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In reply to the discussion: 72-year-old woman becomes first time mom thanks to IVF [View all]Xithras
(16,191 posts)31. Based on "normal" life expectancy, the kid will be on borrowed time from its birth.
The average life expectancy in INDIA is 63.5 years. The average life expectancy in Haryana, the state where this couple lives, is 66.2. Factor in the gender gap in life expectancy in India, and the average woman is dead before her 68th birthday.
The HIGHEST average life expectancy in India is among women in Kerala, which is just short of 78 years old. That would make the kid an orphan at eight...but they don't live anywhere near Kerala.
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And if the parents live a normal life expectancy, the boy will be an orphan at age eight
Doctor_J
May 2016
#2
Based on "normal" life expectancy, the kid will be on borrowed time from its birth.
Xithras
May 2016
#31
Great, the poor kid is going to be stuck caring for elderly parents before he will
smirkymonkey
May 2016
#9
Sure they did. Me me me me me me me me me and finally mini me. You know, same as all the 72-yr-old
valerief
May 2016
#22
I can't recall any man who fathered children at that age being called selfish.
alarimer
May 2016
#20
She better hang tough!won't be easy going to a parent teacher conference at 89!
peace13
May 2016
#26