Nigerian Woman Gives Birth At Age 68 To Twins After Four IVF Attempts
A dream come true! A couple who went through several attempts to have a little one of their own finally got what they wanted!
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Margaret Adenuga, 68, and husband Noah Adenuga, 77 of Nigeria told CNN that they long desired to have a child of their own. The couple who married in 1974 tried many times and even previously went through three IVF procedures before finally having twins.
Adenuga told the news site that they never gave up even after the failed attempts. “I am a dreamer, and I was convinced this particular dream of ours will come to pass, the retired stock auditor told CNN.
Margaret and Noah welcomed their babies last Tuesday. They were delivered via caesarian section at 37 weeks at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) but the hospital only recently made the news public to give the first-time mother time to recuperate, according to the site.
To ensure a safe delivery, Dr. Adeyemi Okunowo, who delivered the babies, told CNN a specialist team was assembled at the hospital to monitor the pregnancy, specifically because of Margaret’s age.
“As an elderly woman and a first-time mother, it was a high-risk pregnancy and also because she was going to have twins but we were able to manage her pregnancy to term.” Okunowo went on to explain, “There are age-related medical complications that come with being pregnant at that age such as the baby being born preterm. She’s lucky but many may succumb to other complications during or after having a baby,” he told CNN.
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