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

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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, "Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven" was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

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