How can this happen? Mother gives birth in her 70s with IVF?

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Mother gives birth in her 70s with IVF? To twins..How can this happen, unless using a donor egg/s?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49575735

This type of recklessness is one of the main reasons why I could ever become an egg doner. This is completely and utterly wrong on so many levels.

Those poor children.

Let's face it though, this type of recklessness is only news because it's so unusual and so far outside of the normal standard of IVF.

Unfair on those children.

"Nothing is in our hands. Whatever should happen will happen. It is all in the hands of God," Mr Rajarao had said when asked who would care for the children in case anything were to happen to the couple due to their advanced age."

Does anyone else to the irony of this comment....

Does anyone else to the irony of this comment....

Oh yes. Sadly though, I don't think he does. Spouting crap like that, it doesn't even make sense.

Yes, the irony of that’s breathtaking.

Appalling.

Just because something can be done, it didn’t automatically follow that it should be done.

*doesn’t, not didn’t

I would take the claims with a pinch of salt, other news sources said both the age of this mother and the 70 year old mother are unverified, so may be completely fake. Stories also said she was in birth for the whole 9 months of the pregnancy but I doubt if the pregnancy lasted too long. The one photo of one of the babies is a sleeping bag with a blanket where the face should be. There are no details of the babies and their weights or health.

The oldest verified mother was 66 and died when her babies were two of ovarian cancer.

I'm more interested in WHY would this happen. Selfish & unethical

My dad was 59 and my mum 65 when they passed away- I therefore don’t expect to even get to 70 let alone be having a baby (or in this case babies) at 70.

It’s selfish, those babies are likely to lose their parents very young and be left alone. What happens if both their parents die whilst these babies are under 18? Whose going to look after them? What about the emotional turmoil? What about going to school and being bullied- I know I got asked if my mum was my Nan and she was only 41 when she had me- these parents are literally old enough to be the babies great grandparents

Crikey. That is too old to become a parent. It is awful that there is still the belief that childless women are inferior.
I agree there should be an upper age limit say average age of menopause?

It horrifies me. I'm nearly seventy, quite well but cannot imagine having a pregnancy now.

It's so sad that not enough status is given to childless couples. I've known people unable to have children which was very sad, they tried various things which didn't work and then accepted it. Went on to have good lives, fulfilling and helpful to others. I hope, had I been infertile, I would have been like them - think I would but will never know now.

I'm not minimising the distress caused by infertility btw but there are other ways to live your life if only more was made of that. One door closes and another opens but people have to be receptive.

Of course it's donor eggs. Plenty of women in their mid- and late 40s who get pregnant have used donor eggs, it's more common than you think because IVF clinics won't use a woman's own eggs past the age of about 42-43.

Nothing is in our hands. Whatever should happen will happen. It is all in the hands of God," Mr Rajarao had said when asked who would care for the children in case anything were to happen to the couple due to their advanced age.

Like you relied on God to get pregnant? Oh, wait...

Ridiculous and selfish. The doctor should be struck off.

There is no age limit for IVF in India because
a) There is no benefit system. So, if the parents die, the next relatives in line look after the child.
b) There is the concept of joint family (although it is slowly disappearing)
c) Family planning is picking up in urban places but rural areas still in raj days.

So so sad. There's no way they'll be able to care for those children.

If it’s true it’s hideous

Ethically abhorrent.

I was horrified by this and the extreme selfishness of it all. Its seems that she had the twins so she couldn't be called "infertile". The poor babies will be orphaned but only after they spend their formative years looking after their parents.

The world is over populated as it is and there are so many children who need good homes. I am very lucky to have been able to conceive
I assume then you were refused approval to adopt, it must have been hard settling for having biological children when adopting is the obvious first choice for every would be parent. Oh, wait....

It is obviously donor eggs.
I don't think there is any need to bring adoption into this because the parents were too old for that as well. Having a child through IVF at that age is incredibly rare and wouldn't happen in the UK where the age limit is usually 50. I agree it is not ethical at the age of the couple but it is not reflective of IVF practices here.

I think there really needs to be a good look at IVF and how it is used and the first choice should be to see if you can adopt

Was your first choice to see if you could adopt before having children?

Of course there should be an upper age limit on IVF. However this extreme case isn’t a reason to take a swipe at IVF in general.

I think its selfish. Yanbu. I m 51 and went through the menopause at 44 and even if i hadnt i wouldn't have a baby now.
I m in reasonable health but still get more tired than in my 20s when i had both dc.
There's a reason nature stops your body being fertile at a certain age.
70? No way. I want to enjoy my retirement by then.

there are so many children who need good homes.

Adoption is not the sole preserve of infertile people and children are not consolation prizes for infertile people.