An Indian woman who gave birth at the age of 70 said she was not too old to become a first-time mother, adding that her life was now complete.
Daljinder Kaur gave birth last month to a boy following two years of IVF treatment at a fertility clinic in the northern state of Haryana with her 79-year-old husband.
Kaur said the couple, married for 46 years, had almost lost hope of ever having a child.
“God heard our prayers. My life feels complete now. I am looking after the baby all by myself, I feel so full of energy. My husband is also very caring and helps me as much as he can,” Kaur said from Amritsar.
“When we saw the (IVF) advert, we thought we should also give it a try as I badly wanted to have a baby of my own,” she said.
The baby was conceived using the couple’s own egg and sperm and was now “healthy and hearty” after weighing just two kilogrammes (4.4 pounds) at birth on April 19, the National Fertility and Test Tube centre said.
Doctors were unsure whether Kaur was a good candidate for childbearing, considering her age, but tests said otherwise.
“I first tried to avoid the case because she looked very frail. Then we made her undergo all the tests and once all the results were OK we went ahead,” Anurag Bishnoi, who runs the fertility clinic.
Kaur’s exact age was also unknown. In a country where birth certificates are uncommon, she guessed that her age was 70, but the clinic said in a statement that she was 72.
“People ask what will happen to the child once we die, but I have full faith in God,” Gill said. “God is omnipotent and omnipresent. He will take care of everything.”
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