Woman in 60s 'pregnant through IVF'
Press Association
Guardian Unlimited
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A controversial Italian fertility doctor has helped a British woman in her early 60s to become pregnant, it was reported.
Patricia Rashbrook, a child psychiatrist from Lewes, East Sussex, is now seven months' pregnant after being given IVF treatment by Severino Antinori, according to The Sun.
The newspaper reported she was 63 - which would make her the oldest British mother when she gives birth. Dr Rashbrook's husband, John Farrant, refused to comment on the story but said his wife was younger than 63.
Mr Farrant told The Sun: "My wife is seven months' pregnant. We are of course both very happy and looking forward to the birth. Obviously at our age it is quite daunting. I would not call it a miracle baby but an assisted conception. We were aware this was going to come out and we have been preparing ourselves psychologically for the news to break."
Dr Rashbrook, who already has two children from her first marriage, flew to Rome last October for treatment, The Sun reported.
Antinori, who runs a private fertility clinic in Rome, first made headlines in 1994 by helping a post-menopausal 63-year-old woman become pregnant with donor eggs and hormones. He has said in the past he aimed to be the first to produce a baby cloned from an adult. In 2004 he claimed that he knew of three cloned babies that had been born but refused to produce any evidence, citing legal reasons.
May 04, 2006
Press Association
Guardian Unlimited
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A controversial Italian fertility doctor has helped a British woman in her early 60s to become pregnant, it was reported.
Patricia Rashbrook, a child psychiatrist from Lewes, East Sussex, is now seven months' pregnant after being given IVF treatment by Severino Antinori, according to The Sun.
The newspaper reported she was 63 - which would make her the oldest British mother when she gives birth. Dr Rashbrook's husband, John Farrant, refused to comment on the story but said his wife was younger than 63.
Mr Farrant told The Sun: "My wife is seven months' pregnant. We are of course both very happy and looking forward to the birth. Obviously at our age it is quite daunting. I would not call it a miracle baby but an assisted conception. We were aware this was going to come out and we have been preparing ourselves psychologically for the news to break."
Dr Rashbrook, who already has two children from her first marriage, flew to Rome last October for treatment, The Sun reported.
Antinori, who runs a private fertility clinic in Rome, first made headlines in 1994 by helping a post-menopausal 63-year-old woman become pregnant with donor eggs and hormones. He has said in the past he aimed to be the first to produce a baby cloned from an adult. In 2004 he claimed that he knew of three cloned babies that had been born but refused to produce any evidence, citing legal reasons.
May 04, 2006
