The child, who was just 10 when she became pregnant, gave birth earlier this month and both mother and baby are healthy, reports say
An 11-year-old girl is believed to be the youngest-ever to give birth in the UK with her family not aware of the pregnancy, it has been reported.
The child, who was just 10 when she became pregnant, gave birth earlier this month and both mother and baby are healthy.
Now authorities are probing circumstances surrounding the pregnancy and speaking to the girl’s relatives who did not realise she was expecting a baby, the Mirror reports.
A source told the newspaper: “It has come as a big shock. She’s now being surrounded by expert help. The main thing is that she and the baby are OK. There are questions around why people did not know. That is very worrying.”
The record for youngest parents was a father aged 13 and mother, aged 12, when they had a child in 2014.
There was a reported case in 2017 of another girl in the UK giving birth aged 11 but no further details emerged.
It is claimed, the youngest mum in the world was Lina Media, of Peru, who was only five years and seven months old when she gave birth in May, 1939 to a boy called Gerardo.
Her parents thought she had a tumour but when she was taken to hospital, she was found to be seven months pregnant.