Credit: The News Tribe
The time when girls should be playing with dolls, a
10-year-old Colombian girl has become one of the world’s youngest mothers by
giving birth to a healthy daughter.
The
girl, a member of an indigenous tribe called the Wayuu who are based in the La
Guajira Peninsula in the north of the country, was 39 weeks pregnant when she
underwent a Caesarean section, Daily Mail reported.
It
was the first time the pre-teen, from the town of Manaure, had visited a doctor
in connection with her pregnancy.
Doctors
decided to carry out the risky operation because of her age and both mother and
daughter, who weighed just 5lbs, are said to be ‘doing well’.
In
any case the community has remained tight-lipped as to the identity of the
father, with some Colombian newspaper speculating it is a 15-year-old boy while
others believe it is a 30-year-old man, the mail said.
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