11 Year Old Mum

[rawnymum]

An 11-year-old girl became one of the world's youngest mothers - and went into labour on the way to her wedding.

Kordeza Zhelyazkova, from Sliven in Bulgaria, was still wearing her wedding dress and tiara as she was rushed to hospital, where she gave birth to 5lb 8oz Violeta.


Kordeza said: 'I didn't know I was pregnant until my grandmother saw I had put on weight. I just thought I'd eaten too many burgers.'
Her grandmother Dida, 55, said: 'It's normal for our girls to have babies young. It's our tradition. But I didn't want it for my Kordeza - I felt she was too young.'
The family planned a three-day Roma wedding for October 22 - so Kordeza and Jeliazko could be married before the baby was born.
But Kordeza went into labour a week early, on the second day of the ceremony.
She said: 'I had been having pain in the morning and a couple of hours into the wedding it got worse.'
She was rushed to hospital and gave birth 20 minutes later.
Kordeza said: 'It was quite easy but painful too. I was very happy when I saw her. She has a nose like me and hair like Jeliazko.'
Both grandmothers will be guardians of baby Violeta, and Kordeza and her daughter will receive £70 a month in state benefits.
The age of consent in Bulgaria is 14.

This post has been edited by rawnymum on Nov 3 2009, 06:00 PM

[rawnymum]

I cant believe im reading this

[legalRomany]

:( :( :( that is so young.. so very young. undefendable by any culture.

[rawnymum]

Shocking, a child having a child, whatever the culture , (and im shocked to hear its a tradition apparrently) this is unaceptable

[HMV]

by our western ways its hard to understand :( i can see that biologically the clock was working & id say some tribes about the world would be the same but it cant be the way to make progress for any involved :unsure: its CRAZY WORLD like u say a child having a child :( :(

This post has been edited by HMV on Nov 5 2009, 04:27 PM