Tuesday, June 22, 2010

66 yr old woman gives birth to triplets

A woman who lives in india has given birth to triplets. Her name is Bhateri Devi and she is 66 yrs old. Her husband is 70 yrs. old. Their reason for having children at this age was that they needed someone to take over their land someday. They were unable to conceive until they found a fertility clinic 8 months ago. The procedure failed twice , but when the doctor planted three embryos in Bhateri, the procedure worked.  Bhateri's doctor has had other patients 50 and over give birth at his clinic. The babies were three months premature. 

One has to wonder about the future of these babies. Will their parents live long enough to see them turn 18 yrs old? Their father is already 70 yrs old. Will these babies  lose their parents when they are 10 yrs old and become orphans?  Life expectancy in India for women is 66 and men 71 yrs old.  When a person has kids they need to be able to have the energy to keep up with them. A parent has to be able to live long enough to care for them until they can take care of themselves. Yes it is great to have kids but people need to think about the future of their kids. At least have guardians in place that will take care of the kids in case something happens to their parents.

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