70 Year Old Gives Birth

I'm waiting for the day when a 100 year old woman gives birth. If you think I'm joking, just wait. It's going to happen!! People are that insane!! In the meantime, this story is equally insane. A 70 year old woman gave birth to twins.

Grandma, 70, Gives Birth to Twins

A 70-year-old from Muzaffarnagar, India, became the world’s oldest woman to give birth after she delivered twins Friday.

Omkari Panwar, the wife of a retired farmer, delivered the twins — a boy and girl — via Caesarean section.

Panwar, who has two adult daughters and five grandchildren, underwent in-vitro fertility treatment so she could produce a male heir.

Her husband, Charan Singh Panwar, 77, mortgaged his land, sold his buffalos, spent his life savings and took out a credit card loan to finance the treatment.

“At last we have a son and heir,” he said. “We prayed to God, went to saints and visited religious places to pray for an heir."

“We kept no stone unturned and God has rewarded us. The treatment cost me a fortune but the birth of a son makes it all worthwhile. I can die a happy man and a proud father.”

In 2007, a 60-year-old New Jersey woman named Frieda Birnbaum gave birth to twins.

Dr. Manny Alvarez, FOXNews.com's managing health editor, said there are numerous health risks to the women — and their babies — who decide to give birth late in life.

"This is an extremely problematic pregnancy," Alvarez said of Panwar. "The stress that is put on the heart, kidneys and liver put her life in danger. And the twin babies have the risk of not getting enough nutrients because the vascular system is so compromised on a 70-year-old womb."

She's 70!! What the hell was anyone thinking? Why would anyone agree to perform this procedure on a 70 year old woman?

I realize that they wanted a son. But, this is nuts. Who is going to raise these babies? They will be lucky if they live long enough to see their babies grow up.

I understand the culture. However, why would anyone put a child through this? And what does that say to their daughters? It says to me that their daughters aren't good enough. That's pathetic!!