May 12, 2016
A 70-year-old woman has just given birth to her first child in India following IVF. The news is controversial in the scientific community, and yet, in this country where infertility is pointed out, this case is not unprecedented.
Infertility, a curse in India
She could be a great-grandmother and yet Daljinder Kaur has just had her first child. At 70, this Indian woman gave birth to a baby boy, Armaan, last month after undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF).
In India, infertility is considered a curse. Daljinder Kaur and her husband, Mohinder Singh Gill, had lost all hope of becoming parents after 46 years of marriage when they heard about IVF techniques. ” When we saw the advertisement for IVF, we thought we should give it a try, since I really wanted to have a baby. God has heard our prayers. My life is now well over “, Explains the mother in remarks taken up by the daily 20 Minutes.
Common practices among women over 60
The doctors in charge of the couple are said to have used the mother’s eggs and the sperm of her husband, himself 79 years old, for this successful IVF. However, some claim that the couple would have resorted to egg donation, the British daily said. The Guardian Start of the week. The news is controversial and in India, some obstetrics experts do not hide their fear for the future of the child as for the health of the mother. ” There are ethical questions. In my opinion, it is not justified to allow a woman over sixty to benefit from this treatment “, Estimates Sunil Jindal, expert in obstetrics.
However, many of these Indian women in need of children seem to be tempted by medically assisted procreation. Daljinder Kaur does not hold any record sincein 2008, a 72-year-old woman from the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh gave birth to twins through IVF.
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