62-year-old woman gives birth

A 62-year-old Australian has become the country’s oldest woman to give birth.
The unnamed Tasmanian mother gave birth to a girl in Melbourne.
The baby was born premature but is said to be progressing well, along with her mother.
It said that the woman was implanted with a donor embryo in an operation outside Australia and was supported throughout the pregnancy by her 78-year-old partner.

Australian Medical Association President, Michael Gannon, said that it was “madness, selfish and wrong” for the woman to have the baby and asked whether “anyone thought ahead to its teens.