World’s oldest mum gives birth to twins after IVF treatment at 70
(wz) An Indian woman has become the world’s oldest mother - by having twins at the age of 70.
Omkari Panwar gave birth to a boy and a girl by Caesarean section last week.
Husband Charan, 75, who sold his buffalo to pay for her IVF treatment, is thrilled he finally has an heir to pass his land to.
The couple already have two adult daughters - the elder is 38 - and six grandchildren.
The twins, who have been named Sawan and Barsat, were born a month prematurely in the rural town of Muzaffarnagar.
They weighed just 2lb 10oz each but doctors at the Jaswant Rai hospital said they were healthy and were expected to survive.
Omkari, who has no birth certificate, uses the date of India’s independence in 1947 to gauge her age.
She remembers being nine years old then, which would make her 70 now.
She takes the title of the world’s oldest mum from Romanian Adriana Iliescu, who was 66 when she gave birth to a daughter in 2005.
But Omkari is unperturbed by her new celebrity status.
She said: “If it is true, so what? It is of little benefit tome.
“If I am the world’s oldest mother, it means nothing tome.
“I just want to see my new babies and care for them while I am still able.”
Dad Charan told how he had to mortgage his land, sell his buffalo herd, spend his life savings and took out a credit card loan to finance the £4375 treatment.
The retired cattle farmer, whose village is seven miles north of the Indian capital New Delhi, longed for a boy to pass his land on to when he dies. more…
From: »The Daily Record«