The interesting and poignant tale of In Nigeria, a 68-year-old mother gave birth to twins after nearly 50 years of attempting to conceive, including three unsuccessful IVF efforts. Margaret Adenuga, who had been trying to conceive for 46 years, and her 77-year-old husband Noah also used in-vitro fertilization, but they had three failed tries. Yet when the woman became pregnant and gave birth to twins, their waiting and efforts were in vain.
After giving birth to a 68-year old, this woman in Nigeria became the oldest first-time mother in South Africa. Her husband, Noah, was very happy with the birth of the twins. The couple not only suffᴇred mᴇntally but financially too, trying to conceive, they moved places and countries to look for a way to get pregnant but failᴇd. Finally, the babies were born at Lagos University Teaching Hospital via Cᴇsarean.
The fourth IVF attempt of this couple became successful and resulted in the birth of their twins. Noah told a media channel, ‘I am a dreamer, and I was convinced this particular dream of ours will come to pass.’ Their babies were delivered by Dr. Adeyemi Okunowo.
The doctor also had a specialist team for this mission who monitored the pregnancy, as Margaret’s age was old and she was at high risk because of this pregnancy. The doctor said, ‘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.’ The pair first began trying for a baby after getting married in 1974.
