They say age is just a number- June 16, 2010
This is one of those things you hear and you immediately have to have a conversation with someone about this. It would start like this…..”Have you heard about this 66-year-old woman in India who just gave birth to triplets?!”
After some discussion and a quick Google check the realization would sink in. Holy menopause that is just 4 years away from 70! Okay, here’s an article…..
| 66-year-old gives birth to triplets in Haryana | |
| Hisar, June 13 (IANS) | |
| After nearly 44 years of a childless married life, a 66-year-old woman in Haryana has given birth to triplets, becoming possibly the oldest woman to do so. | |
 Bhateri Devi gave birth to the triplets – two boys and a girl – May 29 at National Fertility Centre here through In-vitro Fertilisation (IVF) technique, officials at the centre said on Sunday, adding she was possibly the oldest known mother in the world to give birth to triplets.
“According to the birth certificate issued by a government hospital in Rohtak district, Bhateri Devi was born on May 21, 1944 in Madina village of Rohtak. This birth proof is authentic and therefore she has become the oldest mother in the world to give birth to triplets so far,” Anurag Bishnoi, who supervised the whole process, told reporters. “Bhateri Devi was coming to us for the last many months for the treatment. She has become mother for the first time and conceived only in our third attempt through IVF technique,” he said. “For the first two attempts, only two embryos were transferred in each cycle. But in third attempt three embryos were transferred in her uterus, resulting in the birth of three children by a caesarean process.” However, the doctors said that triplets, weighing 1.2 kilogram, 1.1 kilogram and 800 grams, were underweight and they were kept in the intensive care unit of the centre. Bhateri Devi is a resident of Satrod village in this district, some 300 km from Chandigarh. Her husband Deva Singh, 64, is also very excited on becoming father at this age. “I am very happy and I would provide all the best facilities to my children in the coming years,” he added. In November 2008, 70-year-old Rajo Devi, a resident of a village in Jind district in Haryana, made headlines after she gave birth to a girl child through IVF technique at the same centre. She had conceived a child after a long hiatus of over 54 years. Both mother and child are in good health at present. This is really amazing. I wonder if OB’s and fertility specialists in the States would treat a 66 year-old-woman? If you have the time and the will. Maybe you can find out here. (I would check but, Mama needs a nap today.) I can’t imagine the strain on her body! I mean, it’s hard enough at 28. Oh, almost 29 actually, just thought of that. Wow! I’m getting old. Well, I guess not…. |
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I can't even imagine!! I'm 28 (almost 29) and I'm done having babies. There are times I wish I had waited…and times I'm glad I didn't. I can only hope that she's around long enough to care for them and really "see things through". That is truly amazing.
They totally talked about this on The View (I'm obsessed). And they pointed out that she's got to be selfish to give birth to babies knowing she doesn't have a lot of life to give them. She just basically created three more orphans that will end up in over populated orphanages just so she could fulfill her desire to be a mother.