1939, the parents of a 5-year-old girl from Peru named Lina Medina began to become worried

1939, the parents of a 5-year-old girl from Peru named Lina Medina began to become worried when they discovered she had an incredibly swollen stomach. 

Afraid that she was growing a tumor, her parents immediately took her to a hospital in the city. But what the doctors found was even more shocking than a tumour. 



They discovered that Lina was 7 months pregnant at just 5 years of age. 


Lina actually had a rare condition called precocious puberty, which caused her body to begin to mature much earlier than it was supposed to. 


This condition led to Lina starting to menstruate from the age of 8 months old. 


Despite still being a child herself, Lina gave birth to a healthy baby boy via a C-section, making her the youngest mother ever at just 5 years, seven months, and 21 days old. 


Following the birth of her child, Lina’s story garnered worldwide attention and many offers for paid interviews, but her family turned them all down.

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