9 year old gives birth in Amazon rainforest
Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:08 pm
A nine-year-old girl of the Apurina tribe in Brazil's Amazon rainforest gave birth to a baby earlier this week and doctors said on Friday police were investigating whether she was raped.
"We know of early pregnancies in some tribes, but I have never heard of a nine-year-old getting pregnant and giving birth before," said Christiane da Costa, a doctor in the hospital where the girl underwent a Caesarean section on Wednesday in Manaus, the capital of the Amazon state.
A spokesman for the local healthcare administration said they had no reports of such cases in the Amazon state "at least for several decades".
Police have asked anthropologists from the National Indian Foundation to help investigate Apurina tribal customs regarding sex with young girls.
The nine-year-old mother, who is only 1.3 metres tall, and the baby girl are well, although they remain under constant medical observation. The mother had an almost full-term pregnancy but her weight was below normal.
"The girl is only starting to feel that she's a mother, with the help of our psychologist. She's still playing with her dolls and watching cartoons in her room, like a child would," da Costa said, speaking by telephone from Manaus.
The girl had spent three months in the hospital under observation after her 19-year-old sister took her to Manaus from the riverside town of Manacapuru. She had a high fever and was initially diagnosed with malaria, pneumonia and an ear infection.
"We thought she was deaf and mute, but that seems to have been caused by the chronic otitis (ear infection). She understands Portuguese and can now say a few words, too," da Costa said.
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All I can say is... No, not say... All I can do is:
Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:10 pm
oh shit, they found out so soon....holy.....*runs away*
Anyways, i really hope the girl gets cured of the curable diseases...it seems to sick to think that someone would f a 9years old girl....wtf...
Anyways, i really hope the girl gets cured of the curable diseases...it seems to sick to think that someone would f a 9years old girl....wtf...
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Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:11 pm
Wow, how does that happen. Maybe she was just a really small like 13 year old. I can't believe it but if it's news then it must be true. So weird.
Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:15 pm
i was sure that it wasnt possible for a girl that young to be able to have sex-or atleast have a baby 
oh god it's sickening
oh god it's sickening
Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:16 pm
Such things happen is this world...sometimes there are babies born pregnant. Stranger things have happened.
Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:22 pm
Say what? 
Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:17 pm
It actually makes the story about Britain's youngest mother-to-be seem tame in comparison. I'm inclined to believe she was indeed raped which makes the situation all the more unfortunate. You have to wonder how anyone could be sexually attracted to a child...on second thoughts, I don't really want to know.
Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:24 pm
MC Dicko strikes again.
Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:29 pm
didn't some chick have a kid @6yrs old? now that's fucked up......
Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:47 pm
Andrew wrote:It actually makes the story about Britain's youngest mother-to-be seem tame in comparison.
not really. at least this one doesn't smoke/drink, and it looks like everyone involved, baby included, will be properly looked after.
@ Jae.Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:53 pm
thats just sick 
its like scotty losing his virginity before hes 20 
its like scotty losing his virginity before hes 20
Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:26 pm
Damn, you topped me, best I could do was a story about a 11 year old.
Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:58 am
That sick.... I'm in agreement with Andrew, I don't really want to know what really happened.
Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:30 am
Quite an impressive tribe they have there...
Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:34 am
Silas wrote:Quite an impressive tribe they have there...
Yea....
But WTF? Who actually is that dumb/crazy to have sex with a 9 y.o.?
Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:07 am
Matt wrote:didn't some chick have a kid @6yrs old? now that's fucked up......
I don't think that's biologically possible. Then again, I didn't think having a baby at nine years old is either...
Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:14 am
Anthony15 wrote:Silas wrote:Quite an impressive tribe they have there...
Yea....
But WTF? Who actually is that dumb/crazy to have sex with a 9 y.o.?
He goes by the name of Michael Jackson.
Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:20 am
a dumbass crazy guy, aka the nigga who fucked this chick.Anthony15 wrote:Silas wrote:Quite an impressive tribe they have there...
Yea....
But WTF? Who actually is that dumb/crazy to have sex with a 9 y.o.?
Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:15 am
^ 
Hmm, might wanna rethink what you said?
Hmm, might wanna rethink what you said?
Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:23 am
Thats pretty said. Dont have much else to say but I'll be looking out for info on who did it and why.
Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:54 am
CouchPotato94 wrote:Anthony15 wrote:Silas wrote:Quite an impressive tribe they have there...
Yea....
But WTF? Who actually is that dumb/crazy to have sex with a 9 y.o.?
He goes by the name of Michael Jackson.
MJ likes boys though.
Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:20 am
He said 9 year-olds, not 9 year-old girls.
Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:07 am
so she was pregnant at the age of 8 more than likely... weird things happen in this world
Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:00 pm
Also I think this should make them change the Health textbooks... Pregnancy can occur at age 8!
Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:41 am
Jae wrote:MC Dicko strikes again.
Fine, borrow my joke
Since girls can go through puberty earlier than dudes, and there's always extremes for anything, there's no surprise that she was physically able to have a baby at such a young age. I guess its just a coincidence she was raped. Wonder if she'll make a good mother? They could play hopscotch together, or something.