Jivunben Rabari is delighted to hold a newborn baby in his hands. Smiles at the camera. At first glance, a proud grandpa. But the woman is the mother. She had her child at the age of 70.
The mother and her husband (75) are said to have tried for decades to have a child. Thanks to in-vitro fertilization, the wish has now come true. As “Dailystar” reports that Rabari has been married to her husband from the small village of Mora in Gujurat (India) for 45 years.
It is true that the age of the woman cannot be unequivocally confirmed because she was unable to identify herself to the journalists. According to her, however, she is already 70 years old and therefore believes that she is one of the oldest mothers of a newborn.
Couple insisted on fertilization
Doctor Naresh Bhanushali told the newspaper, “The first time they came to us, we told them that they couldn’t have a baby at such an old age, but they insisted.” Because many of her family members would have done it too, so the Indian woman. This is “one of the rarest cases” that he has seen, says the doctor.
With most women going through menopause by their late 50s, the chances of conceiving naturally by the age of 70 are virtually nil. With the help of artificial insemination, however, a woman can still get pregnant at this old age and with a healthy uterus.
In this procedure, an egg is removed from the woman’s ovaries and fertilized with sperm in a laboratory. The fertilized egg cell is transplanted back into the woman’s uterus, where it grows. (man)