Janise Wulf, mother of 10, grandmother of 20 and great-grandmother of 3, became the oldest woman to give birth successfully to a healthy baby boy through in-vitro fertilization, though family members were concerned for her health, the woman suffering from diabetes and being blind since birth, experiencing this week swelling and high blood pressure.
Desiree Myers, Wulf's 28-year-old daughter, said: "I believe our only hesitation collectively was her health and her coming
through this. Giving birth is hard at any age, in any body, let alone with her being 62." The baby boy was named Adam Charles Wulf and is born 3 1/2 years later after his brother, being Janise's second child with her third husband.
Scott Wulf, 48, declared that his two sons are more than he hoped for; he always wanted children but his previous wife was infertile. Scott stated after the good news: "She's a wonderful woman; soul mate. She'll be just as full of life at 80 as she always has been."
Quinten Myers, one of the woman's grandchildren, is only a few month older than Adam. To avoid confusion, Wulf said that the children in the family call themselves cousins.
However, Wulf is not the oldest woman in the world to give birth; the record is held by a Romanian, Adriana Iliescu, who gave birth last year, at 66 years of age, to a baby girl with the aid of artificial insemination, on January 15.
Janise is used to defy the odds; she was a synchronized swimmer in high school, though blind, and has a passion for cooking; she was inspired after reading a book called "Expecting Miracles". Furthermore, she considers her success a groundbreaking act for older women.
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