ZACHARIAS AND ELISABETH - KEY PLAYERS IN THE CHRISTMAS STORY (2 OF 4)
Scripture: Luke 1:5-17
This content is part of a series.
Zacharias and Elisabeth - Key Players in the Christmas Story (2 of 4)
Series: Key Players In the Greatest Story Ever Told
Donald Cantrell
Luke 1:5-17
Theme: ‘‘God chose them to be part of this wondrous story’’
I - The Nomination of This Couple (5)
II - The Nature of This Couple (6)
III - The Need of This Couple (7)
IV - The Notification of This Couple (8 - 13)
V - The Nobility of This Couple (14 - 17)
Oldest Mothers on Record
In recent years, the average age of first time mothers has steadily risen and many reports say that women are now more likely to have their first child in their early 30s - the average is still around age 28. All the mothers on this list have taken this delayed motherhood to the extreme as all of them are over 65 years old and many of them are even first time mothers.
These women were able to have children at such an advanced age due to modern fertility treatments. Although these women (and their husbands if they’re married) are happy with their decision to have children in their advanced stage of life, they and their doctors have earned criticism from other doctors and people around the world.
Top Ten Oldest
(10) Annegret Raunigk is the oldest woman, at age 65, to give birth to quadruplets. Raunigk is already a single mother to 13 children (from five different fathers) and with the quadruplets, this brings her total number of children up to 17.
Doctors in Germany refused to give Raunigk IVF treatments because they were concerned that her body wouldn’t be strong enough to survive the stress of bearing any more children. However, a doctor in Ukraine agreed to artificially inseminate Raunigk.
Faced with criticism and accusations that she is selfish and crazy, Raunigk stands by her decisions and says that everyone ‘‘should live as they want to.’’
(9) Elizabeth Adeney is the oldest woman to ever give birth in the United Kingdom. Adeney’s son was born on May 28, 2009 when she was 66 years old. In order ...
Series: Key Players In the Greatest Story Ever Told
Donald Cantrell
Luke 1:5-17
Theme: ‘‘God chose them to be part of this wondrous story’’
I - The Nomination of This Couple (5)
II - The Nature of This Couple (6)
III - The Need of This Couple (7)
IV - The Notification of This Couple (8 - 13)
V - The Nobility of This Couple (14 - 17)
Oldest Mothers on Record
In recent years, the average age of first time mothers has steadily risen and many reports say that women are now more likely to have their first child in their early 30s - the average is still around age 28. All the mothers on this list have taken this delayed motherhood to the extreme as all of them are over 65 years old and many of them are even first time mothers.
These women were able to have children at such an advanced age due to modern fertility treatments. Although these women (and their husbands if they’re married) are happy with their decision to have children in their advanced stage of life, they and their doctors have earned criticism from other doctors and people around the world.
Top Ten Oldest
(10) Annegret Raunigk is the oldest woman, at age 65, to give birth to quadruplets. Raunigk is already a single mother to 13 children (from five different fathers) and with the quadruplets, this brings her total number of children up to 17.
Doctors in Germany refused to give Raunigk IVF treatments because they were concerned that her body wouldn’t be strong enough to survive the stress of bearing any more children. However, a doctor in Ukraine agreed to artificially inseminate Raunigk.
Faced with criticism and accusations that she is selfish and crazy, Raunigk stands by her decisions and says that everyone ‘‘should live as they want to.’’
(9) Elizabeth Adeney is the oldest woman to ever give birth in the United Kingdom. Adeney’s son was born on May 28, 2009 when she was 66 years old. In order ...
There are 21342 characters in the full content. This excerpt only shows a 2000 character sample of the full content.
Price: $5.99 or 1 credit
