Colombian Woman Uses Potato as Birth Control; Yielded Shocking Results

Growing potatoes inside a vagina is possible--that is, if the root crop is intentionally put.

This is the tale of a 22-year-old Colombian lady who followed her mother's advice. What supposedly acted as a contraceptive brought her into a state of abdominal pain instead, culminating in a hospital admission that ultimately revealed the sprouting roots of a potato baby.

She said via Inquisitr, "My mom told me that if I didn't want to get pregnant, I should put a potato up there, and I believed her." The attending nurse found the roots growing out of the patient's vagina as soon as the latter was asked to undress.

Her statement reflects how the Colombian youth valued tradition, no matter how bizarre it appeared. But what could be more alarming is the lack of knowledge about proper birth control methods.

Expectedly, the Colombian patient's identity was never disclosed. The doctors were fortunate to solve her case by taking out the erratic potato (and its germinating roots) without surgery. She was reported to be okay afterwards.

Nurse Carolina Rojas, the lady's examining nurse pointed the finger of blame to the mother who gave such advice. Colombia Reports noted that Nurse Rojas initially thought that she was being the subject of a joke, but later on found the shocking truth.

The source reported about Colombia's Family Welfare Institute, which hopes to minimize high levels of teenage pregnancy in the country through conventional contraceptive methods (e.g. condoms). Apparently, the youth seems to generally reject the notion, sticking to "macho" society instead, where females have no way out but drown in the pressures of unsafe sex.

Daily Mail cited Colombian Ministry of Education sociologist Maria Eugenia Rosselli, who said that the lack of information stems from the lack of "sex talk" between youngsters and their parents. Eventually, this resulted to high rates of unwanted teen pregnancies and sexually-transmitted infections.

Decades ago, the attempt to institute mandatory sex education in Colombia was not very well-accepted. Concerned parents freaked out at the sight of the classes' contents and accused that these are making their children gay. Groups such as "Red Families" encouraged other parents to support their move of banishing such lessons.

It seems that Colombia still has a long way to go in terms of eradicating the taboo stereotype in sexual conversations. Yet another discovery has also been touched by the story.

Perhaps the human vagina can nourish potatoes, after all.