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Published online 17 January 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050117-4

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Woman becomes mother at 66

Baby is healthy but one fertility expert condemns move as 'irresponsible'.

A Romanian woman set a world record on Sunday when she gave birth at the age of 66. Adriana Iliescu gave birth to a daughter, Eliza Maria, by caesarian section at the Giulesti maternity hospital in Bucharest on 16 January.

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