Erramatti Mangamma

Erramatti Mangamma (born 1 September 1946) is currently the oldest living woman to have given birth. She achieved this feat on 5 September 2019, giving birth to twin girls at the age of 73. The record for being the oldest mother in the world was previously held by Daljinder Kaur Gill, who gave birth to a baby boy at the age of 72.

Biography

Erramatti Mangamma married Sitarama Rajarao in 1962 in Andhra Pradesh, but the couple were reportedly unable to have children until Mangamma was impregnated using in-vitro fertilisation.

Pregnancy

The couple are believed to have consulted several doctors for a period before Mangamma got pregnant after consulting a village doctor, Shanakkalaya Umashankar, in November 2018. The couple delivered twin girls for the first time after their marriage in 1962. Mangamma delivered her twins on 5 September 2019 after being impregnated through the process of in-vitro fertilisation via C-section in the city of Hyderabad, making her the world's oldest mother and the oldest mother to give birth to twins.

Rajarao died from a heart attack in 2020, at the age of 74.

See also

• Lina Medina
• Pregnancy over age 50

References

1. Lina Medina
2. List of oldest fathers
3. Pregnancy over age 50
4. 2019 in India