Most people in their 70's are supposed to be enjoying the fruits of their labor, surrounded by grandkids and pondering the time they have left on this earth.
Or at least, that is our stereotype of them.
Not every person fits the mold society has put them in, as recently evidenced in a major way by 70-year-old Omkari Panwar, an Indian woman from New Delhi who has crowned her golden years by giving birth to twins.
That's right...giving birth!
Omkari and her 77-year-old spouse Charan, already the parents of two grownup daughters, decided that they wanted to achieve their longtime dream of having a son. So, the two went all out to make it happen, by selling livestock, mortgaging off their land and going into hock with creditors, all to finance IVG treatments for Omkari.
Miraculously, the treatments were successful and the elderly farmer's wife became a geriatric mom by giving birth to twins- a boy and girl.
This makes Omkari Panwar the oldest known woman on record to give birth.
The previous record holder was a 66-year-old Romanian lady.
While some shudder at the idea of an elderly couple having babies, the Panwars see it as a blessed event.