With the advancement in technology, age does not seem to be an issue for women to get pregnant. Technology such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment has brought new hope to women who could not get pregnant naturally.

A Spanish woman, aged 67 became the world’s oldest new mother when she gave birth to twins. It is reported that both mother and babies are fine, and the babies are places in an incubator.

IVF is a technique where egg cells are fertilized by sperm outside the woman’s womb. There are various methods such as ovarian stimulation, IVF laboratory and embryo transfer.

There was argument that this method of producing babies is not ethical and some parts of the world still could not accept this method. However, couples seeking for this method has to be prepared to pay a huge lump sum of money for this as it’s costly. Nevertheless, this method provides an alternative way for couples seeking to have their own babies if they have any infertilities problems.

 

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