The woman plans to give birth under the care of doctor Yahiro Netsu, who is known to handle controversial pregnancies involving surrogate mothers.
Netsu spoke about the women:
"She is 60 years old and single. I hesitated in my mind about whether this pregnancy should continue when I thought about the risk and the future of the child," he told reporters.Not only is it amazing that she is 60 years old and going to give birth, but this is the first case of its kind! She is making history!
It would be the first case of a single woman giving birth to a child from a donated embryo in Japan, according to Kyodo News. Fertility treatment in Japan is provided almost exclusively to married couples.The Japanese woman is reportedly in her 15th week of pregnancy and no complications have arrived as of yet.
Congratulations to her!
In case you were thinking 60 is an old age to give birth, last December 2006 a 67-year-old Spanish woman gave birth to twins, becoming the oldest known mother!
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