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61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by mukina2: 9:57am On Oct 27, 2012


Antônia Letícia Asti fulfilled her lifelong dream to become a mother--one week after her 61st birthday.

Talk about a birthday gift. According to the Brazilian news website G1, the woman gave birth to not one but two babies Tuesday night in Santos, a coastal city about an hour south of São Paulo. The births followed three unsuccessful in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures over the last ten years.

“I’m extremely happy. I fulfilled my dream of being a mother. Thank God and the doctor,” Asti told Brazilian news website G1. “It was a struggle, but thanks to God, I did it. Anyone who wants a victory needs to fight. I never for a moment thought about quitting. I always wanted to be a mother. We never had a lot of money, but we saved a lot to achieve our dream,”.

Before this final attempt, the office assistant and her 55-year-old husband, José César Asti, decided to look into adoption. The couple's attempt to adopt was rebuffed due to their age according the Spanish wire service Efe.

Asti’s obstetrician, Dr. Orlando de Castro Neto, has worked with the Brazilian couple since their first IVF attempt in 1992, when Asti was in her 50s.

"Antônia had preserved embryos from the first fertilization [attempt at IVF], but the embryos have a validity of 10 years, more or less, and they were reaching their end. She said she wanted to use them for a new attempt," Neto told Efe.

The twins, Sofia and Roberto, were delivered by caesarian section prematurely at 31 weeks due to the mother’s severe hypertension. The newborns weighed approximately 900 grams (nearly 2 pounds) and will remain in the hospital until they reach an ideal weight, Hospital Director Segundo Marco Antônio Antun told G1. Antônia remained in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for 40 hours after the birth to monitor her high blood pressure.

“I’m great. I am very well disposed to take care of them," Asti told G1 after leaving the ICU on Thursday. "I do not consider myself 61. I think my birthdate is wrong.”

Despite the risks and difficulties of becoming a mother at Asti’s age, her doctor also seems to think her birthdate is not an issue.

"The age didn't matter at all," Neto told Efe "The only condition is that a woman has a uterus.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/26/antonia-leticia-asti-61-year-old-mother-gives-birth-to-twins_n_2025486.html
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by Nobody: 10:11am On Oct 27, 2012
Despite the risks and difficulties of becoming a mother at Asti’s age, her doctor also seems to think her birthdate is not an issue.

"The age didn't matter at all," Neto
told Efe "The only condition is that
a woman has a uterus.”

see dem!! contradicting what their profession thought them!
Na una dey by-pass the ultimate rule of reproduction passed by God, with menopause..

Well am not surprised.

They call it menoPAUSE, not menoSTOP.

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by maclatunji: 10:40am On Oct 27, 2012
Congratulations!

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by chymystique(f): 10:45am On Oct 27, 2012
:oWONDERS SHALL NEVA END
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by LaraBabatunde: 10:47am On Oct 27, 2012
I rejoice with them.

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by jamace(m): 10:54am On Oct 27, 2012
acidosis™:



see dem!! contradicting what their profession thought them!
Na una dey by-pass the ultimate rule of reproduction passed by God, with menopause..

Well am not surprised.

They call it menoPAUSE, not menoSTOP.
LWKMD grin grin
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by LCDD: 11:08am On Oct 27, 2012
congrats!!! Awesome GOD.The holy book has said it all 'none shall be barren in the land.'

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by WebsiteDesigner: 11:10am On Oct 27, 2012
He's a miracle working God... .

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by mallorca(m): 11:10am On Oct 27, 2012
God is the greatest,to him be all the glory

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by Feraz(m): 11:26am On Oct 27, 2012
acidosis™:


They call it menoPAUSE, not menoSTOP.
grin grin grin grin
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by Itoroetti(m): 11:27am On Oct 27, 2012
I hope there was no manipulation.u neva can trust this white chaps.
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by femi4: 11:29am On Oct 27, 2012
Brazil again!!!

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by oladayo042: 11:33am On Oct 27, 2012
LCDD: congrats!!! Awesome GOD.The holy book has said it all 'none shall be barren in the land.'
Tell that to the million of couples who may never have their own kids. Please stop quoting the Bible for quoting sake.

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by Nobody: 11:51am On Oct 27, 2012
Thank God

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by slimzme: 11:57am On Oct 27, 2012
femi4: Brazil again!!!
The Thing taya me ohh!!!the land of strange happening.SMH

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by kemiola89(f): 12:08pm On Oct 27, 2012
Wow! This is indeed good news
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by ChideraFavour(m): 12:27pm On Oct 27, 2012
wow! givin birth at ds type of oldage bt 61yrs is 2u unbelievable 4 a woman 2 concieve though wt God all things are possible sha

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by Godysien(m): 12:40pm On Oct 27, 2012
Chidera Favour: wow! givin birth at ds type of oldage bt 61yrs is 2u unbelievable 4 a woman 2 concieve though wt God all things are possible sha
Don't u remember the case of Sarah and Abraham in the Bible? Nothing, i say nothing is too difficult for God to do.

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by rohzey(f): 1:02pm On Oct 27, 2012
oladayo042: Tell that to the million of couples who may never have their own kids. Please stop quoting the Bible for quoting sake.



All dat is needed is just to believe in d word of God.
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by rohzey(f): 1:05pm On Oct 27, 2012
Godysien: Don't u remember the case of Sarah and Abraham in the Bible? Nothing, i say nothing is too difficult for God to do.

He is d same yesterday and today and forever.

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by emmyaydot: 1:10pm On Oct 27, 2012
mukina2:



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/26/antonia-leticia-asti-61-year-old-mother-gives-birth-to-twins_n_2025486.html



GOD WORKS IN A WAY WE CAN'T SEE.....THE GREATEST OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNECOLOGIST.......OUR MOTHER SARAH WAS OLDER THAN THAT BEFORE SHE GAVE BIRTH............
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by collins123(m): 1:15pm On Oct 27, 2012
[size=18pt]Mukina again! God, what have we done wrong?[/size]
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by vivaciousvivi(f): 1:17pm On Oct 27, 2012
Kai Brazil has finally left Nigeria behind. To think we r all referred to as "developing nations"! Congrats to d couple. No b small thing.

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by Nobody: 1:19pm On Oct 27, 2012
Asti’s obstetrician, Dr. Orlando de Castro Neto, has worked with the Brazilian couple since their first IVF attempt in 1992, when Asti was in her 50s.
That was 20 years ago and the lady is 61 now, so how was she in her 50s then?

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by obongtunji: 1:21pm On Oct 27, 2012
A Brazilian boy that was pronounced dead woke up to ask for water and after taking the water he died again. A Brazilian girl sold her virginity for some dollars to sponsor herself to school. A Brazilian man showed up at his funeral and today 61years old woman gave birth. Hmmmmm, what is happening in brazillop

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Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by tessyade: 2:19pm On Oct 27, 2012
Not one but two babies! This is nothing but a miracle.
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by Kslib(m): 2:22pm On Oct 27, 2012
Brazil i hail oh. I just confirmed that a girl was stabbed today cos she refused returning a borrowed Brazilian hair to the owner.. Just kidding##
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by waistbead: 2:29pm On Oct 27, 2012
“They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green”.They power in your divinity is not limited by age....It goes beyond the barriers of every biological or ecological factor...It goes beyond every genetic inheritance or DNA characteristics and even beyond medical laboratory result and postulation....“He said in his land no woman will have a miscarriage or be without children”....AWESOME GOD..
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by SELFWORTH: 3:07pm On Oct 27, 2012
rohzey:



All dat is needed is just to believe in d word of God.

Really? What about faith, speaking and living His word?
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by harlos: 3:46pm On Oct 27, 2012
This one in brazil again...
Re: 61-year-old Brazilian Woman, Gives Birth To Twins by DonHummer(m): 8:24pm On Oct 27, 2012
My own is dat wat knd of milk wil com out of this womans bossom 4 dis infants to feed on......

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