World Record: Andhra woman gives birth to twins through IVF at the age of 74

At the age of 74, a woman from Andhra Pradesh became the oldest mom in the world by giving birth to twins after going through in-vitro fertilization (IVF). According to media reports, since the woman has reached menopause the doctors had to arrange eggs from a doner which was then fertilized with her husband's sperm before it was implanted in her uterus.

The procedures were performed at the Shankar IVF center, an IVF specialist, where the babies were delivered through a C-Section. The doctors have assured that both the babies and the mother are doing well.

The twins weigh 2.2 pounds (1kg) each, he added.

In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process of fertilization where an egg is combined with sperm outside the body, in vitro. The process involves monitoring and stimulating a woman's ovulatory process, removing an ovum or ova from the woman's ovaries and letting sperm fertilize them in a liquid in a laboratory. After the fertilized egg (zygote) undergoes embryo culture for 2–6 days, it is implanted in the same or another woman's uterus, with the intention of establishing a successful pregnancy.

Having longed for over five decades to become a mother, a 74-year-old woman finally realized her dream by giving birth to twins in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.

This, doctors feel, could be a new world record. The previous record was said to be held by a 66-year-old Spanish woman in 2006, according to the Guinness World Records.

E Mangayamma of Draksharamam in East Godavari district of AP delivered twin baby girls through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in a private hospital in Guntur.

Both the mother and the newborn twins are safe and stable, Gynecologist Sanakkayala Aruna, under whose care the Caesarean section was performed, said.

Married to E Raja Rao in 1962, Mangayamma remained issueless all these years.

When one of their neighbors recently conceived and delivered a baby through artificial insemination, at the age of 55 years, hopes sprouted in Mangayamma too and she wanted to try IVF.

She approached Dr Aruna - who previously served as Health Minister in Chandrababu Naidu cabinet between 1999 and 2004 - in Guntur in November last year.

Mangayamma went through the IVF procedure and conceived in January this year.

Given her age, the woman was kept in the hospital under the constant care of specialist doctors all these months.

"She remained healthy as she did not have diabetes or blood pressure. Since she is 74-year-old, we had to perform Caesarean section to deliver the babies," Dr Aruna said.

The happiness of the new parents and their relatives knew no bounds as there were celebrations in the hospital.