Married at 16, woman delivers twins 57 years later at 73 FridayFeeling FridayMotivation
A 73-year-old woman has given birth to twins girls. It was her first ever pregnancy and childbirth.According to, Erramatti Mangayamma was given in marriage to Yarramatti Rajarama Rao 57 years ago when she was a mere 16-year-old girl.She was, however, unable to conceive naturally, a situation she said tried her patience and made her feel unwanted.
The native of Draksharamam, East Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, finally approached a doctor for in vitro fertilisation, it was reported.“Erramatti Mangayamma was able to conceive on her first round of treatment,” Umasankar revealed. Before Erramatti Mangayamma’s motherhood experience, a woman from El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain, Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, had a set of twin boys via cesarean in 2006 at the age of 66.
In the case of Erramatti Mangayamma, she and her husband considered IVF after her neighbour gave birth at the age of 55.
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