. doctors, are no criterion of age. Lina’s early menstruation,

Lina Medina was only five years old when a doctor discovered she was seven months pregnant. And on May 14, 1939, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Gerardo.In the early spring of 1939, parents in a remote Peruvian village noticed that their 5-year-old daughter had an enlarged belly. Fearful that the swelling was a tumor, Tiburelo Medina and Victoria Losea took their little girl, Lina Medina, from the family’s home in Ticrapo to see a doctor in Lima.Wikimedia CommonsLina Medina, the youngest mother in history, pictured with her son.To the parents’ shock, the doctor discovered that Lina Medina was seven months pregnant. And on May 14, 1939, Medina gave birth via C-section to a healthy baby boy. At 5 years, seven months, and 21 days of age, she became the youngest mother in the world.Medina’s case took pediatricians by surprise and attracted international attention that she and her family never wanted. To this day, Medina has never told authorities who the father was, and she and her family still shun publicity and avoid any opportunity for a tell-all interview.Despite the mystery that continues to surround the case of the world’s youngest mother, more insight has come to light on how Lina Medina got pregnant — and who the father may have been.Lina Medina’s Case Of Precocious PubertyYouTube/Anondo BDThe youngest mother in the world likely had a rare condition called precocious puberty.Born on September 23, 1933, in one of the poorest villages in Peru, Lina Medina was one of nine children of Tiburelo Medina and Victoria Losea. Her pregnancy at such an early age obviously came as a disturbing shock to her loved ones — and the public. But to pediatric endocrinologists, the idea that a 5-year-old child could get pregnant wasn’t entirely unthinkable.It’s believed that Medina had a rare genetic condition called precocious puberty, which causes a child’s body to change into that of an adult too soon (before age eight for girls and before age nine for boys). Boys with this condition will often experience a deepening voice, enlarged genitals, and facial hair. Girls with this condition will typically have their first period and develop breasts early on. It affects about one in every 10,000 children. Roughly 10 times more girls than boys develop this way. Oftentimes, the cause of precocious puberty can’t be identified. However, recent studies have found that young girls who were sexually