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Calif. Woman, 62, Gives Birth to Baby Boy

REDDING, Calif. (AP) - A 62-year-old woman gave birth Friday to a healthy 6-pound, 9-ounce baby boy, becoming one of the oldest women in the world to successfully bear a child.

Janise Wulf gave birth to her 12th child. She is also a grandmother of 20 and a great-grandmother of three.

Family members said the delivery went smoothly, despite earlier concerns about the mother's health. Wulf, a diabetic, experienced swelling and higher blood pressure earlier this week, prompting doctors to perform the Caesarean section a week early.

Wulf and her third husband, Scott, 48, named the red-haired boy Adam Charles Wulf. He follows just 3 1/2 years behind his older brother, Ian.

``I hate to raise one alone, without a sibling,'' said Wulf, who was impregnated both times through in vitro fertilization.

The oldest woman on record to give birth is a 66-year-old Adriana Iliescu of Romania, who had a Caesarean section Jan. 15, 2005.

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


The part that gets me is this one: "Janise Wulf gave birth to her 12th child. She is also a grandmother of 20 and a great-grandmother of three."

Can you imagine being one of her great-grandkids? "This is my great-uncle! He's in preschool." Liekwoah.

Date: 2006-02-19 08:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hellziggy.livejournal.com
Well, I guess me trying to get pregnant at 35 isn't that old after all. *grin* I've still got, like, 25 more years or so! eek!

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