Nigeria – A 68-year-old woman has given birth to a set of twins; a male and female, at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) on Tuesday April 14, 2020.

The 68-year-old woman has made history after successfully delivery her set of twin and this is her first pregnancy ever, the chairman of LUTH’s Medical Advisory Committee Prof. W. L. Adeyemo revealed.

In a statement, Prof. W. L. Adeyemo, she got pregnant through In vitro fertilisation (IVF). The statement reads;

LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL (LUTH)

LUTH SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED A 68-YEAR OLD WOMAN OF A TWIN

LUTH has successfully delivered a Sixty-Eight (68) year old primigravida (pregnant for the first time) with twin (a male and a female) gestation (pregnancy) following an IVF conception. She was delivered through an elective Caesarean section at 37 weeks gestation on Tuesday 14th April, 2020.

The IVF & embryo transfer were done at an outside facility. She was then referred to LUTH at early gestation and subsequently managed till term.

This is the first in LUTH, Nigerian and Africa!

Mother & babies are well.

Prof. W.L. Adeyemo
CMAC
For LUTH Management