
The title of Great Britain's oldest woman to give birth now officially belongs to Elizabeth Adeney (aka Elizabeth Munro), who at age 66 gave birth to a boy last week.
But how old is too old to become a new mom? Are there health risks for older mothers? We went to Bing for all that and the latest on her new baby.
The birth: She delivered via C-section--what exactly is a caesarean?-- at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. (Where is that?)
The baby: It's a boy! The name? Jolyon, which is said to mean "young at heart." He weighed in at 5 pounds 3 ounces. (Find pictures of Adeney carrying her son.)
Who is she? Adeney has avoided the spotlight, but here's what we found: She reportedly received IVF treatment in Ukraine. She's a divorcee who works in Suffolk, England. Where is that? And she will be in her mid-80s when Jolyon graduates from high school. (She may need these parenting tips.)
Golden girls: The oldest woman in the world to give birth (so far) was a 70-year-old grandmother who bore twins in India last year. (Search for what she went through to become a mom again.) Frieda Birnbaum was thought to be the oldest American to give birth when she had her twins in 2007 at the ripe young age of 60.
Science to the rescue: How does a woman get pregnant after she's gone through menopause? Three letters: IVF. (Search for more about the procedure.) But are these pregnancies riskier than most? (See what we found aboutthat subject.)
Just one of the guys: Silver-haired new dads have been around for years. Larry King, 75, has two boys under the age of 10. When Tony Randall died at 84, he left behind two young children. (Who else became a father late in life?)
Other natal notables:This person is known as the first pregnant man. (But there may have been another.) Some surrogates are having more babies for others than for themselves. One couple had two sets of black and white twins. (Search for more about this family.)