Lina Medina - A Child gave birth to a Child

‘The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new’ - Rajneesh Simil.


As per the quote when mother yields a child she is also born. But in the case of Lina Medina (born September 27, 1933), a child yields a child. Lina Medina a Peruvian girl from Andean village gave birth to a boy which happened when she was five years, seven months and 21 days old.



In 1939, her father carried Lina into a hospital in the town of Pisco, Peru. He specified to the doctors large tumor that was developing in her abdomen cannot be cured by the doctors in his village. After testing doctors found that the swelling was not due to tumor. Dr. Gerardo Lozada treated Lina. He heard a tiny second heartbeat when he placed his stethoscope on her abdomen. Doctors conformed that Lina was about seven months pregnant. She was immediately transferred to a city hospital in Lima. Lina's father was arrested on suspicion of rape and incest, but was later released due to be short of evidence. On Mother's Day in 1939, when Lina was just under 5 years and 8 months old, her baby was delivered by cesarean section. The boy weighed 2,700 grams or 5.92 pounds, was well formed and was named Gerardo after the doctor who originally diagnosed Lina's pregnancy. The fact is Lina Medina never revealed the father of the child.