61 YEAR OLD WOMAN GIVES BIRTH IN CHINA TO BECOME CHINA'S 2ND OLDEST MOTHER

A61-year-old woman has became what is believed to be China’ssecond oldest mother, according to media reports, in a growing trend of older births among desperate couples who have been left childless by Beijing’s draconian one-child policy.

The woman, who was identified by her surname Zhang, gave birth to a boy in China’s eastern Zhejiang province through in vitro fertilization (IVF).

The C-section delivery came two years after the death of her 30-year-old daughter, who was her only child at the time.

The baby was born six days after media reported that another Chinese woman, 54-year-old Liu Hongmei, gave birth to a boy through IVF following the loss of her son in a traffic accident two years ago.

China reformed its strict family planning laws last October, but there are an estimated million Chinese families who have lost the only child they were ever allowed to have – including 335,000 mothers

Credit-Telegraph UK