A 73-year-old woman has given birth to twin girls in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Doctors gave birth to twins, who were born on Thursday following IVF treatment.
“Mother and child are doing well,” the woman doctor Dr. Uma Shankar told.
Mangayamma Yaramati said she and her husband, who is 82 years old, have always wanted children but had been unable to conceive until now.
“We are incredibly happy,” her husband Sitarama Rajarao told Thursday, hours after the babies were born.
But a day later, Mr. Rajarao suffered a sudden stroke and is currently undergoing treatment at the hospital.
“Nothing is in our hands. Whatever should happen will happen. It is all in the hands of God,” Mr Rajarao had said when asked who would care for the children in case anything were to happen to the couple due to their advanced age.
Having children was important to the couple, who also said that they felt stigmatised in their village.
“They would call me a childless lady,” Ms Yaramati said.
“We tried many times and saw numerous doctors,” she added, “so this is the happiest time of my life.”
The delivery of twins was done by caesarean section, which is common practice in such rare cases. In 2016, another Indian woman in the 70s, Daljinder Kaur, gave birth to a boy.
