my friend said a 5 year old had a baby could that be true??

Answer 1

Youngest Mother

Claim: The youngest mother on record was a five-year-old Peruvian girl.

Status: True.

Origins: Although we can see a tremendous amount of variety in the plant and animal life all around us — both within and between species — many of us still find extremes in variety among human beings somewhat disconcerting. While an extraordinarily large dog or a cat with an unusually long tail may be regarded as nothing more than a momentarily interesting curiosity or a source of amusement, people who exhibit one of the extremes in human development — whether it be in intelligence, height, weight, or some other feature — have long struggled to avoid being identified as "freaks."

Perhaps the most discomfiting record of this nature involves the youngest person ever to give birth, reputedly a five-year-old girl — not only because such a record posits that a child barely of kindergarten age (presumably involuntarily) underwent an
experience we associate with physical and psychological maturity, but alsobecause it implies the commission of an act now considered to be nothing less than child molestation.

Regardless of our squeamishness, we have to note that the claim of a five-year-old girl giving birth is apparently true. Her name was Lina Medina, a Peruvian girl from the Andean village of Ticrapo who made medical history when she gave birth to a boy by caesarean section in May 1939 at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days. Lina's parents initially thought their daughter had a large abdominal tumor, but after they took her to a hospital in the town of Pisco physicians confirmed that her abdominal swelling was due to pregnancy. Lina was eventually transferred to a hospital in Lima, where she delivered a six-pound baby boy by Cesarean section on 14 May 1939 (coincidentally the date on which Mother's Day was celebrated that year). Lina's father was temporarily jailed on suspicion of incest, but he was released for a lack of evidence and authorities were never able to determine who fathered Lina's child.

Lina's incredible story was documented in contemporaneous reports by Edmundo Escomel, one of Peru's preeminent physician-researchers of the period and a laureate of the prestigious French Academy of Sciences. Escomel's first correspondence to the editors of La Presse Medicale1 (which is undated but appeared in the 13 May 1939 issue) noted that Lina first came to the attention of Dr. Gérado Lozada, chief physician of the Hospital of Pisco, when she appeared at that hospital in early April 1939 for evaluation of what was assumed to be a massive abdominal tumor.

It soon became obvious to the stunned Lozada, however, that the little girl was pregnant. A medical history revealed that she had been having regular periods since age 3, but that she had stopped menstruating for the past 7½ months. Additionally, she had fully developed breasts. Further examination revealed a fetal heartbeat, and an X-ray confirmed the pregnancy. Escomel stated that Lozada had submitted a report about the case to the Academy of Medicine in Lima.

Escomel's announcement2 (dated 20 May 1939) that Lina had delivered a baby boy (on 14 May) appeared in the 31 May issue of La Presse Medicale.

Answer 2

appaling but yes its true
http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/medina.asp

Her name was Lina Medina, a Peruvian girl from the Andean village of Ticrapo who made medical history when she gave birth to a boy by caesarean section in May 1939 at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days. Lina's parents initially thought their daughter had a large abdominal tumor, but after they took her to a hospital in the town of Pisco physicians confirmed that her abdominal swelling was due to pregnancy. Lina was eventually transferred to a hospital in Lima, where she delivered a six-pound baby boy by Cesarean section on 14 May 1939 (coincidentally the date on which Mother's Day was celebrated that year).

age at which Lina began menstruating ( an incredible 8 months), Escomel submitted a photograph of the gravid 5½-year-old: http://67.19.222.106/pregnant/graphics/medina.jpg

Answer 3

this has been on here before. It is true and theres a web site. a girl in Peru had a baby at 5 yrs. old it was healthy. Her Dad was arrested but they never proved his guilt. She started her period at 4 yo

Answer 4

No way! First, a girl must have her period, and I don't see a five year old getting her period. Secondly, she would have died from even carrying the baby, much less delivering the baby. So, I do not think it could be true, but stranger things have happened.

Answer 5

a 9 year old can have a baby but not a 5 year old. they're bodies haven't matured enough or developed enough to be able to carry a baby to term or get pregnant.

Answer 6

So they say...i read in article about a 5yr old girl being the youngest person in the world to have a baby

Answer 7

Yeah....go to snopes.com and then click the pregnancy category. They have a picture of her pregnant. She was a 5 year old Peruvian girl.

Answer 8

Yes, its true the girl started having her menstrual cycle way early, I believe that she had a boy and they both lived

http://youngest_mother.tripod.com/

it won't link for some reason, but here is the website

Answer 9

Well do you really think that a 5 year old could have her peirod?

Answer 10

i think the mother of this kid was carrying twins at first but somehow a the cells didint divide properly and the twin somehow grew in the other, i seen something like this on TLC