Adriana Iliescu who became a mother at age 67, making her the world's oldest recorded woman to give birth, could go home in a week if both she and her baby are fine, doctors here said.

The Romanian woman gave birth Sunday to a baby girl by caesarean section at the Giulesti Maternity Hospital in Bucharest, reported Xinhua.

Doctors decided to carry out a caesarean section on Adriana, who was carrying twin girls, after one of the babies developed problems and its heart stopped beating.

The surviving girl named Eliza Maria weighs 1.4 kilograms and is in good health, doctors said.

Adriana, a university professor, told doctors nine years ago that she wanted to become a mother. She had since undergone long fertility treatment, including procedures to reverse the effects of menopause, before becoming pregnant seven months ago.

Both mother and the baby received special treatment in the hospital and doctors said they could go home in a week if everything goes well.

The previous record is held by an Italian woman who gave birth to a baby boy at the age of 62.