62 Year Old British Woman Gives Birth

[matcom]

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LONDON --A 62-year-old child psychologist has given birth to a boy, becoming the oldest British woman to have a baby.

Patti Farrant -- known professionally as Patricia Rashbrook -- delivered her son, J.J., by Caesarean section on Wednesday, according to The Daily Mail newspaper. The baby was conceived after fertility treatments.

Farrant has three grown children from a previous marriage. It is the first child for her husband, John, 60, an education management consultant.

"He is adorable, and seeing him for the first time was beyond words," she told the newspaper. "Having been through so much to have him, we are overjoyed. His birth was absolutely wonderful and deeply moving for both of us."

Other older British mothers include Liz Buttle, from Wales, who was 60 when she gave birth to a son in 1997.

The oldest woman in the world to give birth is believed to be Romanian Adriana Iliescu, who was 66 when she had a daughter in Bucharest in January 2005.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/07/09/62_year_old_british_woman_gives_birth?mode=PF

[NewWaveChick1981]

1. They'll be dealing with teen angst when they are almost 80...

:yoiks: Um, I don't think I would want a baby "when I'm 64"....:wow:

I don't guess they've thought that far ahead. I mean, she'll be 80 when the kid's ready for college. My in-laws are 78 and 80 respectively, and there is no way in hell my MIL would be able to deal with a teenager. My FIL is in the early stages of Alzheimer's. Patti and John---it's just something to think about. :scared:

[China_cat]

2. I'm 60.

I've got a granddaughter who's almost 18. I don't feel like I could cope with a puppy, I KNOW I couldn't cope with a baby.

[Ravenseye]

3. I'm 30 years younger and my wife is about to have our second

I'm tired just thinking about it. To quote Bush....It's Hard. It's hard work...

She's going to be 75 years old when this kid becomes a teenager. It's sad really. I'd hate to be that kid.

[JVS]

4. I feel sorry for a kid with parents that old

[Brewman_Jax]

5. I've never understood why

:shrug: that's the time for grandkids.