A 70-year-old Gujarat woman gave birth to a healthy baby a l in Kutch district, India
Jivunben Rabari and her husband Valjibhai Rabari, 75, from Kutch in western Gujarat state, welcomed their first child – a son named Lalo after 45 years of Marriage through IVF
Though the process was challenging for the doctors owing to the age and other factors related to it but at eight months of pregnancy, the woman delivered
The woman Jivuben Valabhai, does not have any ID to prove her age, but according to her she has seen 65-70 summers till now.
The current world record holder for the oldest woman to give birth belongs to Maria del Carmen Bousada Lara whose twin boys were delivered by Caesarean section when she was 66 years in Spain
Dr Naresh Bhanushali who head the hospital where she gave birth told The National that “Her blood pressure was high and we had to deliver the child via C-section in the eighth month of the gestation period,”
“Her uterus had shrunk due to menopause. It would have been an exhausting procedure but she insisted on having a child before she dies. We succumbed to her requests and decided to carry out the treatment to fulfil her wish,” Dr Bhanushali said.
The doctors said they first put her on medication to revive her menstrual cycle and later performed a surgery to increase the size of her uterus for artificial insemination.
“Luckily, she conceived at the first attempt,” the doctor said.
Despite the age and risks involved, the doctor said the couple were confident of having the baby and travelled 150 kilometres in a state-run bus twice a month for regular check-ups.
“We were a bit wary but Jivunben kept us motivated. She is a very positive woman,” said Dr Bhanushali, whose oldest patient before Jivunben was a 55-year-old woman.
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