The case of the birth of the baby by the septuagenarian occurred in India, after a couple who have been married for 45 years tried several times to have a child and finally succeeded thanks to in vitro fertilization (IVF).
70-year-old woman gives birth to her first baby after 54 years of marriage: almost prevented by the law
The baby was born in the Alwar district of the Indian state of Rajasthan, where there is only one IVF clinic called Indo IVF Test Tube Baby Center.
However, this happy story for the couple was almost not possible, since in July 2022 (a few months after the birth), the government passed a law so that fertility clinics do not serve women over 50 years of age.
The doctor who treated the couple spoke to ‘India Today’ in August 2022 and assured that the case is amazing, because the baby was born before the law passed and because pregnancies are rarely seen at that age.
“There are only a few cases of children being born to a mother at this age in the entire country. This is probably the first case in Rajasthan where a 75-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman have a child.”
For his part, Chandravati’s husband could not hide his emotion, since with the birth of his son he ensures that his family will continue for more generations.
“We are happy to be able to perpetuate our family, because I am the only son of my father Nainu Singh.”
As a curious fact, the new father has been retired from the army for 40 years (he was shot in the leg in the Bangladesh war), but a fellow soldier, Colonel Reena Yadav, was the one who performed the C-section on his wife.
About the process that the couple had to follow to have their first baby, the doctor mentioned that for a year and a half they made several attempts with in vitro fertilization, until the 70-year-old woman finally got pregnant.
“About a year and a half ago, Gopichand approached the fertility center through her relative. The couple also went to various metropolitan cities for treatment but to no avail. Chandravati Devi was able to conceive 9 months ago on the third try through of IVF”.
Although the pregnancy and birth of the baby was also surrounded by concern, since a woman of that age is exposed to a lot of risk when giving birth.
“While there was happiness, there was also an element of fear due to the advanced age of the mother. But finally on Monday, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
In this way, the doctor from the fertility clinic assured that the couple was able to fulfill their dream, the child was born weighing about 7.7 pounds (3.5 kilos) and both he and the mother are in perfect health.
