A English schoolgirl has become the country’s youngest mum after giving birth to a daughter at just 12 years of age.
The girl, who has not been named, fell pregnant after starting a relationship with a 13-year-old boy while still in primary school and delivered a 7lb baby daughter recently. According to the Daily Mail, the combined age of the pair is just 25, making them Britain’s youngest parents.
The couple have been in a relationship for a year and say they are ‘totally in love’, having met over Christmas 2012 when she was ten and he was 12.
“We only found out she was pregnant a month ago. That means she was eight months pregnant. The baby is going to come into the world no matter what. You can just be supportive about it. The families on both sides are going to be very supportive about it. It is heartbreaking, but you can’t turn back time. You can only go forward,” said the girl’s father during a radio interview.
“We don’t know where it happened. What you’re implying is that we knew they were having intercourse in bedrooms. No. We cannot keep her wrapped up her whole life. I can’t keep a watch on her 24-hours a day, seven days a week. You don’t know what has gone on and once the mistake has been made, you just have to support them.”
