60-Year-Old Single Japanese Woman Gives Birth from Donated Egg

Stock photo by ericanflyA 60-year-old woman impregnated in the United States via in-vitro fertilization will become what is believed to be the oldest single mother in Japan to give birth from a donated egg, medical officials say.The woman, whose name is being withheld by officials because of privacy concerns, recently found an obstetrician willing to handle her case 15 weeks into her pregnancy after being rejected by other clinics, her doctor said Wednesday.Read more...Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss, hope & helpPregnancy Stories by Age - Daily blog of hope & inspiration!You...

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59-year-old Woman Gives Birth To Triplets

A 59-year-old woman in France gave birth to triplets after going abroad to get donated eggs. The woman gave birth last weekend by Caesarean section.The Paris public hospital network says the triplets are two boys and a girl, weighed between 2.09-kg and 2.4-kg and measured between 46-cm and 47-cm.However, the identity of the woman was kept as secret because the official at the Paris hospital network was not authorized to give more information about the mother and the newborn babies.Read more...Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss, hope & helpPregnancy Stories by Age - Daily blog of...

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60-year-old Chinese woman gives birth to two healthy girls

BEIJING (BNO NEWS) — A 60-year-old retired woman has given birth to two baby girls in east China, according to state-run media on Thursday, making her the country’s oldest mother on record.The girls were born prematurely in a hospital in Hefei, the capital of East China’s Anhui province, on Tuesday, 34 weeks after the unidentified woman successfully received in-vitro fertilization (IVF). She was only identified as Cheng Lin, a pseudonym.Read more...Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss, hope & helpPregnancy Stories by Age - Daily blog of hope & inspiration!You Can Get Pregnant in...

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John Travolta and Kelly Preston, 47, Are Expecting!

Great news for the Travolta family!John Travolta's wife Kelly Preston, 47, is expecting.The Hollywood couple made their announcement on both of their websites Tuesday:"It's impossible to keep a secret...especially one as wonderful as this," the message reads."We want to be the first to share this great news with everyone that we are expecting a new addition to the our family."The message is signed "John, Kelly and Ella."Travolta, 56, and Preston have a 10-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu. In January 2009, their 16-year-old son Jett tragically died of a seizure. "We've been working very hard every...

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Bulgarian Psychiatrist Becomes Mother at 62

Krasimira Dimitrova, a 62-year-old from the Northen Bulgarian city of Ruse, has become one of the oldest mothers in the world after giving birth to twins.Dimitrova has become Bulgaria's oldest first-time mother by giving birth to twins. Mary and Jacqueline, following an embryo transfer.The twins are in good health despite being born prematurely and only weighing less than 1 kilogram each, local doctors reported.Her pregnancy was the result of an embryo transfer, Dimitrova told the Bulgarian 24 Chasa newspaper in an interview, adding that she was initially impregnated with triplets but doctors...

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Holly Martin, 45, gave birth to a healthy baby

Another patient of Dr. Winslow’s, Holly Martin*, age 45, conceived after treatment and gave birth to a healthy baby. Holly says, “We went through a lot to have this baby.” Holly and her husband began trying to conceive when Holly was 38. When the couple first went to see Dr. Winslow, he tested both of them, standard procedure to determine the cause of infertility. As the cause was not absolutely determined at this point, Dr. Winslow put Holly on the maximum dosage of follicle stimulating hormone, the strongest drug given for stimulation of ovulation.Dr. Winslow explained the egg donor program...

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55-year-old Woman Delivers Twins in India

August 27, 2007 - For a long, long time she had been longing for a child. And menopause had overtaken her. Still she would not give up. She feels doubly rewarded now, literally.On Monday morning, 55-year-old Brinda became the proud mother of two. Her twins were delivered at a fertility clinic in Chennai, a south Indian city. She is now probably the oldest woman in India to deliver twins.Both the baby boys, delivered during hour-long caesarean section, and their proud mother are in good health, hospital authorities say.Read more...Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss, hope & helpPregnancy...

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'I thought it was menopause': Italian woman shocks doctors by falling pregnant aged 54 - NATURALLY

A 54-year-old Italian woman has amazed doctors and herself by falling pregnant naturally.Hospital worker Giovanni Ciardi is one of only a handful of women to have become pregnant without medical treatment in their 50s.Doctors have described her as an 'exceptional case'. Mrs Ciardi is 15 weeks pregnant. She is due to give birth to a girl in November - by which time she will be 55 years old.She already has a 23-year-old daughter called Veronica through her first marriage.Read more...Life Begins... - Miscarriage stories of loss, hope & helpPregnancy Stories by Age - Daily blog of hope & inspiration!You...

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