Oldest new mother gives birth at 63

A 63-year-old Dutch woman has given birth, becoming the oldest new mother in the Netherlands, the hospital and news reports say."Baby Meagan was born at the Medical Centre Leeuwarden at 9.48am [7.48pm AEDT] on March 21," a statement on the website of the hospital in the northern Dutch province of Friesland said on Monday."Meagan is the daughter of Tineke Geessink, a 63-year-old woman from Harlingen."The girl was born with the aid of caesarean section, the statement said. "Both mother and daughter are fine."Dutch media reports said Ms Geessink was the oldest Dutch woman to become a mother."It is...

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In India, giving birth at 50+ is not uncommon

Seen from a distance there seems to be nothing special about the family in a village in Haryana in northern India. A shy young girl hides behind her mother. But from closer up, you suddenly notice the woman’s wrinkles, and the grey hair under her headscarf.Rajo Devi Logan, who in late 2008 suddenly became famous as the "oldest mother in the world," proudly stands up and breaks into a broad smile as she talks about her daughter."I'm so happy with my daughter! Before she was born, I didn’t feel attached to anything. The neighbours used to talk about us with pity."Rajo Devi doesn’t like to go back...

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Single mother, 58, gives birth to IVF twins

Three weeks have passed since Carole Hobson brought her IVF twins home from hospital and it’s clear her once ordered life as a mature, single career woman has been completely turned on its head.A sky-high pile of freshly-washed babygros, bedding and towels sits on the dining table and the ironing board stands permanently in the living room. With the volume of washing, there is obviously little point in putting it away.She tries to snatch a quick toasted cheese sandwich while son Matthew and daughter Freida sleep upstairs, but manages only a mouthful before the babies start crying in unison.‘As...

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Britains Oldest Mums

PAMELA Butler may be the UK’s oldest surrogate mum but she’s not the first to help out a daughter.Cases of daughters asking their mums to become surrogates are rare, but in 2001 Vivien Morris, 54, gave birth to her own grand-daughter.Her daughter Laura Westrop, 29, was unable to carry a baby after treatment for cervical cancer. So Vivien, a playgroup worker from London, volunteered to help Laura and her husband Mark.In 2005, 53-year-old Annie Casserley gave birth for her daughter Emma Hattersley, who was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of cancer when she was 19, and son-in-law Andrew.Liz...

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Welsh gran, 57, becomes oldest surrogate in UK

THIS six-month-old bundle of joy is the most wonderful gift Pamela Butler could have ever given her daughter.His name is Josef and, while 57-year-old Pamela has entered the record books by giving birth to the blue-eyed boy, he will always know her as Gran.She carried him in her own womb for her daughter and son-in-law Nichola and Mathew Pagett after her daughter discovered she was unable to carry a baby.And this overwhelming gesture of love makes her the oldest known surrogate mum in Britain today.Pamela, from Blackwood, said: “I wanted to help Nichola more than anything – it was the greatest...

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Saroj Naik, mom at 51 thru IVF

Saroj Naik's world collapsed in 2009 when her gynaecologist told her that she was menopausal and could never conceive. Although she had already had four miscarriages, 51-year-old Saroj and her husband Satyawan, 54, who reside at Merces, never lost hope and prayed for the gift of a child.Their prayers seemed to have been answered when, through the method of in-vitro fertilization (IVF), Saroj was able to conceive again. The couple's elation knew no bounds when she ultimately gave birth to a healthy baby girl on February 10. Their joy doubled when they were informed that Saroj was the oldest woman...

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Shock birth baby home after 6 wks in hospital

A baby born 10 weeks premature after his mother was told by doctors she was suffering from the early menopause has come home from hospital.Matthew Arora was born on Christmas day 2010 after his mother, Anita Arora, 46, was rushed to hospital two days earlier after she found out she was pregnant.After weeks of hospital care, he finally arrived in his family’s Southfields home on February 17 to live with his mum, dad, and two siblings for the first time and is progressing well.Mrs Arora said: “It is very nice to finally have the whole family at home, and he is getting on very well with his brother...

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Daughter at 51y was worth it

It took 34 years, £50,000, miscarriages, five rounds of IVF and a surrogate - but my daughter Bonnie was worth itDevoted mother Kim Parsons is proof childless couples should never give up hope.The 53-year-old spent 34 years and £50,000 trying to fall pregnant but is now mother to a happy two-year-old.Kim had longed for a baby ever since she was 18, but she tragically suffered a string of miscarriages, followed by five unsuccessful rounds of IVF.But Kim and her husband David, from Kings Lynn, Norfolk, were determined to be parents and finally chose to use a surrogate, who gave birth to their daughter...

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