Providence finally smiled on 62-year-old Mrs. Fummi Akinade, who had been married for 31 years without a child.
After three failed IVFs, Mrs. Akinade recently gave birth to a baby boy in a private hospital in Lagos.
It was her forth attempt at Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) but this time it was a success.
The baby was born at Strong Tower Hospital and Advanced Fertility Centre, a Lagos-based private medical facility on Tuesday through caesarian section at 37 weeks.
Akinade told NAN on Thursday in Lagos that she got married in 1992 but never had a child.
Narrating how she went through a series of gynecological procedures without success, the joyful new mum enthused that her fourth IVF yielded fruits.
Funmi Akinade said her husband has been supportive, adding that both of them remained optimistic that God would give them a child.
“This is my fourth IVF attempt, but the others were not in this hospital.
“When someone is looking for fruit of the womb, the person will be moving from one hospital or gynecologist to another, undergoing series of gynecological investigations and treatments,” she said.
Akinade said that all through the years she was looking for a child, she had strong faith in God.
“Even when I felt it was already too late to be possible, God in His infinite mercy made it possible for me in my lifetime. I return all glory to Him.
“Two major factors that kept motivating me all along are my husband’s support and one particular book that I usually read,” Akinade said.
Akinade advised couples desiring children not to give up but trust in God while seeking the right medical attention.
She identified finance as a major challenge encountered while looking for fruit of the womb, saying that fertility treatments are expensive.
She called on governments to subsidise the cost of IVF and other fertility procedures for the sake of poor couples.
“Fertility treatment is quite expensive – whether IVF or whatever. A lot of couples out there are childless and do not have the financial capacity to go for them,” she said.
Dr. Ayodele Ademola, a Consultant Gynecologist, who delivered the baby, said that a woman above 62 years could still conceive through IVF or other innovative methods of assisted pregnancy.
The doctor who is also the Medical Director of the hospital, said many couples without children could still have kids with the right medicare.
NAN
