A Chinese woman was so devastated by the death of her only child she decided to have another baby at the age of 64.

The mother, who remains unidentified, gave birth to a healthy son weighing 3.7kg (8.2 pounds) yesterday through a C-section in Jilin Province, north-east China, reportedHuanqiu, an affiliation to People's Daily Online.

The pensioner conceived through IVF, but doctors could not reveal whether or not she had used her own embryo in the process due to privacy reasons.