Japanese grandmother gives birth to her own grandchild
2008-08-21 16:00:18 (GMT) (Caymanmama.com - Health News News)Fresno, California (CaymanMama.com) — Japan is always churning out stories of bizarre events, never-before seen technologies, and medical marvels. Staying true to form, a story out of Tokyo from the Associated Press on Thursday tells yet another one of those odd stories and this time, it is about a birth that runs against the grain of the ordinary.
According to the report from a Tokyo clinic, a 61-year-old Japanese grandmother gave birth to her own grandchild, using an egg donated by her daughter. Although it is a rare taboo to have a surrogate birth in Japan, they are not altogether illegal. Born at the Suwa Maternity Clinic in Nagano, northwest of Tokyo, the baby’s exact date of birth and gender were not disclosed. However, some reports state that the baby was born in 2007. A spokesperson for the clinic did confirm that the surrogate mother and child are in good health.
The report stated, “Dr. Yahiro Netsu, who runs the clinic, has long defied national opposition to such procedures, arguing that they should be an option for woman who are infertile. In 2001, he performed what is thought to be the country’s first successful surrogate birth. In 1998, Netsu was expelled from Japan’s gynecology association for performing in-vitro fertilizations with eggs and sperm of donors who were not married to each other, though he was later reinstated.”
The spokesperson indicated that the woman is rumored to be the oldest surrogate mother in Japan, while other news reports claims that the grandmother is the oldest woman to have given birth overall. The Japanese Health Ministry policy restricts the release of exact statistics on mothers’ ages, claiming that there were 2 births to women over the age of 55 in 2006.
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