61-Year-Old's Pregnancy Stirs Up Controversy in Brazil
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A 61-year-old Brazilian woman has stirred controversy after becoming pregnant with her much-younger husband, AFP reported on Monday.
The woman in question is post-menopausal and married to a man who is 38. She became pregnant with a donor egg and asked not to be publicly named. 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. I am in great health ... and I have undergone a very thorough medical clearance," she told O Globo newspaper.
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She said she did not plan to tell her future daughter about her having used a donor egg to become pregnant.
It is not Brazil's first late-in-life pregnancy. As recently as September 9, a 52-year-old woman whose husband is 88 became a first-time mother of twins.
Brazilian health officials say they are concerned about a wave of late-in-life pregnancies, which can put great strain on and harm some older mothers' bodies.
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There is currently no age limit for artificial insemination but doctors are not supposed to proceed if there would be grave risks for the mother or child.