Bhim Singh 65 Bhim Singh, 65, and his wife Krishna, 63, opted for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) at the National Fertility Centre in Hisar, Haryana, and were blessed with a boy on December 12 last year, doctors said on Wednesday.
According to doctors, many couples in their 60s, and even older, in Haryana are opting for the technology after losing their children.
\"Krishna conceived with in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) technique at the centre in the second attempt. The first attempt was made in January 2010 and second one in May 2011. She became a proud mother of a son. Bhim Singh and Krishna were married in 1964,\" the centre\'s IVF specialist Anurag Bishnoi said.
The couple, who lost their son in 1995, have written to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda asking him to take effective steps to check road accidents.
\"It is not Bhim Singh and Krishna alone who have opted for IVF technique for bearing a child after losing their young one in a fatal accident. Other couples who have lost children in accidents at an older age are also opting for IVF to bear children,\" the centre\'s director M.R. Bishnoi said.
Rajo Devi, 70, delivered a baby on November 2008 after being treated with IVF technology at the same centre.
Brand ambassador
\"Rajo Devi, who delivered a baby few years ago, is now the brand ambassador for IVF in Haryana. Women folk in Haryana now insist on scientific treatment for infertility rather than going to quacks,\" Anurag Bishnoi said.
He said that more people trust IVF technology as the rate of success rate is better now compared to earlier times.
Countering the argument against older women bearing children, Bishnoi said that the country\'s laws have not put any age bar on women to have children.