74 Year Old Indian Woman Gives Birth To Twin Girls
A 74 year old lady gives birth to her miracle babies after several years of trying. The lady, identified as Mangayamma Yaramati of southern India, gave birth earlier this month to a set of twin girls via in vitro fertilization. Yaramati and her 82 year old husband, Sitarama Rajarao, had never had any children during their 57-year marriage.
People Reports:
A woman from Southern India recently became a mother for the first time at age 74 — and in doing so, is also believed to have made history as the oldest woman to give birth.
Erramatti Mangayamma welcomed two baby girls via C-section on Thursday at a private hospital in Guntur, The Times of India reports.
“Both the mother and babies are doing fine,” the doctor said. “Ten doctors worked for nine months to keep a close watch on her health. This is a medical miracle.”
Speaking to The Hindustan Times, Dr. Umashankar also added that Mangayamma had been taken to the intensive care unit following the C-section “to come out of the stress she had undergone for the last few hours.”
“She could not succeed in her attempts to conceive even after visiting several hospitals. Even after she attained menopause nearly 25 years ago, she had a strong desire to become a mother,” Dr. Umashankar told The Hindustan Times. “She decided to try the method and approached us. We were surprised at her willpower.”
“We conducted all the medical tests and found that she was medically fit for conception through IVF,” the doctor added.
However, there were challenges on her journey to conceiving. Because Mangayamma had already gone through menopause, she was no longer producing eggs. To get around this, Dr. Umashankar said they relied on an egg donor.
“We tried with an egg obtained from another donor and fertilized it with the sperm of Raja Rao through IVF method. Luckily, she conceived in the first cycle itself and she was found to be pregnant this January,” Dr. Umashankar told The Hindustan Times.
Finally hearing that she was pregnant was quite the relief, Mangayamma told the outlet.
“People looked at me with accusing eyes, as if I had committed a sin,” she recalled. “Neighbors would call me ‘godralu’ [a curse word for a childless woman]. However, my husband stood by me like a rock.”
Since then, Mangayamma remained in the hospital with a number of medical professionals, including cardiologists, pulmonologists, gynecologists and nutritionists, monitoring her progress.
She was also forced to go through several rounds of psychological counseling to ensure that she was mentally strong, according to the local outlet.
This is such a wonderful story! Let us wish the parents of these beautiful children the best. How do y’all feel about this lady giving birth at such a late age? Would y’all do the same? Let us know in the comments! And now you’re officially in the KNOW!
