Father reveals the real reason they had a baby in their 70s

Daljinder Kaur, believed to be in her seventies, gave birth to a healthy boy last month.

The Telegraph reports, the National Fertility Centre in Haryana state, offers fertility treatment to women who are decades beyond their menopause.

Although her exact date of birth is unclear, Mrs Kaur told doctors she was a few years younger than her husband Mohinder Singh Gill, 79. If correct, that would make her the world’s oldest mother.

“Every one asked me to adopt a baby but I never wanted to. Now I have my own child,” said Mrs Kaur.

“We will raise him and give him a proper education. I had faith in Almighty that I will have my own baby, and Waheguru answered my prayers,” she told the Telegraph, using the Sikh term for God.

The couple have been married for 46 years, and decided to try IVF after seeing an advertisement for the clinic in neighbouring Haryana in a newspaper.

Mrs Kaur underwent three rounds of in-vitro fertilisation treatment using anonymous donor eggs. She gave birth by caesarian section on April 19.

India’s medical council has lobbied for a bill banning fertility treatment for women aged 50 and above, citing health concerns for both mother and child.

Dr Hrishikesh Pai, head of India’s federation of 31,000 gynaecologists said “We condemn this totally. With science, you can make a 90-year-old person pregnant, what’s the big deal? The question is not about technicalities, it’s about ethics. Our responsibility to the patient. This man is an upstart, he doesn’t represent us.

He needs to be banned.” “Not a good idea. It’s cowboy medicine,” added Dr Aniruddha Malpani, who runs a Mumbai-based fertility clinic. “Doctors are just out to show how much they can push the envelope. This gives IVF doctors a bad name. People think we’re irresponsible, doing stupid stuff.”

UPDATE 12 May

The Daily Mail reports, Mr Gill, who is a farmer admitted that they turned to IVF to try and end a legal battle over his father’s inheritance worth (500,000 pound) over $980K au.

He said: ‘My father was trying to deprive me of a share in his property on the plea because I didn’t have a child.

‘We had been engaged in a tussle for more than four decades.’

Mr Gill’s father Uttam Singh, who passed away eight years ago, wanted the property to be split between his children.

However Mr Gill claims his four siblings refused to give him his share because he had no children of his own to take care of.

Mr Gill said: ‘When this fight started, I was in my 40s so my wife and I tried to have a baby but there was some medical complication.

‘We went to see many doctors but it was the 1970s and 80s, so medical facilities weren’t that great.

‘It was embarrassing to not be able to produce a child, no doubt, but we got caught with litigation.’

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51 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 15 May 2021
    12:42 pm
Well at least we know that their marriage is stable and they will shower this child with love. There are many children out there that are being raised by their grandparents as their parents dont care, are in prision, passed away, etc.

- - ella12 said
  - 23 Aug 2016
    3:32 pm
oh dear, I really don’t know what to say.

- - hologro said
  - 19 Jun 2016
    7:18 pm
Omg, having a child when you almost 80, just so you can get an inheritance!! That’s disgusting. Who is going to look after this child when you pass away. This is so irresponsible and disgusting.

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 29 May 2016
    8:05 am
as long as the child is surrounded by love that is all that matters

- - mom111362 said
  - 24 May 2016
    11:08 pm
as long as the child is loved it doesn’t matter

- - Nas01 said
  - 17 May 2016
    11:07 am
I don’t like judging others but feel torn about this because to have a child for inheritance and money is wrong in my mind and to be in 70’s and 80’s then do it for that reason is selfish. I hope they can show the baby much love.

- - rovermum said
  - 16 May 2016
    12:47 pm
Hmmm, I was just thinking the wonders and miracle of IVF, but am now confused as to why they wanted a baby? For money/inheritance? Really?

- - tessie said
  - 16 May 2016
    12:17 pm
So the reason they had a child was for money and property. I don’t condone people having children using IVF if they are over 50. This means their child will be their carer. This is just too selfish for my mind.

- - BellaB said
  - 15 May 2016
    9:54 pm
That is a really sad reason to have a baby.

- - sam85 said
  - 15 May 2016
    8:53 pm
What a sad upbringing this child may have if this is the true reason he was created. Good luck to them p, I for one couldn’t imagine chasing after a toddler in my 70’s.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 14 May 2016
    7:18 pm
It seems like this baby’s future wasn’t really thought about. I could be wrong about that and I hope I am. They are now elderly parents and it will be sad for this little baby to only have their parents for what may be a short time. Of course, they may live until they’re both 100!

- - mom71820 said
  - 13 May 2016
    2:48 pm
I really hope they had this baby for the right reasons, but do wonder who will look after this poor little baby in the not too distant future?!

- - mom91796 said
  - 13 May 2016
    7:31 am
Very selfish poor baby, why care about the inheritance when your foot is nearly in the grave, what is that baby gonna do when the elderly parents are not around to raise him.

- - mum4107 said
  - 13 May 2016
    6:19 am
Well that is horrible and makes me sad

- - mom134803 said
  - 13 May 2016
    3:21 am
This is kind of sad, it’s not the right motivation to have a child. And it’s the question these parents live long enough to bring up and love on their child….

- - robyn_smithwick said
  - 12 May 2016
    11:06 pm
Words fail me!

- - mom113991 said
  - 12 May 2016
    10:51 pm
its sad that this is the reason they had a child. is it just because he wants the inheritance? thats not fair on the poor bubba

- - mom121630 said
  - 12 May 2016
    10:19 pm
I personally think this is a horrendous situation. Having had custody of my great granddaughter for the past 3 1/2 years (she is soon to turn 4) I know how tiring and demanding it is. My biggest worry has been how would she feel having her 80 year old Nanna taking her to school? (I am at present 77 years old). But still and all I am a g grandmother not a mother and I cannot do the things a young child needs, like getting down on the ground and rolling around. running , getting up early etc. Luckily for my little one she has Aunts and cousins to do what I can’t. I have also had the experience of being a teacher for many years. Selfishness on the parents part in my opinion, couldn’t they go to lawyers rather than IVF. Sorry! I wish them well but do hope they have help for the child’s sake. Great grandma Nanna Glen

- - mom174720 said
  - 12 May 2016
    10:07 pm
So they had the baby for money? who looks after the baby when they die in a few years??
Or even if they don’t die I can’t see them chasing a toddler, that child is going to miss out on so much

- - mom71495 said
  - 12 May 2016
    9:02 pm
Well God did answer her prayers and if he didn’t want her to have that child it wouldn’t have happened, but there you go. And I hope He gives her and her husband the strength to cope with all the necessary requirements in raising him, it’s no easy feat and it won’t be especially at their ages. I wish them all the best and blessing for all three.