60-year-old woman gives birth to twins
Age is really just a number these days, eh?
Ranjit Hayer delivered twin boys by C-section on Tuesday morning, becoming the oldest woman in Canada to give birth. She and her husband of 43 years had been refused treatment at Canadian fertility clinics because of her age. So Hayer went to India, where she was born, to get donor eggs, the Toronto Globe & Mail reported.
The twins were born seven weeks premature, but seem to be doing fine. Hayer had been pregnant with triplets, but one fetus had to be aborted because of complications.
Canada doesn’t allow fertility treatments for women over age 50. Clinics in the United States and Europe follow similar guidelines. But if you’ve got the cash, doctors in other places are willing to oblige. Frieda Birnbaum of New Jersey gave birth to twin sons in May 2007 after receiving treatments in South Africa. She’s the oldest American woman to give birth to twins.
Last year, two 70-year-old women in India gave birth. One delivered twins, a boy and a girl, and the other gave birth to a girl.
thats cool but who’s gonna take care of them when they r not able to???thats not fair to them babieas