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List of youngest birth mothers



This is a list of the youngest known birth mothers.

Contents

Cases by age of mother

Age 5

  • 1939: Lina Medina of Paurange, Peru gave birth to a 2.7 kg son (5.9 lb), Gerardo, by caesarean section on May 14, 1939 in Lima at the age of 5 years, 7 months and 21 days. Her parents, who assumed their daughter had a tumor, took her to a hospital, where she was determined to be seven months pregnant. Although Medina's father was arrested on suspicion of rape, he was later released due to lack of evidence, and the identity of who impregnated Medina was never uncovered. The reason for her precocious fertility was cited to not lie in the ovaries themselves, but to must have stemmed from an extraordinary hormonal disorder of pituitary origin.[1]

Age 8

  • 2006: A girl from Huánuco, Peru, gave birth to a baby weighing

2 kg (4 lb) by caesarean section at a hospital in Lima in December 2006. Her ninth birthday occurred a couple of days later. She became pregnant after being raped by two of her cousins.[2][3][4]

Age 9

  • 1957: Hilda Trujillo gave birth to a girl weighing over 6 lb (2.7 kg) at a hospital in Lima, Peru in December 1957. Her 22-year-old cousin, who was staying in her family's one-room house at the time, was arrested for rape.[5]
  • 2004: A Singaporean girl gave birth to a boy in 2004 after being impregnated by a fellow student at her school. Her mother initially thought she had a urinary tract infection, but, upon taking her to the doctor, learned she was already six months pregnant. The baby was given up for adoption. [6]
  • 2005: A girl gave birth to a baby boy by caesarean section at a hospital in Butare, Rwanda in December 2005. The child, who underwent breast development at age six and menarche at age eight, became pregnant after being raped by her family's domestic servant. [7]
  • 2006: A girl of the Apurinã, an indigenous people from the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil, gave birth to a baby girl weighing 2.2 kg (4.8 lb) by caesarean section at a hospital in Manaus in July 2006. Police are investigating the case. [8] [9]
  • 2007: A girl from La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras gave birth to a baby girl by caesarean section in May 2007 after being raped by her father. [10]

 

Age 10

  • 1834: Sally Deweese of Butler County, Kentucky was reported by Dr. D. Rowlett to have delivered a baby girl weighing 7.75 lb (3.5 kg) on April 20, 1834. Deweese allegedly developed breasts within weeks of birth and began menstruating at 12 months. [11]
  • 2000: A girl from Bolivia gave birth to a baby girl weighing 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) by caesarean section at a hospital in Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, Argentina on September 25, 2007. A 28-year-old was arrested on a charge of rape.[12][13]
  • 2005: A girl from Calama, Chile gave birth to a baby boy by caesarean section at a hospital in Antofagasta on April 13, 2005. The child became pregnant after having been raped by her father at age nine. Her parents, who both came from Bolivia, were jailed. [14][15] [16]
  • 2005: A girl gave birth to a baby girl at a hospital in Sion, Switzerland in August 2005. She had immigrated to Switzerland from Cameroon with her siblings when her mother married a Swiss citizen. A 68-year-old man who was in a relationship with the mother admitted to having molested the girl but a DNA test found that he was not the father of the girl's child.[17][18][19]
  • 2006: A girl in Abbeville, South Carolina gave birth by caesarean section in 2006 after having been raped by then-26-year-old William Edward Ronca. Ronca admitted to having molested the girl over a two year period and was sentenced to 25 years in prison as a result. The baby was given for adoption. [20]
  • 2006: A girl from Charleroi, Belgium gave birth in 2006. After the child began gaining weight, her mother put her on a diet, but when the girl visited a doctor, it was discovered that she was nine months pregnant. The father was a then-13-year-old boy who attended the same school as the girl. News of the birth did not become publicly known until 2007.[21]
  • 2006: A girl from Jaral del Progreso, Guanajuato, Mexico gave birth naturally to a baby girl weighing 2.3 kg (5 lb) on April 3, 2006. She became pregnant after being raped by a 47-year-old neighbour, who was sentenced to 11 years, 6 months in prison for the crime.[22][23]
  • 2007: A girl from San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico gave birth to a baby boy on July 2, 2007. Her pregnancy was the result of a rape committed by the 65-year-old landlord of the house which her parents rented. The man was jailed.[24][25][26][27]

Age 11

  • 1972: A girl gave birth at the age of 11 years, 10 months at Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital in Aylesbury, England. The father was the young girl's stepbrother.[28]
  • 2002: A girl from Bridgeport, Connecticut gave birth after being raped by a 75-year-old man, who was arrested on April 17, 2002. [29]
  • 2004: A girl gave birth to a baby boy weighing 8.4 lb (3.8 kg) at a hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine in January 2004. The girl, who is currently the youngest mother in Ukraine, is suspected to have been impregnated by a 26-year-old neighbor, who fled in the fear of facing prosecution. [30]
  • 2005: A girl gave birth to a boy in Moscow, Russia, after she was impregnated by her 14-year-old boyfriend. [31]
  • 2006: An African girl gave birth to a baby boy at a hospital in West London, United Kingdom on May 5, 2006. A 37-year-old man was arrested. [32] [33]
  • 2007: A girl from Valhalla Park, Cape Town, South Africa gave birth to a baby boy on July 12, 2007. An elderly security guard was arrested in connection with rape. The mother will be allowed to visit her child once a month at the hospital.[34]

See also

References

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  2. ^ (Spanish) "Niña de 8 años dio a luz bebé de dos kilos y medio de peso." (December 2, 2006). RPP Noticias. Retrieved May 19, 2006.
  3. ^ (Spanish) "Niña huanuqueña embarazada está cerca de ser madre." (December 1, 2006). El Comercio. Retrieved May 19, 2006.
  4. ^ (Spanish) "Niña peruana de 8 años tiene 6 meses de embarazo tras violación." (n.d.). Terra.com.do. Retrieved May 19, 2006.
  5. ^ "Little Mother." (December 16, 1957). Time. Retrieved August 11, 2007
  6. ^ "S'pore student gives birth at 9." (Feb 28, 2007). AsiaOne News. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
  7. ^ Mugabe, Grace. (December 10, 2005). "Nine-year-old girl gives birth." The New Times. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
  8. ^ "9-year-old girl gives birth in Brazil, a pregnancy youngest on record." (July 08, 2006). Canada.com. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
  9. ^ "9yo girl gives birth in Amazon." (July 8, 2006). ABC News Online. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
  10. ^ (Spanish) "Niña de 9 años ya carga a su bebé." (May 5, 2007). La Prensa. Retrieved May 19, 2006 from Google cache.
  11. ^ C., T. E. (1972). Report of a case of precocious pregnancy in 1834. Pediatrics 50 (4), 637. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
  12. ^ (Spanish) "Una niña de 10 años dio a luz una beba." (September 27, 2000). La Nación. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
  13. ^ (Spanish) "Una niña de diez años fue madre, tras sufrir abuso sexual." (September 26, 2007). Terra.com. Retrieved November 14, 2004.
  14. ^ (Spanish) "Niña de 10 años abusada por su padrastro dio a luz en Antofagasta." (April 15, 2005). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved May 19, 2006.
  15. ^ (Spanish) "Pareja responsable de niña embarazada quedó en prisión preventiva." (January 10, 2005). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved May 19, 2006.
  16. ^ (Spanish) "Niña de nueve años quedó embarazada tras presunta violación." (January 9, 2005). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved May 19, 2006.
  17. ^ "10-year-old gives birth." (September 20, 2005). Daily Times. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
  18. ^ "10-year-old gives birth to a child." (September 20, 2005). The Times of India. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
  19. ^ (French) "Mère à dix ans." (September 23, 2005). Cameroun Link. Retrieved November 14, 2004.
  20. ^ "Man Sentenced For Impregnating 10-Year-Old." (April 24, 2007). WYFF4.com. Retrieved May 19, 2006.
  21. ^ "10-year-old gives birth." (September 28, 2007). Expatica.com. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
  22. ^ (Spanish) "Niña de 10 años dio a luz en Guanajuato." (n.d.) Univision.com. Retrieved November 13, 2007.
  23. ^ (Spanish) "Es madre desde los diez años y es relegada del apoyo del gobierno." (May 11, 2007). Correo. Retrieved November 13, 2007.
  24. ^ (Spanish) Sánchez, Virgilio. (April 25, 2007). "Pide niña de 10 años ayuda por embarazo." Reforma. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
  25. ^ (Spanish) "Pide niña de 10 años ayuda para su embarazo." (April 25, 2007). Terra.com. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
  26. ^ (Spanish) "Pide ayuda médica niña de diez años embarazada de siete meses por violación." (April 27, 2007). El Porvenir. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
  27. ^ (Spanish) Martínez, Jessica Cecilia. (September 26, 2007). "Oaxaca: difícil situación vive Lucía, abusada por militar retirado." CIMAC Noticias. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
  28. ^ Guillebaud, John. (1972). Pregnancy And Labour In The Very Young (Two Cases). Journal Of The Royal Society Of Medicine, 65 (1), 99. Retrieved August 5, 2007.
  29. ^ Albin, Stacy. (May 30, 2002). "Connecticut: Bridgeport: Rape Victim, 11, Gives Birth." The New York Times. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
  30. ^ "11-year-old girl gives birth in Ukraine." (January 22, 2004). USA Today. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
  31. ^ "11-year-old child expects a baby in Moscow." (May 18, 2005). Pravda. Retrieved August 11, 2007.
  32. ^ Land, Jon. (May 10, 2006). "Man arrested after 11-year-old girl gives birth." 24dash.com. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
  33. ^ Patida, Som. (May 10, 2006). "Eleven Year Old Gives Birth To A Baby In London." All Headline News. Retrieved May 19, 2007.
  34. ^ Joseph, Norman. (July 16, 2007). "Eleven-year-old keeps pregnancy a secret." Independent Online. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
 
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