70-Year-Old Woman in Uganda Gives Birth to Twins After Fertility Treatment
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Safina Namukwaya gave birth to a boy and a girl this week via caesarean section at the hospital in the capital Kampala.
A 70-year-old Ugandan woman, Safina Namukwaya, defied expectations and became one of the world's oldest new mothers after successfully giving birth to twins through in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. The twins, a boy and a girl, were delivered via cesarean section on Wednesday at a hospital in Kampala, where Ms Namukwaya had received IVF treatment.
According to the BBC, the hospital congratulated her, saying it was more than a "medical success; it's about the strength and resilience of the human spirit".
Dr Edward Tamale Sali, a fertility specialist at the Women's Hospital International and Fertility Centre (WHI&FC), told the BBC that the mother used a donor egg and her partner's sperm for the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedure. The babies were born prematurely at 31 weeks and placed in incubators. Dr Sali says they are currently "stable."
