By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 11:04 AM on 04th July 2008
Omkali Charan Singh
Grandmother Omkari Panwar has given birth to twins aged 70
She was utterly determined to have a son.
The fact that to do so would make 70-year-old Omkari Panwar the world's oldest mother didn't even cross her mind.
Her resolve was matched by her husband Charan Singh Panwar, 77.
To pay for the IVF treatment vital to producing a male heir to the family's smallholdings, the retired farmer sold his buffalos, mortgaged his land, spent his life savings and took out a credit card loan.
And it all paid off when Mrs Panwar gave birth to twins - a boy and girl - by emergency Caesarean section in hospital in Muzaffarnagar, seven hours drive north of the Indian capital New Delhi.
The twins, born a month premature and weighing 2lb each, are healthy, according to doctors.
The Panwars already have two adult daughters, and five grandchildren, but the latest arrivals are what they have been waiting for - not least because a son will benefit from a dowry when he marries and will be able to work their land.
Mrs Panwar said: 'For eight months the pregnancy was hectic and painful. But I have given birth before, so I knew what to expect. Sometimes, you have to face the pain if you want something good.'
Her husband added: 'At last we have a son and heir. We prayed to God, went to saints and visited religious places to pray for an heir.
'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.'
The world's oldest mum's twins
Wonders of science: The twins born to Omkari Panwar
Mrs Panwar, who has no birth certificate, uses the date of India's independence in 1947 to gauge her age. She remembers being nine when the British left India - meaning she is now 70.
Romanian Adriana Iliescu, who gave birth to a daughter through IVF aged 66 in 2005, was previously the world's oldest mother.
Mrs Panwar was told she had beaten the record as she recuperated on a rusty steel bed in the mudbrick home of one of her daughters.
Omkari Panwar and her husband Charan
Proud parents: Omkari Panwar, 70, with her husband Charan, 77
'I didn't know that,' she said. 'But it is of little benefit to me. I have not even seen my own children yet - they were taken to a specialist hospital while I was still unconscious.
'If I am the world's oldest mother it means nothing to me. I just want to see my new babies and care for them while I am still able.'
Gynaecologist Nisha Malik, who delivered the twins in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, said: 'I was shocked when this old lady told me she was pregnant. I have been in medicine for 20 years and I have never heard of such a case.'
Omraki Panwar
Omraki Panwar recovers in hospital after delivering her twin via Caesarean section
And as for the onewho fears standing in front of His Lord and restrainsthe soul from impure evil desires and lusts, verily, Paradise will be his abode [79:40-41]
Re: World's oldest mother gives birth to twins at 70!!!!!!!!
yeah SubhanAllah , How will The Children live I wonder With Such Old parents
And as for the onewho fears standing in front of His Lord and restrainsthe soul from impure evil desires and lusts, verily, Paradise will be his abode [79:40-41]
Re: World's oldest mother gives birth to twins at 70!!!!!!!!
Subhan'Allah...
but what if the parents die (God forbid) i dunno but that mentality baffles me about having sons to be heirs didnt the old man take our loans and mortaged is land and everything so heirs to what lots of debts?
but then its Allah swt's will, He will Insha'Allah provide for them.
Re: World's oldest mother gives birth to twins at 70!!!!!!!!
Subhanallah ye she doesn't look 70 she looks much younger but mashallah so cute the twins are except their diapers look bigger then them loq
“The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion and sympathy are just like one body. When one of the limbs is afflicted, the whole body responds to it with sleeplessness and fever”.
Re: World's oldest mother gives birth to twins at 70!!!!!!!!
format_quote Originally Posted by Güven
yeah SubhanAllah , How will The Children live I wonder With Such Old parents
You never know. Some of us old-timers have been known to live to be 110 and active. She looks mighty spry and in good health, she may be alive when the twins are 40 years old.
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