world's oldest woman to give birth?

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at my job where I worked, I skimmed through some article on the newspaper where it says that a 66 (yes, 66!) years old woman gave birth to a 8 or 9 month old baby. I didn't catch the name of the woman but it wasn't even a joke and they said she was already put in the world records as the world's oldest woman to give birth to a baby of the 21st century! of course, you know most women during their age from mid 40s or late 50s wouldn't be able to have babies because their "eggs" wouldn't live forever and stuff like that...lol anyway, it was pretty shocking to hear that a 66 year old woman would do something like that in a long time, you know?

have you heard any other news about women in their late ages giving birth to babies before they wouldn't be able to have any in afew years? my mom told me she knows an actress from some old tv show (forgot the name) who was like 56 and already gave birth to a girl.

it's really weird, but I'm not joking though.
 
curious if the baby had any birth defects? like downs syndrome?
 
When baby turns 20 years old then her mom would be 87 yrs old. Not fair for this baby goes through with High School graduation, prom, college, wedding, etc.... :cry:

Where is my Mom ?? I can't imagine, what the baby will go through with the life oldest Mom as grandmother !
 
yes i heard abt that from news i went like whoa and thud she is old has baby! but still can't believer that she juz has baby that she is only 66 year old that :crazy:
 
She became pregnant from in-vitro fertilization treatment. In few years, I wouldn't be surprised at the sudden increase of older women having babies due to an advancement in medical technology to ensure the health of babies.
 
Old moms

Steel said:
have you heard any other news about women in their late ages giving birth to babies before they wouldn't be able to have any in afew years? my mom told me she knows an actress from some old tv show (forgot the name) who was like 56 and already gave birth to a girl. it's really weird, but I'm not joking though.
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I think that the actress' name was Adrienne Barbeau from the TV show 'Maude.' She was the daughter of the lead character.

Some of these celebrity moms may have the money to hire help, but I don't understand what they are thinking. Who is going to raise their children after they pass??

This is a little off-topic but did you see the news about a woman in Brazil having a baby that weighed almost 17 pounds? REALLY :eek:
 
ITPjohn said:
I think that the actress' name was Adrienne Barbeau from the TV show 'Maude.' She was the daughter of the lead character.

Some of these celebrity moms may have the money to hire help, but I don't understand what they are thinking. Who is going to raise their children after they pass??

This is a little off-topic but did you see the news about a woman in Brazil having a baby that weighed almost 17 pounds? REALLY :eek:
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I read the magazine about her. It says:

Adriana Iliescu was a professor.

I think it´s selfish of her to do it out of curiously to being "mother feeling" alike.
 
Well, I would have to say the 20's to the 40's would be a good time for a woman to get married and have a baby.

I know that pregnancy is very, very hard on a woman's body. That is why it is better for the women to get pregnant while they are in their 20's to maybe the 40's, for health and safety reasons.

If the woman was married then at 60 years old or older and her husband wines and dines her then whoa ... wait a mintune she is pregnant. That would be fine.

But to go to the in-vitro fertilization treatment just to be a mother would not be very safe for her health and safety at that age 60+ I am sure she could adopt some kids, this way .... it is safer and not so hard on her body, what if her heart gave out while she was giving birth or even carrying the baby while she is in the pregnancy stages.

That is not right and I notice many of you bring up good points about where will the mother be when she is gone and the kids are going through a rough time ( high school graduation , college or the military service etc. )
 
You're talking about pregnancy--but do you guys feel the same about an older person who adopts, or grandparents who need to raise their grandchildren because something's happened to the parents?
 
I remember this Romanian woman in her late 60's gave birth to a baby last year. She conceived though IVF.

Liebling's right, it's Adriana Illiescu. She was 67 when her daughter was born.
 
Updated about Adriana Iliescu

Pictured: The world's oldest mother, 70, out with her three-year-old

With her wrinkled features and frail form, she might be a great-grandmother taking her favourite granddaughter's little girl to the park.

But Adriana Iliescu, who celebrated her 70th birthday on Saturday, is actually a first time mum, proudly spending every waking moment with her three-year-old child.

She supports herself and daughter Eliza on her £250 a month pension and some extra money she makes from working part time as a university professor.


Taking a stroll: Adriana Illiescu out shopping in Bucharest with daughter Eliza, now three


Adriana has no family or close friends left to help her - and there is just one person with an interest in Eliza's future welfare - her godfather, the IVF doctor who brought her into the world.

Now, speaking fully for the first time about her life, Adriana insists: "I'm fit and healthy and I've never had any illnesses.

"I don't smoke and I don't drink. If I live as long as my parents did, Eliza will be 20 by the time I pass away.

"I think I still have a lot to give her."

The frail pensioner shocked the world when she announced the birth of her IVF baby on January 16, 2005, when she was 66 years and 230 days old.


Oldest mum: Adriana could easily be mistaken for Eliza's grandmother


Now three years later, Adriana, who used a sperm donor, has gone back to her lonely life in Bucharest, Romania, where she lives alone with her daughter in a tiny high-rise flat.

She is proud of her place in the Guinness Book of Records for being the oldest mum to give birth, until being beaten by Spanish woman Carmela Bousada who had twins on December 29, 2006, at the age of 66 years and 358 days.

As Adriana walks the streets with Eliza on her way to the park, or market, groups of teenagers shout 'granny' at her.

But she seems not to notice and insists everyone she speaks to is positive and supportive of her decision.

"I have never suffered any prejudice," she said.

"Nothing unpleasant has happened, at least never to my face.

"In Romania, people who have children are very admired."


Little Eliza takes a rest on a shopping excursion



Adriana still goes to Bucharest University seven hours a week for lectures, plus extra tutorials and seminars, and Eliza goes to a local creche.

But the 70-year-old is already receiving extra dispensation from the local council to help her deal with being a mum.

A taxi is sent to her house in the mornings so she can take Eliza to creche and it comes back at 3pm to collect her again.

"The creche is a little way away and it's difficult to get the bus and a long way to walk," she said.

When she is not at work, Adriana has a few hours relaxation, sitting down quietly with a book, while her daughter is cared for by nursery staff.

"Right now it's hard to have time even to wash my hair," she admitted.

"When she sleeps, and I sleep, I'm still very focused on her."

For the first two years of her life, Eliza, whose twin died before her birth, would regularly wake in the night.

She has a chest complaint which would leave her coughing for hours on end.

"I had to keep her in my arms because when she always wanted to be very close to me," said her elderly mum.


Playtime: Adriana says she still has 'a lot to give' Eliza


Eliza, who is advanced for her age, can count, do simple sums, and loves reading and painting, even picking out her favourite artists.

"She is a child with a great personality," said her mum. If you put it negatively she is a bit stubborn."

The elderly woman had regular help from babysitters when her daughter was still a baby.

But now, she rarely sees anyone, and there are no family or real friends she can turn to in an emergency.

"It is quite sad, but there were misunderstandings in the family," she said.

"It was about some bits of land and property in the country. I didn't want to sell but they did and then conflicts arose."

In her younger years, Adriana had an abortion at the age of 20, shortly after her wedding to another student in Bucharest.

"It wasn't planned," she said. "I was in the third year at university and I also had just recovered from a bout of TB.

"The doctors advised me to not have the first child because they weren't sure that it would develop properly."


Controversial: Mother and baby in 2005



The couple divorced a short while after because of problems caused by political conflict during the harsh Communist years.

"I became a substitute teacher and then began working at the university and publishing my books," said Adriana.

"I always wanted a child, but I was so busy, I never had a partner. It's only in recent years that IVF became available in Romania."

Adriana has considered what will happen to Eliza when she dies.

"If my daughter is 16 by then, she will have the right to work," she said.

"If she is younger, my hope is in two things, the state child protection services, and my doctor Prof Bogdan Marinescu, who is her godfather.

"People can die at any time. Eliza's other godfather, who is a friend, died suddenly at the age of 49, leaving four children."

But she hopes Eliza will not repeat her mistakes.

"I would advise my daughter to have a child before she is 30," she said.

"Having a child is a wonderful thing. To think that you haven't live for nothing.

"If you have a child you don't have death. That's what Plato said: 'Happy is the person that has someone to bury him'."


Edit: you can see pictures of them in those link.
The girl with a mummy aged 70 who says she still has 'a lot to give' | Mail Online



I still feel bad for a little innocnet girl and hope all goes well for her. It seem to me that she is happy but what if she goes her first kindergarten then school?
 
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