62-year-old woman gives birth in Lagos
A 62-year-old woman, Mrs Fummi Akinade, has been successfully delivered of a baby boy in a private hospital in Lagos after 31 years in marriage without a child. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the baby was conceived through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and delivered on Tuesday via caesarian section at 37 weeks. […]
A picture taken on February 20, 2018, shows a newborn at the Juba Teaching Hospital in Juba, the South Sudanese capital’s only fully functioning maternity ward which has five beds and only solar-powered electricity.
A recent UNICEF report shows South Sudan is one of the most dangerous places to be born, roughly one newborn out of 26 doesnt survive birth or the days immediately following after and only 9 percent of births are attended by a skilled helper or midwife. / AFP PHOTO / Stefanie GLINSKI (Photo credit should read STEFANIE GLINSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
A 62-year-old woman, Mrs Fummi Akinade, has been successfully delivered of a baby boy in a private hospital in Lagos after 31 years in marriage without a child.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the baby was conceived through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and delivered on Tuesday via caesarian section at 37 weeks.
The baby was born at a Lagos-based private medical facility.
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Akinade told NAN on Thursday in Lagos that she married in 1992 but never had a child.
The woman said she went through a series of gynecological treatments, including three previous IVF procedures that failed, adding that it was the fourth IVF that became successful. (NAN)