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Woman, 64, stuns docs by welcoming first child after 47 years of trying for baby
Life's a beach! Get the brightest stories sent to your inbox with the Daily Star newsletterA Ugandan woman has stunned doctors by successfully welcoming a baby following one round of IVF treatment – and despite being past the age of retirement.Safinah Namukwaya has longed to welcome a child since first marrying in 1973, and sadly suffered an ectopic pregnancy – when an egg fertilises and grows outside the uterus – before the marriage collapsed.The resident of Nunda Village in Lwabenge Sub County, Kalungu District in Uganda married again in 1996 and longed to welcome a child with her husband, Badru Walusimbi.Ms Namukwaya then feared her hopes of having children were over when she reached menopause when aged 45.However, in March last year,
