61-year-old Woman becomes mother for first time after falling pregnant naturally

Italy: A 61-year-old woman from Italy Maria Rosaria Veneruso became a mother for the first time after falling pregnant naturally and delivered a healthy baby boy weighing in at 7lbs 7oz, on Monday afternoon.

Speaking to local media, Maria said she and her husband Enzo were completely delighted with their new arrival.

"I have fulfilled my dream. The future does not scare me she said"

Maria Rosaria did not undergo any reproductive treatment to make her pregnant.

Doctor Stefano Palmieri, who oversaw the birth at a hospital in the Castel Volturno commune in the Campania region in the south-western part of Italy, said "It was a peaceful pregnancy."

"The lady did regular physical exercise up until her seventh month", he said.

The record for the oldest woman to give birth is still held by an unidentified English woman who delivered her baby in 1887.

At 62, the woman had boys triplets which are her 11th, 12th, and 13th children, and were all delivered naturally.

According to records, the oldest person to ever give birth, is 70-year-old Daljinder Kaur from India who had a baby with her husband Mohinder Singh Gill, 79 through IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation) treatment.
IVF is an assisted reproductive technology system that involves the manual combination of an egg and sperm in a laboratory dish, before then transferring the embryo to the uterus.