Gujarat: 70-year-old woman gives birth to her first child

Then explain this 70-year-old Gujarat woman birthing a child at an age when many are busy playing with their grandchildren! This happened in Kutch a month ago and was made possible through IVF, but the process was nonetheless a massive challenge for the doctors in Bhuj.

Their courage hinged on only the never-say-never attitude of the gutsy patient, Jivuben Valabhai Rabari, who egged the doctors on to go ahead with their experiment. The resident of Mora village of Rapar taluka did not have any documents to prove her age, but told her physicians that she has seen around 65 to 70 summers while being steadfast on her desire to get a child through IVF.

And even the lady luck had to give in to this couple’s desire and their first child was born after 45 years of marriage. The Indian couple has been married for 45 years. Jivunben Rabari, 70, and her husband Maldhari, 75, tried to have a baby for many years before using assisted reproductive technology.

The elderly woman didn’t have her ID to prove her age, however, she told reporters that she was 70 years old. Local media outlets have also confirmed this age. Dr Naresh Bhanushali said: “When they first came to us, we told them that they couldn’t have a child at such an old age, but they insisted.

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They said that many of their family members did it as well. This is one of the rarest cases I have ever seen!”.  The couple, who is illiterate, lives in the remote village of Kemora in the Indian State of Gujurat.

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