87 yr old new mother

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I only heard bout this but I was shocked beyond belief when I heard this. My nursing instructor brought it up in class today. An 86 year old woman was on good morning america last wekk and she had a one yr old child that she gave birth to (natrually). I idn't think that women at this age could still have children. I would have thought that she would have gone through menopause. She is the oldest woman to ever give birth. I really don't know if this is true but I can not see my instructor lying about this. Someone may have already started a thread on this. If so Sorry to reiterate. I just heard about it.:uhoh21: :uhoh3: :imbar

Specializes in Education, Acute, Med/Surg, Tele, etc.

This one is a toughie really...I mean, I don't think that being 66 or whatever is a premium time to become a mother...but on the other hand, there may be some bonuses!

For instance, if she doesn't need to work and can be with the child raising them as a stay at home mother that can be a very good thing! Fulfilling for both mother and child! Heck, I know I wished to live with my grandmother (one of them..she was sooooo cool and raised 7 children) when I was young! LOL! She had such a good rational outlook on real life, and what really mattered...good lessons, and I could have used more!

I mean, the main issue is age and health right...well the same can be said of any age I suppose. A thirty year old can die of conditions as can a seventy year old...leaving their children alone. BUT, I bet you this woman has reasonable and realistic plans about that..can't be said of many 30 year olds??? And hey, people are living much longer now thanks to healthcare...

But, I will admit, it isn't like ALF/SNF's allow for children to live with their residents (if the need did come). That would be sad indeed wouldn't it to have to give up your child in that circumstance (but again can happen to a younger person too...like in cases of stroke and such, which can hit young).

I don't know though...does leave a 'no way!' feeling in my gut still...but I am in no place to judge...only to help solve issues as they arrise, and lucky for me I have not had this type of patient....LOL!

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my mom is 68 and her youngest child is in his 40's. i had my last child at 41. i can't imagine having a child that old. your health can go downhill fast and you are more prone to fractures, pneumonia ect.... there is no way a 68 year old can keep up with a young child and if so not for long. so what happens to that child when mom goes to the nursing home?

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I think it's inappropriate for us to decide what's inappropriate for other people.

were not deciding we are discussing it

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I havn't heard any reports on how these children of older mothers are

doing or how the mothers are doing.

The youngest mother I've heard of was five years old. I always

wondered what kind of life they had and who brought up the baby

and what it was like to a five year old to give birth.

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I think it is inappropriate for senior citizen women to give birth to children.
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Specializes in Emergency Room.

Five years old? How is that possible? I realize a girl is born with all her eggs, but they are not yet mature. I can see 8 or 9. Maybe 7 in those ethnicities that menstruate earlier. I also know you needn't have menstruated before to become pregnant. Do you have a source for this info?

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Five years old? How is that possible? I realize a girl is born with all her eggs, but they are not yet mature. I can see 8 or 9. Maybe 7 in those ethnicities that menstruate earlier. I also know you needn't have menstruated before to become pregnant. Do you have a source for this info?

If it's the same story I am thinking about, the girl was 5 and had started periods when she was2 or 3. She delivered a boy by c-section and her parents raised the child as though it was theirs. They never did find out who fathered the child because the 5 year old was unable to tell them. I believe this was in the 1930s.

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Here's a link about it.

http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/medina.asp

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I don't think it's any more appropriate for senior citizen men to father children.:chuckle

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not going to pass judgement, but i will say taht it would be very very hard for the average 70 year old to run around after a 3-4 year old, also by the time their child is ten they are past the average life expectancy for an adult. they will be in their 80's before the child even leaves highschool. It "is" something to think about...

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Specializes in Cardiac/Telemetry.
BIBLICALLY SPEAKING, the oldest woman (and man) to give birth were Sarah and Abraham. They gave birth to their son Isaac when they were well into their nineties. :)

Very true. So, really, she's not the oldest woman to give birth.

Mave.

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

news links:

abc news: oldest woman to give birth celebrates daughter's first ...

at age 66, adriana iliescu became pregnant through in vitro fertilization with donor eggs. her daughter, eliza maria, turns 1 today. (abc news) ...

abcnews.go.com/gma/americanfamily/story?id=1516880

bbc news | europe | oldest mother 'regrets abortions'a 66-year-old romanian, thought to be the world's oldest mother,

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Specializes in Pediatrics (Burn ICU, CVICU).
I think when a 66 year old woman gives birth, it didn't have much to do with God, but had more to do with the fertility doctors and procedures she underwent.

I guess that depends on where your faith lies.

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