- Source: Erramatti Mangamma
Erramatti Mangamma (born 1 September 1946) is an Indian woman who currently holds the record for having given birth at the highest age. At the age of 73, she gave birth to twin girls on 5 September 2019. The record was previously held by Daljinder Kaur Gill, who gave birth to a baby boy at the age of 72.
Biography
Mangamma married Sitarama Rajarao in 1962 in Andhra Pradesh, but the couple were unable to have children until Mangamma was impregnated using in-vitro fertilisation.
Pregnancy
The couple are believed to have consulted several doctors for a period before Mangamma got pregnant after consulting a village doctor, Shanakkalaya Umashankar, in November 2018. The couple delivered twin girls for the first time after their marriage in 1962. Mangamma delivered her twins on 5 September 2019 after being impregnated through the process of in-vitro fertilisation via C-section in the city of Hyderabad, making her the world's oldest mother and the oldest mother to give birth to twins.
Rajarao died from a heart attack in 2020, at the age of 84.
See also
Lina Medina
Pregnancy over age 50
