The oldest woman to give birth is Rajo Devi Lohan, who gave birth to a daughter in November 2008 at the age of 70. Lohan, who is from India, was already postmenopausal when she gave birth, and she became pregnant through in vitro fertilization using donor eggs. Lohan’s pregnancy and the birth of her daughter made headlines around the world, and they sparked a debate about the ethics of assisted reproduction in older women. Prior to Lohan, the oldest recorded woman to give birth was Rosanna Dalla Corte, who gave birth to a son in Italy in 1997 at the age of 59.
Rajo Devi Lohan’s birth was not a normal birth. Lohan, who was 70 years old at the time of her birth, became pregnant through assisted reproductive technology, specifically in vitro fertilization (IVF) using donor eggs. In IVF, a woman’s eggs are fertilized with sperm in a laboratory dish, and the resulting embryo is then implanted in the woman’s uterus. This allows women who are no longer able to produce eggs or who have other fertility issues to become pregnant and give birth. Lohan’s pregnancy and the birth of her daughter made headlines around the world, and they sparked a debate about the ethics of assisted reproduction in older women.