Is there an age which it is too old to have a baby? A 73-year-old woman India has given birth to twins. The woman said that becoming a mother the first time was "the happiest time" her life. The mother needed a caesarean section operation to deliver the twins. The mother and her two twin girls are all good health and the mother is recovering well the surgery. The woman thought she would never be able to have children. She and her husband first tried to have a child fifty years ago. All their attempts were unsuccessful. The woman thought she would be childless forever her menopause started 25 years ago. She said not having children caused her pain as people called her "the childless lady".
The woman was able to give birth because the method IVF. A healthy egg was taken a younger woman and was fertilized with her husband's sperm. The woman then carried the fertilized egg and she became pregnant. She said that when she found she was having twins, she could not describe her happiness. She said: "This is the happiest time my life." The new mother's doctors are also happy their patient. One doctor said: "During the IVF treatment, we had three groups doctors. One took care her general health, one took care her nutritional status and one took care her pregnancy." The doctor said she was always very good hands.
