An Indian couple in their 70s welcomed their first baby into the world on April 19 with the help of a fertility treatment.
"It was very important for us," 72-year-old Daljinder Kaur told
Barcroft Media following her son's birth. "I can live happily now. My
life is complete."
Kaur and her 79-year-old husband Mohinder Singh Gill who have been
married for 47 years have been trying to conceive for two years.
They regularly traveled six hours from their home in Amritsar, Punjab
to the National Fertility and Test Tube Baby Centre where Kaur endured
multiple rounds of In Vitro Fertilization, a procedure that manually
combines an egg and sperm to create an embryo that is inserted back in
the uterus.
"I first tried to avoid the case because she was very weak, but then
her medical reports were normal and she was fit to conceive," said
Anurag Bishnoi, who runs the fertility clinic.
And Kaur and Gill aren't just beating the odds when it comes to
having a child at their age, they also have both surpassed the average
life expectancy in their Indian state of Punjab.
The average man in Punjab only lives to about 70 years old, while
women usually live until 72, according to data from the Indian
government.
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