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Chennai, Aug 27: The 28-year-long wait for a couple in Tamil Nadu to enjoy parental bliss came to an end this morning as they were blessed with twins in a city hospital.
Courtesy a major scientific breakthrough, despite attaining menopause 11 years ago, 56-year-old Brinda delivered twin baby boys at a private hospital here, which doctors claim to be the first of its kind in India.
Both the babies, delivered through an hour-long caesarean section, and the mother were in good health.
As unable to bear a child even 28 years after marriage, Brinda, a former employee of IOB, had approached the Akash Fertility Centre and Hospital here in November last year. Medical tests revealed that the woman's uterus was healthy and her husband, 57-year-old Alagappan's sperm count was less. Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSU) process was adopted by using donor eggs as she had attained the menopause, leading to her conceiving the same year.
''Since
she
had
attained
menoapuse,
it
was
difficult
for
her
to
conceive
and
bear
a
child.
We
took
it
up
as
a
challenge.
We
got
donor
eggs,
used
the
sperms
of
Alagappan
and
an
embryo
was
developed
and
transferred
to
Brinda
by
ICSA
process'',
Gynaecologist
and
infertility
specialist
of
the
Hospital
Dr
Jeyarani
Kamaraj
and
her
husband
Kamaraj
told
UNI