{"id":13786,"date":"2023-12-01T23:27:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T17:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/ugandan-woman-70-welcomes-twins-after-receiving-ivf-fertility-treatment\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T23:27:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T17:57:35","slug":"ugandan-woman-70-welcomes-twins-after-receiving-ivf-fertility-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/ugandan-woman-70-welcomes-twins-after-receiving-ivf-fertility-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan woman, 70, welcomes twins after receiving IVF fertility treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A 70-year-old woman, Safina Namukwaya, in Uganda gave birth to twins after receiving fertility treatment.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Namukwaya had been undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment at the Women&#8217;s Hospital International Facility Center.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The hospital, owned by a prominent gynecologist in the East African region, specializes in assisting couples facing challenges with conceiving.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A 70-year-old woman in Uganda has given birth to twins after receiving fertility treatment, making her one of the world&#8217;s oldest new mothers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><strong>\u2018WORLD\u2019S OLDEST MOM\u2019 GIVES BIRTH TO TWINS AT AGE 74 AFTER IVF, HOSPITAL CLAIMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Safina Namukwaya gave birth to a boy and a girl on Wednesday via cesarean section at the hospital in the capital Kampala where she had been receiving in vitro fertilization treatment, said Arthur Matsiko, spokesman for the Women&#8217;s Hospital International Facility Center.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/343\/192\/Africa-Fertility-Treatment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/686\/384\/Africa-Fertility-Treatment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/672\/378\/Africa-Fertility-Treatment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1344\/756\/Africa-Fertility-Treatment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/931\/523\/Africa-Fertility-Treatment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1862\/1046\/Africa-Fertility-Treatment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/720\/405\/Africa-Fertility-Treatment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1440\/810\/Africa-Fertility-Treatment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1200\/675\/Africa-Fertility-Treatment.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"IVF fertility treatment\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Safina Namukwaya, a 70-year-old woman, gave birth to twins on Nov. 29, 2023, in Kampala, Uganda, making her one of the world&#8217;s oldest new mothers. Pictured: The manager of a fertility lab prepares thawed blastocysts during an in-vitro fertilizations process in Johannesberg, South Africa, on Feb. 22, 2022. Namukwaya also received IVF treatment.<\/span> <span>(Photo by LUCA SOLA \/ AFP) (Photo by LUCA SOLA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s healthy. She&#8217;s talking. She&#8217;s walking around if they tell her to walk around the hospital,&#8221; Matsiko said Friday, speaking of Namukwaya, who had a daughter at the same facility in 2020 following IVF treatment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PARENTS WELCOME 14-POUND BABY, THE LARGEST ON RECORD SINCE 2010: &#8216;EVERYBODY WAS MAKING BETS&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Namukwaya is the oldest woman to deliver a baby at the hospital, whose proprietor is a prominent gynecologist in the East African region. The hospital specializes in helping couples who struggle to have children.<\/p>\n<p>Breakthroughs in research are improving success rates in IVF treatment. Notably, media reported that a 73-year-old woman in southern India gave birth to twin girls in 2019 after getting IVF care.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----><\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A 70-year-old woman, Safina Namukwaya, in Uganda gave birth to twins after receiving fertility treatment. Namukwaya had been undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment at the Women&#8217;s Hospital International Facility Center. The hospital, owned by a prominent gynecologist in the East African region, specializes in assisting couples facing challenges with conceiving. 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