A 63-year-old British Hospital Consultant who received a fertility treatment will soon become the oldest mother in England, and one of the oldest mothers in the world.

According to Reuters, Patricia Rashbrook, a child psychologist from Lewes, East Sussex, received in vitro fertilization treatment last October

Children conceived by an assisted reproduction technique have a higher risk for birth defects.

The intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) does not lead to delayed or abnormal development and according to Reuters Health, involves the direct injection of a sperm into an egg, by manipulation under a microscope

After studying 150 fishermen, researchers discovered that exposure to certain pollutants that are a bi-product of industrial and agricultural processes increased the Y chromosome sperm. However, lead researcher, from Lund University in Sweden, Professor Aleksander Giwercman said a larger population sample would be needed to confirm if the effect would lead to more boys being born. The researchers analyzed the effect of exposure to two persistent organochlorine pollutants - DDE and CB-153 - which is most likely to come from eating fatty fish such as salmon. According to the Human Reproduction journal, 20% of men with the highest exposure to DDE compared with the 20% with the lowest exposure had 1.6% more sperm with the Y chromosome. For CB-153 there was a 0.8% increase. Dr. Allan Pacey, a specialist in male fertility at the University of Sheffield and secretary of the British Fertility Society, said, "It is the first time I have heard of pollutants having this effect...if this is so it is possible others could have a similar impact and that could have huge consequences