Fox Health: Woman, 66 years old, gives birth to her 10th child: People 'should have more children'

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Woman, 66 years old, gives birth to her 10th child: People 'should have more children'

Alexandra Hildebrandt, 66, has given birth to her 10th child via C-section without any fertility support, reportedly due to living a healthy lifestyle, her doctor said....                        ...                        ...                            ...A 66-year-old woman in Germany has You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to her 10th child.......Alexandra Hildebrandt, owner of the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, welcomed her new son, Philipp, on March 19, according to today.com and other outlets.......The mom had her first child back in 1977, followed by eight children after she turned 50 — who were all born via C-section.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Her children include Svetlana, 45; Artiom, 36; twins Elisabeth and Maximilian, 12; Alexandra, 10; Leopold, 8; Anna, 7; Maria, 4 and Katharina, 2.......Hildebrandt You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login that she did not use any fertility drugs and did not have difficulty conceiving.......Her new baby Philipp was born via C-section at Charite Hospital in Berlin. ......He weighed in at a "healthy" seven pounds, 13 ounces, although he was kept in an incubator.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......In an interview with the German newspaper Bild, Hildebrandt shared her happiness in welcoming another child, noting that she feels "like I'm 35."......Professor Wolfgang Henrich, director of the Clinic for Obstetric Medicine at the Berlin Charite where Hildebrandt was treated, told Bild that her age and number of C-sections is an "absolute rarity in obstetric medicine and represented a challenge."......"Because of her particularly good physical constitution and mental strength, Ms. Hildebrandt managed the pregnancy well," he said. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"The operation was completely uncomplicated."......Hildebrandt confirmed with the publication, "I eat You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login swim regularly for an hour, run for two hours, don't smoke or drink, and have never used contraception."......"There is such a tendency to be unfriendly to children," Hildebrandt also told Bild. ......"Many people would revise their judgment once they had contact with children. We should encourage people to have more children!"......In an interview with Fox News Digital, fertility expert Dr. Alex Robles of Columbia University Fertility Center considered a pregnancy at this age "very unusual" biologically......."Statistically, the odds of conceiving after the age of 45 are less than 5%," he said. ......"Moreover, the average age of menopause, in which natural reproduction is no longer possible, is 50 to 55 years of age."......Robles warned that getting pregnant at these "extreme ages also poses significant health risks to the mother and baby."......Fox News Digital reached out to Hildebrandt for further comment....

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