الأربعاء، 3 أغسطس 2016

Fertility expert attacks critics of 62-year-old first-time mother

Woman labelled a burden on taxpayers by head of Australian Medical Association, but defended by president of Fertility Society

The president of the Fertility Society of Australia, Prof Michael Chapman, has attacked criticism of a 62-year-old Tasmanian woman who has become Australia’s oldest first-time mother.

The woman, who does not wish to be identified, received IVF overseas where she was implanted with a fertilised donor embryo. The woman gave birth via a caesarean section at 34 weeks pregnant at the Frances Perry private hospital in Melbourne on Monday, supported by her 78-year-old partner.

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I can see many situations that might have driven her to this.

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from Pregnancy | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2aRTrM1

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