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10-year-old Mexican girl has given premature birth to a
baby boy weighing 1.5 kilograms (3.3 pounds), Mexican
media outlets reported.
Themother was initially admitted to
Hospital de la Mujer in Puebla, located about 60
miles southeast of Mexico City, on Oct. 22, suffering from seizures and other
medical problems. Surgeons at the hospital delivered the infant by Caesarean
section after a 31-week pregnancy.
According to UpFront News, hospital officials have confirmed the birth.
Hospital director Rogelio Gonzalez told The Latin American Herald Tribune that the child is in the neonatal intensive care unit, recovering frompneumonia . The mother, who has
since been released, has been breastfeeding the child. For more click on read
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"[She] comes every day with her mother to breastfeed her son every four hours and she is recovering very well from her surgery," Gonzalez said.
The young girl, who is almost 11 years old, is reportedly from the San Francisco Totimehuacan community. According to Gonzalez, the state's minimum age of consent is 12 and abortion is illegal unless the mother was the victim of a sexual assault. As a result, the Puebla state Attorney General's Office has been notified of the birth and is investigating. The agency did not immediately reply to a request for comment from TheHuffington
Post.
Other girls have given birth at that age or younger. In August 2010, an 11-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by her stepfather gave birth after she was denied an abortion because she was in herfourth month of pregnancy ,
ksee24.com reported. The youngest mother on record for giving birth is Lina Medina.
According to Mid Day, she was five years old when she gave birth to a baby boy
in 1939. The father was not positively identified.
In regard to this most recent case, Gonzalez told aciprensa.com he has the "best expectations" for the child's recovery"
The
According to UpFront News, hospital officials have confirmed the birth.
Hospital director Rogelio Gonzalez told The Latin American Herald Tribune that the child is in the neonatal intensive care unit, recovering from
"[She] comes every day with her mother to breastfeed her son every four hours and she is recovering very well from her surgery," Gonzalez said.
The young girl, who is almost 11 years old, is reportedly from the San Francisco Totimehuacan community. According to Gonzalez, the state's minimum age of consent is 12 and abortion is illegal unless the mother was the victim of a sexual assault. As a result, the Puebla state Attorney General's Office has been notified of the birth and is investigating. The agency did not immediately reply to a request for comment from The
Other girls have given birth at that age or younger. In August 2010, an 11-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by her stepfather gave birth after she was denied an abortion because she was in her
In regard to this most recent case, Gonzalez told aciprensa.com he has the "best expectations" for the child's recovery"
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