Erramatti Mangamma | |
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Born | c. 1944–1945 (age 80–81) |
Known for | Currently the world's oldest mother at time of child's birth |
Spouse | Sitarama Rajarao (m. 1962;died 2020) |
Children | 2 |
Erramatti Mangamma (born 1944 or 1945) is an Indian woman who currently holds the record for having given birth at the oldest age. At the age of 74, she gave birth to twin girls on 5 September 2019. [1] [2] The record was previously held by her compatriot Daljinder Kaur Gill, who in April 2016 gave birth to a boy at the age of 72. [3]
Mangamma married Sitarama Rajarao in 1962 in Andhra Pradesh, but the couple were unable to have children until Mangamma was impregnated using in-vitro fertilisation. [4]
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.[ citation needed ] The couple delivered twin girls for the first time after their marriage in 1962. [5] Mangamma delivered her twins via C-section on 5 September 2019, after being impregnated through the process of in-vitro fertilisation, in the city of Hyderabad, making her the world's oldest mother and the oldest mother to give birth to twins. [6] Some news sources initially reported her age as 73, [7] [8] but her doctor subsequently produced a birth certificate stating she was 74. [1]
Rajarao, her husband, after being held in intensive care in 2020 Rajaro died from a heart attack that following year at the age of 84. [9]