A 70-year-old woman, Safina Namukwaya, has given birth to twins at a clinic in Kampala, the capital of the East African state. Namukwaya has given birth to twins after becoming pregnant through IVF treatment in Uganda.
The mother, Safina Namukwaya, and the babies, a boy and a girl, are in good health and are still under observation at a facility in the capital Kampala, Edward Tamale Sali said. Namukwaya who lives in rural Masaka, about 120 km west of the capital, called the birth of the twins a “miracle.”
The septuagenarian gave birth to a daughter three years ago, after being described as a “cursed woman” for not being able to have children previously.
With her first husband, who died in 1992, she had no children. Her current partner, whom she met in 1996, however, did not come to attend the birth, much to her dismay. “Maybe he is not happy that I gave birth to twins for fear of the responsibilities that come with it,” she said.
The woman became the oldest woman to give birth in Africa after she delivered a baby girl and boy on Wednesday afternoon, November 29, the Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Centre in the Ugandan capital of Kampala said. Medics at the hospital said the mother and her two babies are doing well after they were delivered via a caesarean.
In 2019, Erramatti Mangayamma, from India, gave birth to twins through IVF at the age of 74, becoming the world’s oldest mother.
