Monday, July 7, 2008

Unbelievable

A woman said to be 70 years of age has given birth to twins in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state after taking IVF treatment. Omkari Panwar has no birth certificate but if her age is proven it would make her the world's oldest mother.
The twins, a boy and girl both weighing 2lbs, were delivered one month early by Caesarian section. The couple were so desperate for a male heir that they spent their life savings and took out a bank loan for IVF. Now, we are very grateful to God, who has answered our prayers
Charam Singh, father of twins Omkari Panwar already has two daughters and is a grandmother to five children. "We already have two girls but we wanted a boy so that he could have taken care of our property. This boy and girl are God's greatest gift to us," Omkari said.
Father of the twins, Charam Singh, a farmer in his mid-70s, told ABC News he was very happy.
"The desire for a male child has always been there, but God did not bless us with a male child. Now, we are very grateful to God, who has answered our prayers," he said. Doctors said the twins were doing fine. Omkari maintains she was nine years old when the British left India in 1947, which would make her 70. In December 2006, a 67-year-old Spanish woman gave birth to twins in Barcelona. A woman said to be 65 gave birth to a boy in India's eastern Orissa state in 2003.

Can anyone believe that at the age of 70 any women can give a birth?

8 comments:

Layson said...

Wow! Unbelieveable i could not even imagine becoming a parent again at that age. When i am that old i hope to be enjoying my own grandkids and retirement. Can you imagine being 90 years old when those babies turn 20. I always think about stuff like that.

StaciG said...

I don't think that is fair to the children. What happens when they are gone? I hope there is someone willing to take care of the children. Also, I don't understand why anyone would want to have children in their 70's.

EbeleO said...

With God all things are possible!!!

LaurenU said...

I definitely don't think it is fair to the children. Their parents are going to have a hard time keeping up with them, and sadly, the parents are probably going to die while the children are in their teens.

CaitlinM said...

I agree with all of you. Just to have an heir? I wonder how the first two children feel about all this...

nikitah said...

I agree with Caitlin, how do the other kids feel about this? Out of five grandkids were none of them boys? I guess that is not the same as an heir where they come from. Wow! They have neices and nephews older than they are.

Anonymous said...

I'm torn between disgust and morbid fascination...

Christy Burris said...

Wow! This story is crazy! No way I would want to have kids when I am 70!