After the news that a 72-year-old Indian woman, Daljinder Kaur (Read Here) had given birth to a baby boy, after 46 years of marriage went viral a couple of days ago, many people blasted the doctor for giving a woman a child through IVF at that age, knowing that the child will become an orphan soon.
Dr Bishnoi Anurag, who has two children aged six and 14, got into fertility after is parents were gynaecology doctors.
He said: ‘I grew up around talk of women desperate for children and how important it was for them to become a mother.‘
After I finished my studies in Leeds, in Britain, I decided to join the IVF field back home in India.
My mother was the IVF genius and she was the one who started accepting older women at our clinic.
'One day a patient came in aged 48 and she was desperate to become a mother. She was healthy and further tests proved she was fit to carry so we went ahead. It was successful and word soon spread.'
We cannot deny treating these women just because they will not live to see their children grow.
But when we helped Rajo Devi give birth at 70, in 2008, our patient list went through the roof. Rajo's motherhood was an important chapter in Indian IVF history.'
We now see 6,000 women a month and 30pc of those are aged above 50.
He also said he is unperturbed, as he feels he’s done the right thing. Speaking to daily mail, he said: “A woman’s age is no factor for me when I consider helping them to become a mother. I am only concerned with their pre and post pregnancy health.
In this part of the world couples without children don’t feel part of the society, it has terrible consequences on a couple’s place in their community. We have a different family system in India compared to Britain. When I see a woman, who has struggled to become a mother and has been depressed for decades, it gives me ultimate happiness to put a child in her arms.
We want to see them happy and their happiness is our happiness. There is no better thing in this world for a couple than having a child and for those who do not have children, it’s the worst kind of punishment.
A 60-year-old woman from a rural part of India is as healthy and fit as a 45-year-old woman with an urban lifestyle. And as long as my 60 and 70-year-old patients are fit I’ll continue to help them.’ The son, Armaan, was born by caesarian on April 19, weighing 4lbs 4oz.
Dr Hrishikesh Pai, boss of India’s gynaecologists federation, has said he 'totally condemns' the practice - adding: 'With science, you can make a 90-year-old person pregnant. The question is not about technicalities, it's about ethics. Our responsibility is to the patient.'
Fellow fertility doctor, Aniruddha Malpani, added such treatment 'gives IVF doctors a bad name'.
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