In a history-making moment that surprised the medical world, 70-year-old Safina Namukwaya from Uganda gave birth to healthy twins—a boy and a girl—through IVF at a hospital in Kampala.
This amazing event comes just a few years after she had her first baby at age 66, making her one of the oldest women ever to have twins.
Her success became possible through advanced fertility treatment and is seen as proof of how far modern medicine has come and how strong human will can be.
Safina’s story is more than just science—it shows the deep strength of faith and the dream of becoming a mother, even when it seems unlikely. Her strong will challenges old beliefs about age and fertility, giving hope to women everywhere who still wish to become mothers.
Doctors say the mother and the babies are doing well, and her case has started worldwide talks about ethics, new possibilities, and the changing idea of parenthood.