Girl, 11, gives birth on wedding day

Yahoo!7 November 2, 2009, 12:43 pm

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An 11-year-old girl has become a mother after going into labour during her wedding.

Reports say the girl was still wearing her wedding dress when she arrived at hospital and gave birth to a baby girl.

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"It feels strange to be a mum and have a baby," Kordeza Zhelyazkova told News of the World.

"I used to play with my toys but now she is my new toy. She is so beautiful, I love her. Violeta is the child and I must grow up. I am not going back to school - I am a mother now."

Kordeza met her 19-year-old husband, Jeliazko Dimitrov, in the playground of her Roma gypsy school in Sliven, Bulgaria, when he rescued her from bullies.

"Then she arranged to meet me and asked me out on our first date. I thought she was 15. She didn't tell me she was 11," Dimitrov was quoted as saying.

According to News of the World, Kordeza was conceived a week later.

"I haven't had sex education classes and I didn't know how to get pregnant. I'd never had a boyfriend and I'd never heard of condoms."

"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."

Dida, the girl's grandmother, was herself pregnant at 13.

"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," she was quoted as saying.

Dimitrov is now facing up to six years in prison for having sex with a minor.

"I'm scared. I want to look after my wife and child. Instead I may be going to prison," he told News of the World.

Sliven is the underage mother capital of Europe with 177 cases last year.

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Marnie Lozano 06:19pm Wednesday 18th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
do not yet get married because they are still young they don't know yet what to do..the parents should help them to teach in big mistake so that the next time they should know about sex... the parents should be the first to teach and take care the children and teach them so that they cannot ...
Mark 12:56pm Monday 16th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
Sniper thanks for quoting me - Makes me feel special. If you think she looks close to 20 there's something wrong with you too. I never said anything about their culture - Just that having sex with a child is wrong! Are you a rock spider sniper???
ade 12:10pm Saturday 07th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
sniper- dork- its called decency? you are an odd one!
ade 12:07pm Saturday 07th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
jacki - its not ok hon, its criminal and those blokes who try to do that may well get caught and die in asian jails! dancing to thriller- i can only hope!
Jackie 10:30pm Wednesday 04th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
Yeah...It's ok for Aussies to go to Thailand for example, and don't those fat, aging drunks look cute with those 11 and 12 year old Thai boys or girls!!!! Shucks!!! However take two young teenagers in a third world economy, who rightly or wrongly 'fall-in-'love ...
Airsoft Sniper PSG-1 06:31pm Wednesday 04th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
Yes disgraceful, we Aussies should force the world to follow our culture, beliefs & ideas. Other Cultures should be banned! BTW : When did OZ become a superpower & think it can throw its weight around?? Being a nation of fatties means nothing!
ade 06:19pm Wednesday 04th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
disgraceful defiling of another child behind the argument of marraige & tradition- evil!
Airsoft Sniper PSG-1 05:58pm Wednesday 04th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
Quote "But surely he could tell the difference between an 11 year old and 15 year old" ... Go look at her photo she look close to 20 .. http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/575565/This-11-year-old -schoolgirl-had-a-baby-on-her-wedding-day.html
Airsoft Sniper PSG-1 05:53pm Wednesday 04th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
God people are still going on about this. 1) they are MARRIED, 2) she looks close to 20 so no wonder he assumed she was over 15 & 3) it takes 2 people to creaet a baby so stop dumping all blame on males!
dianna4657au 12:29pm Wednesday 04th November 2009 EST Report Abuse
all u read about these days is young girls having babies or old men , fathering them wht sort of a sociaty do we live in now ,, ha the new age ,, wooow good future medical intervetion must be working ,,