World's Youngest Mothers

I was busy Googling for "world's tallest buildings", when it suggested "world's youngest mother / father". Being curious, I decided to explore these searches as well.

It was upsetting to find out that the youngest mother was only five years old when she gave birth in 1939.

Lina Medina at the age of five years, seven months and seventeen days old

Wikipedia, however reliable, has a long list of "record holders". Most of them were rape incidents, with the occasional consensual act. A quick glance at the list of 10-year old mothers revealed that most of the reported cases took place in USA... although I suppose there are many more unreported occurrences.

The youngest reported father, Sean Stewart, was only twelve years old when the baby was born.

Sean Stewart and his 16-year old girlfriend

On a slightly related note, the longest recorded labour lasted 75 days.

Joanna Krzysztonek was expecting triplets when one of the babies was born prematurely, 5 months into the pregnancy. In order to save the other two, doctors advised she stay feet up on her bed for the rest of the pregnancy.

The second longest was experienced by Amy Buck, who had contractions for three weeks before her son was born.

Lying upside down for that long could not be comfortable at all. I'm not sure what to say about the young mothers, however. There is something seriously wrong with a girl having to trade in a doll for the real thing.