70 Year Old Gujarat Woman Gives Birth To Baby Through IVF
In Kutch, doctors helped a 70 year old lady to give birth through IVF.
In the Kutch district of Guajarat, there is a 70 year old lady named Jivuben, who last month gave birth to a baby through IVF. Jivuben has been married to 75 year old Valjibhai Rabari. They have been married for 45 years. They tried to have a baby for many years, but failed. They did not have any kids.
The full IVF process was a massive challenge for doctors in Bhuj. The doctors had advised Jivuben not to take the risk of pregnancy at this age but she was quite emotional about getting the baby. Doctors felt courageous seeing the strong patient, Jivuben, who encouraged the doctors to go ahead with the In-Vitro Fertilisation. Gynaecologist, Dr Naresh Bhanushali said, "We first made her menstrual cycle regular by prescribing oral medicines. Then we widened her uterus which had shrunk owing to age. We removed her eggs, made them healthy, mixed it with the sperm and then transferred it back to her uterus.” The doctors conducted sonography after two weeks and were surprised to see the foetus developing and continued to monitor it. They later found a heartbeat and saw no deformity and hence, continued with the pregnancy.
The baby was then delivered through a cesarean section. However, as fate would have it, the couple's first child was born after more than four decades of marriage.
