<div><p>In 1938 the youngest mother in medical history gave birth to her first baby, a son she named Gerardo. The young mother, Lina Medina, was only a child herself - she was just 5 years old. </p><p>It seems impossible, but it's true. </p><p>The young girl's parents brought their daughter to the local hospital in Pisco, Peru with grave concerns that she was suffering from a huge tumor in her stomach.</p><div><figure><a href="http://www.femalista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fg-696x525.jpg" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/fg-696x525.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/fg-696x525_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/fg-696x525_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.femalista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/fg-696x525.jpg" target="_blank">Femalista</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>To their shock, doctors informed them that she was actually seven months pregnant. She gave birth to her son by cesarean section on May 14, 1939. </p><p>She was five years, seven months and 12 days old. </p><div><figure><a href="http://www.every-record.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Lina-Medina.jpg" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-Medina.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-Medina_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.every-record.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Lina-Medina.jpg" target="_blank">Every Record</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><a href="http://www.femalista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hj-2.jpg" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/hj-2.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/hj-2_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/hj-2_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/hj-2_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/hj-2_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/hj-2_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/hj-2_GH_content_1050px.jpg 1050w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/hj-2_GH_content_1150px.jpg 1150w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/hj-2_GH_content_1250px.jpg 1250w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/hj-2_GH_content_1350px.jpg 1350w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/hj-2_GH_content_1450px.jpg 1450w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/hj-2_GH_content_1550px.jpg 1550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.femalista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hj-2.jpg" target="_blank">Femalista</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Doctors confirmed that Lina's incredible pregnancy was possible because she was born with a rare condition known as "precocious puberty."</p><p>This condition is early-onset puberty. </p><p>She experienced her first menstrual cycle between two and three years old. By the time she was five, she had fully developed breasts, pelvic widening and advanced bone maturation....</p><p></p><p>Since she was so young, sexual abuse was immediately suspected. Her father was arrested on suspicion of rape and incest, but he was released due to lack of evidence. </p><p><a href="http://rarehistoricalphotos.com/lina-medina-youngest-mother-1939/">Some </a>suggested that she might have been present at one of the indigenous festivities celebrated in the Andean villages. "These often ended in orgies where rape was not uncommon."</p><div><figure><a href="http://ppcorn.com/us/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2016/01/Lina-Medina-ppcorn.jpg" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-Medina-ppcorn.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-Medina-ppcorn_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-Medina-ppcorn_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-Medina-ppcorn_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-Medina-ppcorn_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-Medina-ppcorn_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-Medina-ppcorn_GH_content_1050px.jpg 1050w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-Medina-ppcorn_GH_content_1150px.jpg 1150w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-Medina-ppcorn_GH_content_1250px.jpg 1250w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://ppcorn.com/us/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2016/01/Lina-Medina-ppcorn.jpg" target="_blank">PPcorn</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><figure><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LnZfHxhtaj8/V6eyNo2ny9I/AAAAAAAAKwQ/dQ9ZBBmC8G04HMiN6raaa5bSjhuA7UISgCLcB/s1600/Lina%2BMedina%252C%2Bthe%2Byoungest%2Bconfirmed%2Bmother%2Bin%2Bmedical%2Bhistory%252C%2B1939%2B5.jpg" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-2BMedina-252C-2Bthe-2Byoungest-2Bconfirmed-2Bmother-2Bin-2Bmedical-2Bhistory-252C-2B1939-2B5.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-2BMedina-252C-2Bthe-2Byoungest-2Bconfirmed-2Bmother-2Bin-2Bmedical-2Bhistory-252C-2B1939-2B5_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-2BMedina-252C-2Bthe-2Byoungest-2Bconfirmed-2Bmother-2Bin-2Bmedical-2Bhistory-252C-2B1939-2B5_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-2BMedina-252C-2Bthe-2Byoungest-2Bconfirmed-2Bmother-2Bin-2Bmedical-2Bhistory-252C-2B1939-2B5_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-2BMedina-252C-2Bthe-2Byoungest-2Bconfirmed-2Bmother-2Bin-2Bmedical-2Bhistory-252C-2B1939-2B5_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-2BMedina-252C-2Bthe-2Byoungest-2Bconfirmed-2Bmother-2Bin-2Bmedical-2Bhistory-252C-2B1939-2B5_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-2BMedina-252C-2Bthe-2Byoungest-2Bconfirmed-2Bmother-2Bin-2Bmedical-2Bhistory-252C-2B1939-2B5_GH_content_1050px.jpg 1050w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-2BMedina-252C-2Bthe-2Byoungest-2Bconfirmed-2Bmother-2Bin-2Bmedical-2Bhistory-252C-2B1939-2B5_GH_content_1150px.jpg 1150w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-2BMedina-252C-2Bthe-2Byoungest-2Bconfirmed-2Bmother-2Bin-2Bmedical-2Bhistory-252C-2B1939-2B5_GH_content_1250px.jpg 1250w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-2BMedina-252C-2Bthe-2Byoungest-2Bconfirmed-2Bmother-2Bin-2Bmedical-2Bhistory-252C-2B1939-2B5_GH_content_1350px.jpg 1350w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-2BMedina-252C-2Bthe-2Byoungest-2Bconfirmed-2Bmother-2Bin-2Bmedical-2Bhistory-252C-2B1939-2B5_GH_content_1450px.jpg 1450w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-2BMedina-252C-2Bthe-2Byoungest-2Bconfirmed-2Bmother-2Bin-2Bmedical-2Bhistory-252C-2B1939-2B5_GH_content_1550px.jpg 1550w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LnZfHxhtaj8/V6eyNo2ny9I/AAAAAAAAKwQ/dQ9ZBBmC8G04HMiN6raaa5bSjhuA7UISgCLcB/s1600/Lina%2BMedina%252C%2Bthe%2Byoungest%2Bconfirmed%2Bmother%2Bin%2Bmedical%2Bhistory%252C%2B1939%2B5.jpg" target="_blank">Rare Historical Photos</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>To this day, Lina has never revealed the father, nor the circumstances surrounding her impregnation. Now, at 83 years old, she still refuses to give interviews or speak about the past.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/Lina-Today.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>WN.com</cite></figcaption></figure></div></div>