3. Adriana Iliescu – Age 66
Adriana Iliescu was halfway through her 66th year when she gave premature birth in 2005 to a 3 pound baby girl. She went through IVF treatment for nine years before giving birth. Everyone thought she would give birth to triplets. But one of hers died before giving birth. And another passed away from stillbirth.
She always wanted children of her own, but could not conceive naturally. When IVF treatment came along, she jumped right on the bandwagon.
“If I live as long as my parents did, Eliza will be 20 by the time I pass away,” she says. Religious groups say she is “grotesque,” “horrifying,” and “the work of the devil.”
The doctor who performed the IVF treatment justified it all saying Adriana is in good health. Eliza, the baby girl, is doing well. In school, they say she is well advanced for her age. Adriana, university professor and author of children’s books, says “I feel like I’m 27.”
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