World's Oldest Mother Gives Birth...at 67!!!

[popcornbird]

YIKES!!!!!

I can't imagine a 67 year old woman having a baby. What do you all think of this story? Wow...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe....ap/index.html

'World's oldest mother'... at 67
Sunday, January 16, 2005 Posted: 3:54 PM EST (2054 GMT)


BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- A 67-year-old Romanian woman gave birth Sunday to a baby girl, making her the world's oldest recorded mother, hospital officials said.

Adriana Iliescu was artificially inseminated. The child's twin sister was stillborn, Romanian doctors at the Giulesti Maternity Hospital in Bucharest said.

Iliescu's daughter -- who has not yet been named -- was delivered by cesarean section early Sunday, more than six weeks short of a full 40-week pregnancy term, said a hospital spokeswoman.

She weighed just 1.45 kilograms (3.19 pounds), less than half the weight of an average newborn, and was in the intensive care unit but breathing on her own, the spokeswoman said.

"The mother is doing well -- she is saying she has been given a new lease of life," the spokeswoman said, reading from a statement.

Doctors performed the emergency cesarean section after the smaller of Iliescu's twins died in the womb, a hospital spokeswoman said. That child weighed just 700 grams (1.54 pounds), the spokeswoman said.

Iliescu underwent fertility treatment for nine years, including procedures to reverse the effects of menopause, before being artificially inseminated, the head doctor at the hospital, Bogdan Marinescu, was quoted as saying by the private Mediafax news agency.

Guinness World Records lists two 63-year-old women who have given birth: Rosanna Della Corte of Italy in 1994 and Arceli Keh of California in 1996. News reports, however, have put Della Corte's age at 62 when she gave birth.

[Nomilynn]

I'm not sure how I feel about this. Sometimes I think that mother nature shoudln't be messed with. This woman is 67yrs old.. at the age of 20 this kid will be lucky to still have a mother. Somehow it just doesn't seem fair to the child.

[Tonya]

I don't think it is right. I think it is very selfish and unfair to the child. I can see if it all happened naturally, but she went against nature to get pregnant with that baby. That child will not have the hands on physical upbringing from mom that she deserves.

[LabradorLover]

I agree with Tonya. The poor child...her mom probaly wont be around to raise her properly, by the time she is 15 the mom will be 82

[popcornbird]

Yep...I agree. I think its unfair to the child too. How would a 67 year old have the energy to raise a needy baby...and spend time with her as she grows? She'll be 20 and her mom will be 87...if she's still alive.

[CamCamPup33]

WOW! That's really odd..

I agree that it's not fair to the child. Sad.

[moosmom]

Diaper changes, midnight feeding, collick at the age of 67??? Lemme think about that...Uh, NOOOOOOO!!!!!

That means when the kid turns 20, she'll be 87??? That's sheer insanity!!

That woman has to be outta her mind!! Artificially inseminated. She's definitely got a few screws loose.

All I can say is, BETTER HER THAN ME!!

[kt_luvs_kitties]

I had a teacher my senior year, and she was like i dunno 56. Her husband was 60. They had their first baby when her husband was 58. I asked her when she got preggy a second time, "why would you want to have another baby at such a late time" she answered, "because I know that me and my husband are not going to be around much longer, and I dont want them to be alone, atleast they will have each other". I thought to myself, how very very selfish. This story brings the same thought to me, what a selfish and cruel thing to make your child go through. I could not imagine doing that to a child.
PS- my teacher also had to have artificial insemination also

[shais_mom]

that is crazy and the doctor that helped her should be under investigation

[joycenalex]

my first thought was...what a crazy woman, now my second was....great! now before i do any xrays on a 70 year old woman, i gotta ask if they are pregnant too! i KNOW the medical physicist at work will have a memo out today!

[RICHARD]

I just hope the incision was a bikini 'cut'..

Imagine showing up at the pool with an angry red scar peeking over your bathing suit bottoms.....

[cookieluver7]

That poor, poor child. That is so terrible. Why would any woman want to have a child at such and old age. That poor little girl will be in my prayers, and I hope that her mother lives to be an old age, just so she can spend time with her daughter.

[Twisterdog]

This is a terribly selfish thing to do. My parents were in their 40's when I was born. It was not planned, BTW. Now, I am in my 30's, and my dad is 80 and my mom is 75. Before I turn 40, I'm sure I will be caring for my parents full-time. That is not fair. And it is also not fair that I will get to have them with me for only half my life, and my son will be extremely lucky if they see him graduate from high school. And this woman's situation is so much more extreme. She has started right off from day one as a bad mother, IMO.

[lizbud]

Read an account of this here,

http://theage.com.au/articles/2005/0...?oneclick=true


The woman is a retired professor and as she said " could not
resign myself to never having a child"

As for me, Never in a million years would I want that responsibility at the age of 67 years.

[dukedogsmom]

Liz, I've got you beat. I wouldn't want it at all. I don't know why she chose to do this but she's too old and I think she's doing the children a great injustice.