WOman (62) gives birth to boy after having 12 kids and 20 grandkids
Minoriteeburg
19-02-2006, 16:54
Calif. Woman, 62, Gives Birth to Baby Boy
REDDING, Calif. - A 62-year-old woman gave birth Friday to a healthy 6-pound, 9-ounce baby boy, becoming one of the oldest women in the world to successfully bear a child.
Janise Wulf gave birth to her 12th child. She is also a grandmother of 20 and a great-grandmother of three.
Family members said the delivery went smoothly, despite earlier concerns about the mother's health. Wulf, a diabetic, experienced swelling and higher blood pressure earlier this week, prompting doctors to perform the Caesarean section a week early.
Wulf and her third husband, Scott, 48, named the red-haired boy Adam Charles Wulf. He follows just 3 1/2 years behind his older brother, Ian.
"I hate to raise one alone, without a sibling," said Wulf, who was impregnated both times through in vitro fertilization.
The oldest woman on record to give birth is a 66-year-old Adriana Iliescu of Romania, who had a Caesarean section Jan. 15, 2005.
The Guinness Book of World Records also lists two 63-year-old women who have given birth: Rosanna Della Corte of Italy in 1994 and Acheli Keh of California in 1996. News reports, however, list Della Corte's age at 62 when she gave birth.
I didn't think women this old could give berth. Soon you will be seeing Maternity Wards in Geriatric care buildings *shudders* scary.
Fleckenstein
19-02-2006, 16:56
a great grandmother has more children?!?!?!
how does that look: you are older than your great uncle! classic!
Megaloria
19-02-2006, 16:58
Must...avoid..."loose screw"...joke...
Minoriteeburg
19-02-2006, 17:02
a great grandmother has more children?!?!?!
how does that look: you are older than your great uncle! classic!
LOL! It truly is a priceless story
Anything to get your name in the newspaper...
Minoriteeburg
19-02-2006, 17:26
Anything to get your name in the newspaper...
it could be worse it could be another paris hilton story. that girl needs to die or end up in prison
it could be worse it could be another paris hilton story. that girl needs to die or end up in prison
I hate her too, don't worry.
My God....
How does that happen, I mean, was her geriatric club having a party one night and she got knocked up?
She probably was involved with one of these,
http://www.funnyhub.com/pictures/pages/nursing-home-orgy.html
Carisbrooke
19-02-2006, 17:57
the nursing home orgy! lmao
I now have to go wash my brain clean from those mental images....
WOW I thought I was too old at the top end of my 30's to be thinking of having another baby..
Tribal Ecology
19-02-2006, 17:59
Assuming to the number of children, it's trash. Probably white trash.
Teh_pantless_hero
19-02-2006, 18:10
Assuming to the number of children, it's trash. Probably white trash.
No, too old.
She is 62, she figured she would carry on the baby boom from the old days, birth control be damned.
Old men have children all the time. I don't see how this is any different. More unusual, but no more different than some 60 year old geezer knocking up some trophy wife.
Dinaverg
19-02-2006, 18:33
Old men have children all the time. I don't see how this is any different. More unusual, but no more different than some 60 year old geezer knocking up some trophy wife.
...ummm...I dunno...I figured it was unusual because men don't necesarrily have the whole "biological clock" thing going on.....and what are the chances this kid has Down's Syndrome anyways?
Cabra West
19-02-2006, 18:34
I was going to say something about teaching people of all ages about contraception, but as this was in vitro fertilisation.... I'll best keep my mouth shut before people yell at me again for hating kids.
Iztatepopotla
19-02-2006, 18:38
Old men have children all the time. I don't see how this is any different. More unusual, but no more different than some 60 year old geezer knocking up some trophy wife.
It's unusual because women supposedly go through menopause at around 40-50 and then stop producing eggs. I don't know if this is the case, menopause is happening later in life nowadays, but the article says her last two pregnancies were through in-vitro fertilization, so it may be. Not many women get pregnant at that age, or want to.
Franberry
19-02-2006, 18:50
a great grandmother has more children?!?!?!
how does that look: you are older than your great uncle! classic!
Whooooohooo!!
...ummm...I dunno...I figured it was unusual because men don't necesarrily have the whole "biological clock" thing going on.....
So?
and what are the chances this kid has Down's Syndrome anyways?
None, as she probably would have aborted it when they screened. You do know that you can know before the child is born if it has Down's?
It's unusual because women supposedly go through menopause at around 40-50 and then stop producing eggs. I don't know if this is the case, menopause is happening later in life nowadays, but the article says her last two pregnancies were through in-vitro fertilization, so it may be. Not many women get pregnant at that age, or want to.
Well, duh. So?
Teh_pantless_hero
19-02-2006, 18:52
Old men have children all the time. I don't see how this is any different. More unusual, but no more different than some 60 year old geezer knocking up some trophy wife.
Yeah, but the babies don't incubate themselves inside the man and burst out like in an Alien movie. Completely different situation.
Yeah, but the babies don't incubate themselves inside the man and burst out like in an Alien movie. Completely different situation.
Not really, no. The biology may be different, but the principle isn't: If we aren't appalled that 60+ men have children, we should not be appalled that women have them at that age, either.
Iztatepopotla
19-02-2006, 18:56
Well, duh. So?
The rarity of it is what makes it noteworthy. As you have noticed, no one gives a flying flick if a 78 y.o. geezer impregnates a 20 y.o. trophy wife, but the female organs work a bit different and it's extremely rare for a woman over 60 to become pregnant.
Now, if your problem is with those that say it's wrong, take it up with them.
Dinaverg
19-02-2006, 18:59
None, as she probably would have aborted it when they screened. You do know that you can know before the child is born if it has Down's?
Eh, who says she would?
The rarity of it is what makes it noteworthy. As you have noticed, no one gives a flying flick if a 78 y.o. geezer impregnates a 20 y.o. trophy wife, but the female organs work a bit different and it's extremely rare for a woman over 60 to become pregnant.
Now, if your problem is with those that say it's wrong, take it up with them.
If you haven't noticed, people here aren't exactly going "way to go, grandma." Instead they are making disparaging comments.
Eh, who says she would?
Most people do. Also, it would have been reported had the child had Down's.
Sel Appa
19-02-2006, 19:00
Was it a real child or IVF? Also, if people want so many children, there are plenty of pleasant children in adoption agencies around the world that really need a home. Women like her make me somewhat sick. Seriously four real kids is enough...and that is pushing it...hell 4 kids is enough. But, after that, please adopt some poor, hungry child in an orphanage like I plan to do when I'm a wee older.
Iztatepopotla
19-02-2006, 19:02
If you haven't noticed, people here aren't exactly going "way to go, grandma." Instead they are making disparaging comments.
I see. You first posts reads like you're wondering why this should be newsworthy, or maybe that's how I read it. Sorry.
Yes, it's quite dumb to disparage this grandmother. It's her body, let her do what she wants with it.
Was it a real child or IVF?
Children conceived through IVF are real children.
Women like her make me somewhat sick.
My earlier point proved.
Dinaverg
19-02-2006, 19:02
Most people do. Also, it would have been reported had the child had Down's.
Eh, sure why not. I still assume the chances were high
Was it a real child or IVF?
IVF children aren't real?
Teh_pantless_hero
19-02-2006, 19:03
Not really, no. The biology may be different, but the principle isn't: If we aren't appalled that 60+ men have children, we should not be appalled that women have them at that age, either.
Being appalled isn't the point.
Iztatepopotla
19-02-2006, 19:04
Was it a real child or IVF? Also, if people want so many children, there are plenty of pleasant children in adoption agencies around the world that really need a home. Women like her make me somewhat sick. Seriously four real kids is enough...and that is pushing it...hell 4 kids is enough. But, after that, please adopt some poor, hungry child in an orphanage like I plan to do when I'm a wee older.
What do you mean "real"? As far as I know kids conceived through IVF or other methods are as real as the old-fashioned ones.
How many kids have you adopted?
Eh, sure why not. I still assume the chances were high.
At age 49, the incidence is 1 in 12.
Being appalled isn't the point.
What is the point then - the hypocrisy?
Sel Appa
19-02-2006, 19:12
Children conceived through IVF are real children.
IVF is artificially achieved and also there is that way of giving birth to a different person's egg. By real, I meant...well you know...
Teh_pantless_hero
19-02-2006, 19:34
What is the point then - the hypocrisy?
Now you are just making up asinine complaints.
IVF is artificially achieved and also there is that way of giving birth to a different person's egg. By real, I meant...well you know...
IVF children are as real as any other child.
Now you are just making up asinine complaints.
Now you're just resorting to pointless adjectives when you can't present a rebuttal.
Teh_pantless_hero
19-02-2006, 22:11
Now you're just resorting to pointless adjectives when you can't present a rebuttal.
A rebuttal to what? Your argument is what? Nothing I can find.
A rebuttal to what? Your argument is what? Nothing I can find.
Apparently you found one, otherwise you would not have ventured into this pointless "nuhuh, this isn't about what you claim, but about something I won't tell" diversion.
Minoriteeburg
19-02-2006, 23:51
My God....
How does that happen, I mean, was her geriatric club having a party one night and she got knocked up?
She probably was involved with one of these,
http://www.funnyhub.com/pictures/pages/nursing-home-orgy.html
wow I don't think I'll be able to look at an old person for a long time.
Not really, no. The biology may be different, but the principle isn't: If we aren't appalled that 60+ men have children, we should not be appalled that women have them at that age, either.
How many 60+ women can go through a healthy labor?
Minoriteeburg
20-02-2006, 19:16
How many 60+ women can go through a healthy labor?
true that is the part that boggled my mind the most
Lunatic Goofballs
20-02-2006, 19:24
:eek:
Jesus, lady! It's a vagina, not a clown car! :eek:
:eek:
Jesus, lady! It's a vagina, not a clown car! :eek:
Litters that size were not uncommon among straight people just a few decades ago.
Litters that size were not uncommon among straight people just a few decades ago.
That was when having many children was neccessary for the family's survival.
Besides look at this planet's population! This woman wants to fill it up even more? :eek:
Litters
:D
Minoriteeburg
20-02-2006, 19:34
That was when having many children was neccessary for the family's survival.
Besides look at this planet's population! This woman wants to fill it up even more? :eek:
look at china especially no more dozens of kids for them.