World’s Oldest Mom Gives Birth To Twins
Now that I am caring for just one baby, I look back on my first kids, twins, and think “how did I do that?” Maybe I am wiser now, and I understand what taking care of babies entails or maybe it was because I was five years younger than I am now. I do know this: taking care of twins was challenging and I am glad I had them while I was young. I am glad I am not the oldest woman to ever have twins.
A 70-year-old from Muzaffarnagar, India, became the world’s oldest woman to give birth after she delivered twins this past Friday! The woman, who has two adult daughters and five grandchildren, wanted a male heir so badly that she underwent in-vitro fertility treatment. Her husband, Charan Singh Panwar, 77, mortgaged his land, sold his buffalos, spent his life savings and took out a credit card loan to finance the treatment.
The twins were born one-month premature and weighing only two pounds but they are healthy and expected to survive.
I want to know what doctor in his right mind would treat a 70 year old woman with IVF? You may have your own opinions about parents who are older having babies, but 70 is a whole different ballpark. Imagine the things that could have gone wrong, not only with the woman but her unborn children also. How are you going to care for the children if you sold all of your buffalos and used your life savings?
Perhaps IVF would have been a better choice 20 years ago, when she was a spry 50!
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July 7th, 2008 at 10:15 am
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July 10th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Thank you Aaron!