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70-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth to Twins, We Stop Worrying About Drying Up

Posted by Emily Farris

 

Over the weekend, we shamefully found ourselves on a picnic blanket with two other late-20's women, discussing the fact that while we don't want children now, we don't want to be all dried up by the time it actually becomes a possibility. While we know that's a little ridiculous, a woman reaches her fertile peak at 27. Considering we're 26 and we're more likely to end-up on Top Chef than The Bachelorette, we can't help but sometimes worry about these things. Especially after we've been swigging whiskey from a bottle and burning ourselves with sparklers. 

But if a 70-year-old woman can get knocked-up, we are going to stop worrying right this second.

A couple in India was so desperate for male off spring that they spent their entire life savings and took out a bank loan for IVF treatments. Amazingly — amazingly! — it worked and 70-year-old Omkari Panwar gave birth to a 2-pound boy and a 2-pound girl. 


"We already have two girls but we wanted a boy so that he could have taken care of our property. This boy and girl are God's greatest gift to us," Omkari said.

Father of the twins, Charam Singh, a farmer in his mid-70s, told ABC News he was very happy.

"The desire for a male child has always been there, but God did not bless us with a male child. Now, we are very grateful to God, who has answered our prayers," he said.


We hope they saved a little for a nanny, too.

[BBC: Woman in India 'has twins at 70']


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Comments

risefromash said:

Wow, having kids when you're 70.  That's not too selfish or anything. Good job Omkari Panwar!

July 7, 2008 12:02 PM

profrobert said:

And who is going to take care of these kids when they are 10-year-old orphans?  I'm going to be 67 when the son we're expecting graduates from college, and *that* worries me.

July 7, 2008 1:56 PM

About Emily Farris

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook will be published in fall 2008. Emily lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with her cat, but just one...so far.

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    Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook will be published in fall 2008. Emily lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with her cat, but just one . . . so far.

    Brian Fairbanks is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker. He won the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once. He loves cats, women with guns, and burning books.

    Nicole Pasulka is a Brooklyn writer and editor who's always on the lookout for the dirty. Her other virtual home is at The Morning News, where things are squeaky clean most of the time.

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