A 68-year-old woman and her 70-year-old husband from Nigeria are over the moon after she gave birth to healthy twins.
Margarette Adenuga couldn’t contain her emotions when she gave birth to a girl and a boy by cesarean in a hospital in Lagos after 43 long years of trying to have a baby.
Her loving husband, Noah, said she finally fell pregnant last year via IVF after three failed attempts.
In an interview with TVC News, Noah said that they were inspired to keep going after he had a dream in 1996 that he would be ‘known across the world.’
He also told BBC that he acknowledged that doctors hard warned them it would be dangerous for his wife to continue with the pregnancy.
According to Lagos University Teaching Hospital, the IVF treatment was carried out elsewhere and Margarette was then referred to them for treatment.
Doctors monitored the pregnant woman throughout the process until she underwent surgery at 37 weeks.
Dr. Adeyemi Okunowo, an attending physician, called the birth ‘a miracle’ and added that the couple took a huge risk when they went on with the pregnancy.
It is not clear where their IVF treatment was carried out but the 70-year-old revealed that they previously traveled to the UK.
IVF treatment involves fertilized egg being implanted into the womb of the woman. It can be done using a couple’s own eggs and sperm or those from donors.
The age is also a major factor in the success of IVF. A woman who is under the age of 35 has a 39.6 percent change while a woman over the age of 40 has an 11.5 percent chance, according to Webmd.com.
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