Research in recent years is encouraging: only by changing your usual diet can you significantly delay the onset of menopause. In addition, scientists were able to isolate a gene, the deactivation of which can give women up to 5 additional years of fertility - and most likely this will happen in the next decade We have collected stories of those mothers who took the plunge and gave birth to a child after 50 years old - perhaps in the near (we hope!) future this will become commonplace, but for now there is reason to admire their courage (and, perhaps, be inspired by the example).
Elizabeth Ann Battle
An American mother who holds the world record for the difference between births: she gave birth to her second child exactly 41 years after her first child. The girl Belinda was born when her mother was 19, but the brave woman gave birth to the boy Joseph, having already celebrated her 60th birthday. Both children were born naturally, without caesarean section.
Omkari Panwar
Indian woman Omkari Panwar and her husband Charen Singh Panwar really wanted a son - so much so that even their advanced age (70 and 77 years old, respectively) did not force them to give up their dream. The couple sold all their property, including their house and land, took out a bank loan and turned to the clinic for help As a result, Omkari gave birth to twin boys. A piquant fact: at the time of contacting the clinic, the parents already had two daughters and five grandchildren.
Rajo Devi Lohan
But most older woman Another Indian woman is considered to have become a mother for the first time: Rajo Devi Lohan gave birth to her first child at the age of 70. She tried to get pregnant for 40 years - and now that everything worked out, she intends to breastfeed her baby until at least three years old.
Dawn Brook
But if all the women mentioned above were forced to resort to artificial insemination methods in order to conceive a child, then the British woman Dawn Brooke became the oldest mother in the world who managed to get pregnant naturally. In 1997, she became pregnant and subsequently successfully gave birth to a child; Dawn herself was 59 years old at that time.
Tina Malone
The Shameless star became a mother for the second time at age 50. In order to get pregnant, Tina and her husband had to turn to IVF technology - and the doctors tried to persuade the woman to abandon her intention until the very end. But Tina did not give up and was even able to lose 69 kilograms in order to begin the procedure.
Lyudmila Belyavskaya
The second wife of Russian actor Alexander Belyavsky gave birth to a daughter at 52 years old. Mom had to have a caesarean section, but otherwise everything went well. It is noteworthy that the happy dad turned 70 at that time.
There are many women who became mothers at an age when many are already grandmothers. There are some in Russia too. Let's learn more about women for whom age is not an obstacle to having children.
The oldest mother in history
Rajo Devi Lohan is the name of the oldest mother in history, living in one of the villages of India. She gave birth to her first child at the age of seventy. It is known that the woman got married when she was twelve years old and her husband was fourteen. In India, it is customary to have many children, but the couple never had a single child in their entire life, despite healthy image life. According to them, they repeatedly turned to doctors and healers.Having been married for fifty-eight years, the couple learned about IVF from a television program. In India, this procedure costs three and a half thousand dollars. It was a huge amount for the family, but they decided to try. So, after seventy years, the first child appeared in the family - daughter Navi. Unfortunately, such a late birth was not without consequences for the aging mother. Her health is seriously compromised.
There is another woman who gave birth at the age of seventy - this is the Indian Omkari Ranwar. She also managed to get pregnant thanks to IVF. She gave birth to two healthy children. The children's father is seventy-seven years old. These children were not the first in the family. The couple already have two adult daughters and five grandchildren.
Both of these record holders became mothers only thanks to IVF. But there are also mothers who were able to get pregnant naturally. One such person is Grancy Island resident Dawn Brooke. She gave birth at age fifty-nine, but had to undergo hormone therapy before conceiving. In the history of mankind, this heroic woman is recognized as the oldest mother who managed to give birth to a living child by conceiving him naturally.
Welshwoman Ellen Alice was a mother of many children who, at the end of the eighteenth century, at the age of seventy-two, was carrying her thirteenth child. Unfortunately, he was stillborn. This woman is considered the oldest mother in history.
The oldest mother of many children in Russia
There are mothers who manage to give birth to many children in their lifetime. They are called large families. Of all the famous mothers of many children, one of the record holders was the Englishwoman Elizabeth Greenhill. She gave birth to her thirty-ninth child at the age of fifty-four. This was in 1669. All of her pregnancies ended in the birth of healthy children, although twins were born only once. Thus, the woman gave birth thirty-eight times. 
But a Russian woman who lived in the city of Shuya in the eighteenth century gave birth only twenty-seven times, but she had sixty-nine children. All that is known about this mother of many children is that she was a peasant woman, her husband was Fyodor Vasiliev.
The oldest mother in Russia today
In the ranking of the oldest mothers on the planet, Russian Natalya Surkova occupies fourth position. The woman became a mother at fifty-seven years old. She gave birth to a healthy girl, Sasha. At that time, the woman was the mother of two adult children and the grandmother of one grandson. Conception became possible thanks to hormone therapy. She was included in the Guinness Book of Records of Russia as the oldest mother in the country. 
Sasha is the granddaughter of the famous poet Alexei Surkov, and Natalya, accordingly, is his daughter. Before conception, Surkova went to the gynecological center, where she said that she wanted to give birth to a child, which greatly surprised the staff. It was necessary to “renew” the body, for this the woman went to the clinic, where she was among women who had difficulties conceiving. Few people believed in the success of this whole venture, but time passed and the test showed a positive result.
Surkova’s pregnancy passed without pathologies or complications, there was not even any swelling. In the spring of 1996, she gave birth, and Natalya became the oldest mother in Russia. It is surprising that by that time her grandson was two years old. The woman claims that after giving birth she looked many years younger and feels just great. Natalya believes that her Sasha has an unusual happy destiny in store, since she is an unusual child.
There is another one in Russia old mom– this is Lyudmila Belyavskaya. At fifty-two, she became the mother of a little daughter. Her husband, actor Alexander Belyavsky, was then seventy.
The main argument of “adult” mothers is a conscious approach to conception and pregnancy. By this time, they have already acquired a certain income, their life is stable, their family relationships are stable. Thanks to the accumulated experience, old mothers are always more attentive and patient to the needs of their babies and spend more time on their development.
In addition to natural conception, there is also such a way to become a mother as surrogacy. Some people turn to the help of surrogate mothers because they do not want to bear and give birth to a child, others do it because of poor health or age. Today
Each woman is unique, her body develops and ages according to its own genetic plan. Some women have the opportunity to give birth to many children, others suffer from infertility and only in the second half of their lives decide to resort to modern medical technologies to combat infertility. Whether it is right or not to give birth to a child at a late age, everyone decides for themselves. The oldest mother in the world - who is she?
Each girl is born with a certain number of eggs deposited in the ovaries. They begin to mature with the onset of puberty in girls at 11–14 years of age. During every menstrual cycle(MC) maturation and release of one egg from the ovary occurs. During its maturation, under the influence of gonadotropic hormones of the pituitary gland, the walls of the follicle (vesicle) surrounding the egg secrete estrogen hormones, which prepare the body for pregnancy and at the same time have a regulatory effect on the entire body.
After the release of the egg from the ovary (ovulation), it can be fertilized by sperm and the beginning of pregnancy. From this time, the remnants of the follicle turn into a new gland - the corpus luteum and begin to produce the hormone of the second half of the uterine cycle or the hormone of pregnancy, if it occurs, progesterone. Towards the end of MC, if pregnancy does not occur, the mucous membrane of the marking cavity (endometrium) is rejected, which is accompanied by bleeding and MC begins again.
Thanks to MC, a woman has the opportunity to become pregnant and then carry a child to term. Why can't some people do this? There can be many reasons, first of all it is congenital hormonal deficiency. Disturbances can occur at any level of the neurohormonal system that produces hormones to support a woman’s reproductive function - in the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and ovaries. Changes may occur in the uterus or fallopian tubes– adhesions may appear there against the background of long-term inflammatory processes etc.
All these processes can be treated quite successfully today, and until the woman has the first signs of decline hormonal levels(menopause), she may well become a mother. But with the onset of menopause, the ovaries become depleted, there are fewer and fewer eggs, and the remaining ones have defects. That is why after 40 years it is more difficult to get pregnant naturally, and if this does happen, then elderly woman there is no guarantee of the birth of a healthy child.
But there are exceptions to the rules. Most often, older mothers are those women who already have several children (the more, the opportunity late pregnancy and its successful outcome is greater). Great importance There is also heredity in this matter.
What modern medicine has to offer
Medicine has a number of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) that make it possible to give birth to a baby at any age, as long as the health of the elderly mother can withstand difficult treatment. All these technologies can be divided into three large groups:
- technologies that make it possible to conceive a child using the eggs and sperm of parents “in vitro”, followed by transplantation into the mother’s uterus;
- technologies that make it possible to conceive a baby using donor eggs or sperm (both materials are possible) “in vitro” with subsequent transplantation into the mother’s uterus;
- technologies that make it possible to conceive a child using the eggs and sperm of parents “in vitro”, followed by transplantation into the uterus of a surrogate mother.
Rating of the oldest women in labor in the world
6th place – Adrienne Barbeau (51 years old)
American actress who gave birth to her second child (the first was already an adult) at the age of 51. Before this, she tried many times to get pregnant using the IVF (in vitro fertilization) program. After a number of unsuccessful attempts, she calmed down and no longer tried to do anything, as a result she became pregnant naturally. Comment: it happens, the psychological factor is of great importance.
5th place – Debbie Hughes (53 years old)
An English woman became pregnant and gave birth to a healthy baby at 53 while taking COCs (combined oral contraceptives). The woman already had three adult children. Comment: good heredity + hormonal contraceptives did not work (manufacturers never give a 100% guarantee).
4th place – Elizabeth Greenhill (54 years old)
Another British woman who, in the 17th century. gave birth to another baby. The baby was the 39th in a row, and the mother was “only” 54. All children born to this woman survived. Comment: A large number of pregnancies support the functioning of a woman's reproductive system.
3rd place – Kathleen Campbell (55 years old)
A woman in the United Kingdom became pregnant at 55 and gave birth to her son without any support benefits. Comment: this is heredity.
2nd place – Don Brook (59 years old)
A British woman who gave birth to a healthy son at 59 in 1997. At first she mistook the pregnancy for cancer and only after an examination she was surprised to learn that she was pregnant. Comment: the situation is not entirely clear, since there is no information about whether she had any more children.
1st place – Ellen Ellis (72 years old)
And again an Englishwoman. The oldest woman in labor who lived in the 17th century. She gave birth to her last child without complications at age 72, but he was stillborn. The birth was the 13th in a row! This is the oldest mother to give birth naturally. Comment: a woman who has given birth many times could theoretically retain reproductive function; stillbirth is also typical for old age.
It's surprising that this list is dominated by mothers from Foggy Albion. What is their secret?
Rating of the oldest mothers in the world who gave birth to children using IVF
Women who decide to become pregnant through IVF face almost no risks: before taking the patient into the program, she is thoroughly examined and, if necessary, treated. Throughout the pregnancy, the patient is monitored and the birth of a child with a disability is completely ruled out (if a severe anomaly is discovered during the next examination, the woman is offered to terminate the pregnancy).
No. 8. Lauren Cohen (58 years old)
A woman from the United States gave birth to twins (a boy and a girl) in 2006 at 58.
Two years earlier, she gave birth to her second daughter (the first was already an adult).
No. 7. Ann Stolper (58 years old)
An Englishwoman, as a surrogate mother, carried twins at 58 (the biological mother was her daughter with her uterus removed).
No. 6. Sandra Lennon (59 years old)
A British woman who, using IVF at the age of 58 and 59, gave birth to two sons with an interval of just one year (in 2003 and 2004); has two adult children and four grandchildren who do not support their elderly mother.
No. 5. Janice Wolf (62 years old)
An Englishwoman, in 2006 gave birth to a son at 62, by that time having adult daughters, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
No. 4. Annegret Raunig (65 years old)
An Englishwoman, with the help of an IVF program at 65, gave birth to four at once (3 sons and a daughter); the birth was the eighth in a row.
No. 3. Adriana Iliescu (66 years old)
The Romanian woman could not become a mother naturally; She underwent IVF several times to no avail, but was still able to get pregnant and give birth to a daughter in 2005 at 66.
No. 2. Maria Carmen Busada de Lara (66 years old)
A Spanish woman, in 2006 she gave birth to twins, because she believed that she had good heredity (the mother lived to be 101 years old). She died two years after giving birth from ovarian cancer.
No. 1. Rayo Devi (70 years old)
An Indian woman, the oldest woman in labor in the world, gave birth to a girl in 2008 with the help of an IVF program at 70; the birth was very difficult; this caused public outrage, and the question arose about the legality of the IVF procedure at such an old age.
The story of one elderly mother (video)
The oldest mothers in Russia
In Russia, as well as throughout the planet, in last years There are many women giving birth to children after 40 years. The actresses Marina Zudina, Marina Mogilevskaya, and ballerina Ilze Liepa gave birth to their first children at the age of 40. Olesya Sudzilovskaya and Olga Kabo became mothers again at the same age.
But there are older mothers in Russia:
Galina Shubenina (60 years old)
The oldest mother in Russia, with the help of an IVF program, gave birth to a healthy daughter in 2017.
Dangers of late labor
Childbirth is always a challenge, even for young women. In old age, the risks during childbirth increase many times over. The contractility of the uterine muscles decreases, and the risk of severe bleeding increases. Prolonged labor leads to the fact that the fetus suffers from a lack of oxygen and nutrients, which can subsequently affect the condition of its brain.
To avoid such complications during childbirth, older mothers are sent to the maternity hospital in advance and often undergo a planned cesarean section.
Many older women want to have a baby. Not everyone succeeds in this naturally, but there are still cases when women give birth after 50 years. Such mothers are recommended to regularly visit their gynecologist throughout pregnancy and undergo all necessary examinations in order to give birth to a healthy baby. With the help of IVF, it is possible to give birth at a later age, if the health of the expectant mother allows it.
It's never too late to become a mother! This was confirmed by one resident of India. In 2016, on April 19, a 70-year-old woman gave birth to a completely healthy baby, her first child.
This is incredible, because scientists unanimously declare that after 45 years, the chances of conceiving a child are almost zero.
After the exchange of the fifth ten, this event can even be considered a miracle. What can we say about those who have crossed 70. At this age, they do not even dream of experiencing the joy of motherhood.
The older a woman gets, the worse her reproductive system functions, and it is she who is responsible for the act of fertilization. Therefore, closer to the age of 50, most women think more about how to raise grandchildren, rather than about the possibility of having a child.
Course of labor
Our heroine was not frightened by any warnings from scientists, and now she and her husband, who, by the way, is also no longer young (at the time of giving birth, he was 79 years old), are happy parents.
They had a son, whom the couple named Armaan. His weight was 2 kg, which is considered slightly below normal. This happened in Indian National Institute reproductive medicine.
According to health workers, the unusual birth went without any problems. The child was born thanks to the standard procedure - caesarean section. His mother feels great and is truly happy to hold her boy in her arms. 
Thus, the brave Indian woman broke the record set by her fellow countrywoman, Rajo Devi Lohan. This woman received the status of "oldest mother" in 2006 at the age of 70. The IVF procedure helped her achieve this, and its effectiveness gives hope to ladies around the world who cannot get pregnant.
Preparing for conception
Before conception, doctors carefully examined the patient and came to the conclusion that she was not 70 years old, but approximately 72 years old. And all because Mrs. Daljinder (that’s her name) did not have a birth certificate. And it is not surprising that the child was conceived artificially.
For several months, the woman's ovaries were stimulated with special drugs. The eggs obtained during this process were fertilized with the ejaculate of the future father and implanted into the future mother.
The news that at the age of 70 you can safely give birth without problems for the health of the baby and yourself was perceived differently by society.
Some look at this event with enthusiasm, while others strongly criticize assisted reproductive technologies. Apparently, discussions around this topic will not subside for a long time.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, a Russian woman gave birth to the most children in the 18th century: she gave birth to 69 children in 30 years.
The Guinness Book of Records records that the most children were born in the 18th century by a Russian woman, about whom it is only known that she was the wife of the peasant Fyodor Vasilyev. Over 30 years, she gave birth 27 times: 16 pairs of twins, 7 triplets and 4 quadruplets. There are 69 children in total.
By the way, after the death of his first wife, Fyodor Vasiliev married again, and his second wife gave birth to 18 more children: six twins and two triplets. However, even this result does not allow us to consider Fedor Vasiliev the most father of many children in history. But the record of the nameless peasant woman has not yet been broken.
There is probably not a single country where Mother's Day is not celebrated. It appeared in Russia relatively recently - it has been celebrated on the last Sunday of November since 1998, but it is gradually entering Russian homes. And this is wonderful: no matter how many good, kind words we say to our mothers, they will still not be enough.
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The most unusual mothers
The mother who gave birth to the tiniest baby. Baby Mahajabina Sheikh at birth weighed 243.81 g with a height of 10 cm.
The oldest mother. Indian woman Rayo Devi Lohan gave birth for the first time at 70 years old.
Lina Medina became the youngest mother. The girl gave birth to a child when she was 5 years and 7 months old.
A mother who gave birth to eight children at one time. Nadia Denise Daoud-Suleman Gutierrez gave birth in 2009, and six more children were waiting for her at home.
The world record for the difference between births is set by Elizabeth Ann. She gave birth to her first child in 1956, when she was 19 years old, and her second son was born when her mother was already 60 years old. Thus, the difference was 41 years.
