Erramatti Mangamma

Erramatti Mangamma (born September 1945 or 1946) 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. 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.

Biography 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.

Pregnancy The couple is believed to have consulted several doctors for a period before Mangamma got pregnant following fertility treatment upon consulting a village doctor, Shanakkalaya Umashankar, in November 2018. Mangamma delivered her twin girls 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. Some news sources initially reported her age as 73, but her doctor subsequently produced a birth certificate stating she was 74.

Rajarao, her husband, died from a heart attack the following year at the age of 84 after being admitted to intensive care.