How old is too old to have a baby? - CNN.com - 0 views
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Bhateri Devi, 66, gave birth to triplet after receiving fertility treatment
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Bhateri Devi is post-menopausal and has no more eggs. In her case Dr. Bishnoi says he fertilized a young woman's egg with sperm from Devi's husband in a Petri dish and then injected the fetus into his 66-year-old patient's uterus.
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"Medically it is possible, but medically it is also possible to use the same technique in a pre-pubescent girl.--Dr. Sohani Verma
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Before the procedure, patients have to take a few months of hormone treatment to prepare the body. This is known as in vitro fertilization, or IVF, a technique being used all over the world.