Adriana Iliescu (born 31 May 1938, Craiova) is the world's oldest woman to give birth, at age 66. She gave birth to Eliza Maria on 16 January 2005, at the Giuleşti Maternity Hospital in Bucharest, Romania. The child, however, is not her biological child, as the ovum (and also the sperm) was from an anonymous donor, and Iliescu was more of a Surrogate mother. She is a retired university lecturer and writer of children's stories. May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining, as the last day of May. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Craiova (formerly known as Krajova) is a Romanian city, the capital of the county of Dolj, situated near the left bank of the river Jiu. ... This is a list of oldest known birth mothers: External links CNN.com 56-year old gives birth to twins CNN.com New Age mystic to become mom at 57 Categories: Stub ... Childbirth in a hospital. ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bucharest (population 2. ... Romania (formerly spelled Rumania or Roumania; Romanian: România) is a country in southeastern Europe. ... A human ovum An ovum (also oocyte, ovocyte, or loosely, egg or egg cell) is a female sex cell or gamete. ... Schematic diagram of a sperm cell, showing the (1) acrosome, (2) cell membrane, (3) nucleus, (4) mitochondria, and (5) flagellum (tail) A sperm cell, or spermatozoon ( spermatozoa) (in Greek: sperm = semen and zoon = alive), is the haploid cell that is the male gamete. ... A surrogate mother or ersatz mother is a woman who carries a child for a couple or single person with the intention of giving that child up once it is born (also called surrogate pregnancy). ... Retirement is the status of a worker who has stopped working. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... Lecturer is the name given to university teachers in most of the English-speaking world (but not at most universities in the US or Canada) who do not hold a professorship. ... Though anyone who creates a written work may be called a writer, the term is usually reserved for those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

Pregnancy

Iliescu was first given hormone treatment to reverse menopause in 1995 and in vitro fertilisation (three zygotes with sperm and ovum from two anonymous donors) in 2004, becoming pregnant with triplets. After ten weeks one of the three fetuses failed to progress and died. The remaining two fetuses, both girls, weighed just 1.45 kilograms (3.19 pounds) and 0.69 kilograms (1.54 pounds) after 33 weeks of pregnancy, but after complications the smaller of the two died in the womb. Though doctors were expecting to perform a caesarian section soon after the 34th week, the death of one of the twins led to the decision to operate earlier than planned. The surviving baby was expected to remain in hospital for six weeks. Hormone is also the NATO reporting name for the Soviet/Russian Kamov Ka-25 military helicopter. ... Menopause (also known as the Change of life or climacteric) is a stage of the human female reproductive cycle that occurs as the ovaries stop producing estrogen, causing the reproductive system to gradually shut down. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a technique in which egg cells are fertilized outside the mothers body in cases where conception is difficult or impossible through normal intercourse. ... A zygote (Greek: ζυγωτόν) is a cell that is the result of fertilization. ... Schematic diagram of a sperm cell, showing the (1) acrosome, (2) cell membrane, (3) nucleus, (4) mitochondria, and (5) flagellum (tail) A sperm cell, or spermatozoon ( spermatozoa) (in Greek: sperm = semen and zoon = alive), is the haploid cell that is the male gamete. ... A human ovum An ovum (also oocyte, ovocyte, or loosely, egg or egg cell) is a female sex cell or gamete. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Identical Triplet Sisters A multiple birth results when more than one human baby is born from a single pregnancy. ... Fetus at eight weeks A fetus (alternatively foetus or fœtus) is an embryo in later stages of development, from the third month of pregnancy until birth in humans. ... The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, which is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. ... Officially the pound is the name for at least three different units of mass: The pound (avoirdupois). ... A pregnant woman Pregnancy is the process by which a mammalian female carries a live offspring from conception until it develops to the point where the offspring is capable of living outside the womb. ... Female internal reproductive anatomy The uterus or womb is the major female reproductive organ of most mammals, including humans. ... A caesarean section (cesarean section AE), is a surgical incision through a mothers abdomen (laparotomy) and uterus (hysterotomy) to deliver one or more fetuses. ...

International interest

Romanian laws governing the process are currently under review and, to bring them in line with typical European legislation, may prevent any form of such treatment after the age of 50.

The story became international headline news, causing debate as to whether fertility treatment is ethically correct after a certain age. The release of details about the pregnancy and birth was criticised when different information was reported by different news companies. One primary source was a Realitatea TV interview with Iliescu conducted a month before the birth. The age of Iliescu was reported as 67 by some sources and the exact details of the second, and in some reports third, fetus differed greatly. For example, a CNN news website article [1] (http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/16/romania.mother.ap/) was updated after a day, changing her age from 67 to 66. Gheorghe Borcean, head of the Romanian medical profession's ethics committee commented: A headline is text at the top of a newspaper article, indicating the nature of the article below it. ...

"A case of such prominence should require academic debates and not just one single television report" [2] (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/07/content_406794.htm)

Television and newspaper polls and discussions around the world asked the public what their opinion of the ethical decision was.

References

• "Romanian professor, 67, expects twins" (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/07/content_406794.htm) at China Daily, referenced 17 January 2005
• "Romanian Woman, 66, Said to Be World's Oldest Mom" (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=7337691) at Reuters, referenced 17 January 2005
• "Romanian woman gives birth at 66" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4179057.stm) at BBC News, referenced 16 January 2005
• "World's oldest mother... at 67" (http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/16/romania.mother.ap/) at CNN, referenced 16 January 2005
• "No Magic for Older Moms" (http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,66322,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2), at Wired, referenced 17 January 2005

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External links

• "Your view: Mother at 67" (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/17/uyourviewmother.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/01/17/ixportaltop.html) at Telegraph.co.uk