There’s nothing wrong with having a baby in your 70s | Aarathi Prasad

Any woman should be able to make good decisions about her body - and if Daljinder Kaur is strong enough to fulfil her parenting dream perhaps we should lay off

The birth of Armaan Singh Gill, a 2kg boy, to Daljinder Kaur was announced by Indian and international media this week. Though she has no birth certificate, Kaur, estimated to be 72, is thought to be the world's oldest mother. Armaan was her first child. He was the result of her third round of IVF, using donor eggs and possibly donor sperm as well.

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