An Andhra Pradesh woman created a world record by giving birth to twins at 74 years of age. She bore children 57 years after marriage.
Erramatti Mangamma and her husband Errmatti Raja Rao, 80, became parents for the first time. They got married on March 22, 1962. The couple wanted to have children but were not fortunate enough. They went to many doctors, hospitals for treatment but nothing worked all this while.
However, in November 2018, they reached Ahalya Nursing Home in Guntur, where Dr Shanakkayala Umashankar took up this challenging case.
When their 55-year-old neighbour became pregnant through IVF, Mangayamma and her husband, Rao, paid a visit to the nursing home. Dr. Sanakkayala and Dr. Umashankar at the Ahalya Nursing Home collected Raja Rao's sperm, and were successful in the fertilisation process.
Mangayamma was kept under the supervision of the doctors during the course of her pregnancy in the nursing home. Dr. Umashankar performed a c-section surgery to deliver the twins on Thursday at 10:30 am.
“I’m feeling very happy. We have been in the hospital for nine months. After seeing the children today, we have forgotten all our struggles. We will take care of both children,” said Raja Rao.
An Andhra Pradesh woman created a world record by giving birth to twins at 74 years of age. She bore children 57 years after marriage.
Erramatti Mangamma and her husband Errmatti Raja Rao, 80, became parents for the first time. They got married on March 22, 1962. The couple wanted to have children but were not fortunate enough. They went to many doctors, hospitals for treatment but nothing worked all this while.
However, in November 2018, they reached Ahalya Nursing Home in Guntur, where Dr Shanakkayala Umashankar took up this challenging case.
When their 55-year-old neighbour became pregnant through IVF, Mangayamma and her husband, Rao, paid a visit to the nursing home. Dr. Sanakkayala and Dr. Umashankar at the Ahalya Nursing Home collected Raja Rao's sperm, and were successful in the fertilisation process.
Mangayamma was kept under the supervision of the doctors during the course of her pregnancy in the nursing home. Dr. Umashankar performed a c-section surgery to deliver the twins on Thursday at 10:30 am.
“I’m feeling very happy. We have been in the hospital for nine months. After seeing the children today, we have forgotten all our struggles. We will take care of both children,” said Raja Rao.
