Having a baby at age 60

The 60-year-old woman who gave birth via in vitro fertilization (IVF) at Hai Phong Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital is considered a rare case.

On June 13th, Associate Professor Dr. Vu Van Tam, Director of Hai Phong Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, stated that for women over 50, the chances of conceiving naturally are very low, and very few cases still have eggs. Therefore, in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is also difficult. Women who become pregnant and give birth at an older age have a higher risk of developing hypertension, pre-eclampsia, and diabetes than normal. The baby also faces many risks.

In this case, the couple had two children (a son and a daughter), but their son unfortunately died in an accident at the age of 20. After the tragedy, the couple wished to have more children, but as they got older, they were unable to conceive naturally.

In 2022, when she was 59 and her husband was 62, they both went to the Reproductive Support Center at Hai Phong Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital for in-vitro fertilization (IVF). Doctors assessed that conceiving at this age would pose many risks to both mother and child, but fortunately, she became pregnant on the second embryo transfer.

In early June, she went into labor and had a Cesarean section; a healthy baby girl weighing 3.1 kg was born.

The mother and her newborn baby after giving birth. Photo: Provided by the hospital.

In Vietnam, most women over 50 who become pregnant do so through assisted reproductive technologies. The oldest case is a 61-year-old woman in Hanoi who conceived through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) using donated eggs and her husband's sperm; her baby girl was born in 2018 weighing 2.6 kg. Another woman, 60 years old, in Bac Giang , gave birth to her third child also through IVF. One woman gave birth to a son at age 58, two years after menopause, using donated eggs for IVF.

An Indian woman gave birth to twins at the age of 74, becoming the world's oldest person to give birth.

Thuy Quynh

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