Brazilian woman awaiting first baby at 61
When most women her age are gearing up for retirement or preparing for grandchildren, one 61-year-old woman from Brazil is set to become a first-time mother in a matter of months.
The post-menopausal woman, who doesn’t want to be named, is married to a 38-year-old man and became pregnant with a donor egg fertilized by her husband’s sperm, the Agence France-Presse reports.
She is due in November.
“I had already gone through menopause. . . My husband wanted to be a father. I wanted to be a mother, too,” the unnamed woman told O Globo newspaper Sunday.
“I am in great health. . . and I have undergone a very thorough medical clearance.”
This Pregnancy Over 40 story was found on TheStar.com
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Originally posted on September 26, 2011.
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