From India comes word that a 66-year-old woman who was previously childless has given birth to triplets.  Because of her advanced age, she used IVF treatments in order to reach her dream of becoming a mother.

Though there are well-wishers from around the world who send nothing but good thoughts her way, there are others who believe having a child (not to mention triplets) at 66 has serious ethical concerns.  This is compounded by the fact that a 72-year-old who gave birth to her first child about a year-and-a-half ago at age 70 is now dying.

At RSI, we spend a great deal of time analyzing all aspects of any woman or couple’s physical, psychological and emotional states before proceeding with IVF treatments.  In our experience, there is definitely a fine line between when fertility treatments are warranted and when the time has passed for such measures.

This is one of the reasons we encourage women and men dealing with infertility (or what they believe to be infertility) to connect with us sooner rather than later.  We’ll give sound advice not dictated by intentions to get media attention… and we’ll always be straightforward with recommendations.  It’s what we do as ethical physicians in the reproductive health science field.