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Saturday, March 26, 2011

In India, giving birth at 50+ is not uncommon

Saturday, March 26, 2011
In India, giving birth at 50+ is not uncommonSeen from a distance there seems to be nothing special about the family in a village in Haryana in northern India. A shy young girl hides behind her mother. But from closer up, you suddenly notice the woman’s wrinkles, and the grey hair under her headscarf.

Rajo Devi Logan, who in late 2008 suddenly became famous as the "oldest mother in the world," proudly stands up and breaks into a broad smile as she talks about her daughter.

"I'm so happy with my daughter! Before she was born, I didn’t feel attached to anything. The neighbours used to talk about us with pity."

Rajo Devi doesn’t like to go back to the period in which she and her husband, Balla Ram, had no children. Like many people in rural India she doesn’t know exactly how old she is, but Rajo Devi is at least 70 years old. Her husband is 80, he says. Two and a half years ago, their daughter Naveen was born, at least 58 years after the couple married.

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