68-Year Old Woman Delivers Twins In Lagos

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

A 68-year-old woman has given birth to a set of twins at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba.

Chairman, Medical Advisory Council of LUTH, Prof Wasiu Adeyemi who disclosed this said the woman became pregnant for the first time after undergoing in Vitro Fertilisation.

Prof Adeyemi disclosed that this was the first in Nigeria and the continent of Africa.

Part of the statement reads, “LUTH has successfully delivered a 68-year old primigravida (pregnant for the first time) with twin (a male and a female) gestation (pregnancy) following an IVF conception.

“She was delivered through an elective Caesarean section at 37 weeks gestation on April 14, 2020.

“The IVF and embryo transfer were done at an outside facility. She was thereafter referred to LUTH at early gestation and subsequently managed till term. This is the first in LUTH, Nigeria, and Africa! Mother and babies are well.”

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