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Woman Pregnant 60 - Psychology, Special Needs, Health - Posted: 6th Oct, 2007 - 6:30pm
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A 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
Woman Becomes Pregnant At 60
Wow, it seems way too old to become pregnant. What do you think? 
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| 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. "Considering that she's 60 years old and single, which means high risk and an uncertain future for a child, I had to make a tough decision about whether to handle the pregnancy," said Yahiro Netsu, gynecologist at Suwa Maternity Clinic in Nagano, central Japan, in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "But she wanted a child, and I decided to do all I can to help her through expected difficulties." In May of this year, a 60-year-old American woman gave birth to twins at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. Surrogate births and artificial insemination are extremely rare in Japan because of ethical concerns in the tradition-bound medical profession, a lack of donors and dearth of doctors willing to provide such treatments. |
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Sixty and now taking on child birth outside of the natural order of things? I am not sure if I like the sound of that. By the time your child is only 10 years old you are Seventy! What is more is will the child develop well in the womb? Seems like adopting would have been more beneficial, but given her age I guess she was turned down.
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