Patricia Rashbrook

Dr Patricia Rashbrook, also known as Patti Farrant, is the oldest woman to give birth in the United Kingdom. It was announced she was pregnant, following IVF treatment, on the May 4, 2006 , and then gave birth on July 8 at the age of 62 by caesarean section at Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. The baby was healthy and weighed 6lb 10½oz; it was named Jay Jay. The child was her first with husband John, though she already had two children from a previous marriage. Dr Rashbrook is a child psychiatrist and some criticism has been levelled at her for choosing to become pregnant at such an old age. She claims she will always act in the best interests of the child. She received an IVF treatment from controversial Italian fertility expert Severino Antinori.

References

• British woman gives birth at 62 in CNN online. Retrieved July 8, 2006.