68-year-old woman delivers twins at LUTH

The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) on Sunday said it has successfully delivered a 68-year-old woman of a set of twins — a boy and a girl.

The chairman of the medical advisory council (CMAC) of LUTH, Wasiu Adeyamo, who made the disclosure in a statement shared via the hospital’s Twitter page, said the woman, who got pregnant for the first time with the aid of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), was delivered of the babies on April 14, through an elective caesarean section.

Adeyamo said, “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 April 14, 2020.”

According to the statement, the IVF and embryo were done at a separate location but later referred to LUTH during the early stage of the pregnancy where it was consequently managed until delivery.

Adeyemo continued, “The IVF and embryo transfer were done at an outside facility. She was thereafter referred to LUTH at early gestation and managed till term. This is the first in LUTH, Nigerian and Africa! Mother and babies are well.”

See full statement Below…