Leaders: 68-years-old woman delivers twins

Monday, April 20, 2020

68-years-old woman delivers twins

       68-years-old woman delivers twins

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, says it has successfully delivered a 68-years-old woman of a set of twins, with an IVF conception.
Prof. Wasiu Adeyemo, Chairman, LUTH Medical Advisory Committee, said that the woman was pregnant for the first time.
Adeyemo said that she delivered on April 14 through an elective Caesarean section, at 37 weeks gestation.
He said that the IVF and embryo transfer were done at a facility outside LUTH.
Adeyemo further said that the woman was, thereafter, referred to LUTH at early gestation and was subsequently managed till she delivered.
“This is the first in LUTH, Nigeria and Africa,” he said, adding that both the mother and the babies were in good conditions.

 

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