Patricia Rashbrook: How she became Britain’s oldest mom

In 2006, a shocking revelation sent ripples across the world — a 62-year-old child psychologist had just become a mother, making history as the oldest woman in the UK to give birth. Her story ignited fierce controversy. Was it a triumph of science or a reckless gamble? Critics and supporters clashed, but one thing was certain — her journey was anything but ordinary. Now, years later, a devastating update has surfaced… and it’s the news no one wanted to hear. In 2006, images flooded the media — pictures of a 62-year-old woman cradling a newborn. She looked like any loving grandmother, but the headlines told a different story. Dr. Patricia Rashbrook, a respected child psychologist, had just become a mother, making history as the oldest woman in the UK to give birth. It was a story that stopped the world in its tracks. But was was this a miracle of modern medicine or a reckless defiance of nature? A controversial journey to motherhood Patricia and her husband, John Farrant, from Lewes in East Sussex, had longed for a child together. Though Patricia already had three grown children from a previous marriage, she and John felt something was missing. “From the… CONTINUE READING…