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'World's Oldest Parents' took their twin girls home this week

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The Indian couple who made international headlines for becoming the world's oldest parents earlier this month, took their twin baby girls home on Sunday.

Read the story here: Woman, 74, gives birth to twins

Mangayamma, who is 74, and her husband Raja Rao, who is 80, had been staying in the hospital's intensive care unit until yesterday. According to reports, the babies are doing well and were kept in the neonatal ICU to avoid unnecessary exposure. 

Mangayamma conceived after 54 years of infertility, via IVF. 

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