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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1732660059405viber_image_2024-11-27_06-25-09-142.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Muhamad Harun Rabiyudin, Unsplash </em></span></span></span></div><p>A 61-year-old became the oldest woman to give birth in North Macedonia, health officials in the Balkan country said Tuesday.</p><p>The new mother, who was not named, was a recipient of in vitro fertilisation, according to the director at the Skopje&#x27;s University Clinic of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Irena Aleksioska Papestiev.</p><p>&quot;The birth of the baby Petar by a 61-year-old patient shows that there are no more limits in the world of medicine,&quot; Papestiev told reporters during a press conference.</p><p>Papestiev added that doctors closely followed the patient during her pregnancy, saying she was diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/8/ideal-age-to-get-pregnant-here-s-what-an-expert-says-2052">Is there really an ideal age to get pregnant? An expert tells us</a></div><p>Papestiev said the patient had undergone 10 separate in vitro treatments in the past.</p><p>In North Macedonia, there is no age limit for woman using in vitro treatments.</p><p>The mother and newborn baby were released from hospital on Tuesday, according to officials, who said the father was 65.</p><p>According to official statistics, North Macedonia&#x27;s fertility rate in 2023 was 1.48 births per woman.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/17/why-gov-t-agencies-are-alarmed-at-rise-in-early-teen-pregnancies-2015">Why gov&#x27;t agencies are alarmed at rise in early teen pregnancies</a></div><p>Since declaring independence in 1991, North Macedonia has seen vast chunks of its people emigrating amid a stagnating economy.</p><p>The country has just 1.8 million inhabitants, a drop of nearly 10 percent in less than two decades, according to data from the last census conducted in 2021.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/life/09/12/20/coleen-garcia-water-birth-benefits">Water birth: Pros and cons of all-natural labor</a></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>A 61-year-old became the oldest woman to give birth in North Macedonia, health officials in the Balkan country said Tuesday.</p>

A 61-year-old became the oldest woman to give birth in North Macedonia, health officials in the Balkan country said Tuesday.

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Woman, 61, becomes N. Macedonia's oldest to give birth

Agence France-Presse

Published Nov 27, 2024 06:33 AM PHT

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