Posted on 09/08/2008 10:42:42 PM PDT by kingattax
PARIS (AFP) — A 59-year-old Frenchwoman has given birth by Caesarian section to two boys and a girl, who are in good health, the Paris hospital treating her said on Monday.
"Everything went smoothly," said a spokesman at Cochin hospital where the triplets were born overnight Saturday.
The woman, of Vietnamese origin, is thought to have resorted to a private Vietnamese clinic willing to overlook the age limit for egg donation and in vitro fertilisation (IVF), set at 45 in Vietnam, according to press reports.
Egg donations are authorised in France but most fertility clinics here set a maximum age limit of 42 for would-be mothers.
But nothing prevents couples from seeking fertility treatment abroad and in 2001 a 62-year-old Frenchwoman gave birth to a child conceived through IVF, in the Riviera town of Frejus.
Earlier this year, an Indian woman said to be 70 years old gave birth to twins after receiving IVF treatment.
The baby girl weighed in at 2.42 kilograms (5.34 pounds) as did one brother, while the second boy weighed 2.32 kilograms.
The birth of triplets by a mother in her late 50s was unprecedented in France and possibly a world first.
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is there a father for these kids????
Why?
Why? Because they wouldn’t stay inside her any longer. ;)
Indeed. After 9 months, the surrendered.
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