A Nigerian woman, Mrs Ajibola
Otunbusin delivered a bouncing baby boy at 67 years old, breaking all kinds of records
in the process.
Not
only has she become the oldest Nigerian woman to give birth through IVF
(in-vitro fertilization), she is also the oldest African in recorded history to
give birth to a baby, and the 2nd oldest mum in the world.
The
elated mother and her husband Professor Samuel Olu Otunbusin were beside
themselves with joy after delivering her baby boy at Atoke Medical Centre,
Abeokuta on Saturday 20th October 2018. The very happy Professor Otunbusin said
God revealed to him 35 years ago .” God revealed to me 35 years ago
about the birth of my son Oluwatobi”
She
had undergone the IVF procedure at the St Ives IVF&Fertility center.
With
her successful conception and delivery she becomes the latest in a long line of
women who have benefited from the highly lauded St Ives IVF programme.
Speaking
to Thelagostimes, Mrs Ajibola Otunbusin narrated how her efforts to have a
child have taken her to several specialist hospitals in Nigeria and India where
she underwent numerous procedures without success.
“This
might be hard to believe but I am 67 years old and I have been married for over
39 years. I have done several IVF both in India and in Nigeria that failed. At
several points, I had said to myself: ‘So I will die without a child of my
own?’ But I never gave up on God. I held on to the belief that at the appointed
time, God will remember me. And my husband kept encouraging me.
“In
2018. I was directed to St. Ives Fertility center by the Holy Spirit. I started
the procedure with joy and I ended it with joy from above.”
While
glowing with the radiance that comes from a long mission finally accomplished,
Mrs Ajibola Otunbusin advised other women who are encountering challenges with
childbearing not to lose hope.
She
urged them to remain positive and try all medical methods while also looking up
to God for the fruit of the womb.
“I
hereby encourage all women despite your age not to relent, God of Sarah will
remember you too”, she said.
The
medical team was led by the Head of IVF unit Dr Babatunde Okewale FRCOG,
other
experts of the team were Dr Kingsley Obodo FMCOG,
Dr
Taofeek Ogunfunmilayo FMCOG.
Ozioma
chukwudi MSC, the senior Embryologist,
Fertility
specialist nurses
Mary
Obichie SNM , Olusola Inameti SNM
