A 64-year-old woman gives birth in New Zealand! She's now a mother!
According to official government records, about 30 women in their 50s have given birth in the past three years. The oldest woman to give birth between 1988 and 2019 was 57 years old. This 64-year-old woman has smashed that record!
IVF in Georgia, birth in NZ
In many countries, including New Zealand, the environment for older women to have children through in vitro fertilization is not in place. So the woman traveled to Georgia in December last year, received eggs from a 24-year-old woman and sperm from a 31-year-old man, and successfully became pregnant through in vitro fertilization. She had planned to stay in Georgia, but returned to New Zealand due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
The woman gave birth to a healthy 3.3kg baby boy as a single mother. By the way, this woman already has four children and three grandchildren, so her child is younger than her grandchildren!
The woman argues that with medical advances, it should be more acceptable for older women to have children.
Also, women
Women live longer. Also, the first time a baby was born through IVF, it was quite sensational news, but now, 40 years later, it's completely normal. I'm in my 60s, and I think that in the near future, it will be normal for women in their 50s to have children.
He said.
Birth rate at record low in New Zealand
New Zealand saw 57,750 babies born in the 12 months to October this year, a decrease of 1,335 from the previous year, making the birth rate 1.63, the lowest on record.
Also, according to research conducted last year, the number of women giving birth under the age of 30 has been declining over the past 16 years. Conversely, the number of women giving birth over the age of 30 has been increasing. In New Zealand, the age at which women give birth is also increasing.
According to the data, it is common for fathers to be one to two years older than mothers. In 2018, data showed that 25% of fathers were one to two years older than their mothers.
By the way, in 2019, the oldest woman in the world to give birth was a 74-year-old woman in India, who gave birth to twin girls. As medical science advances, the circumstances surrounding childbirth are also changing.
