Mumbai’s First Test Tube Baby Becomes a Mother

Coincidentally, the same team of doctors which delivered the Harsha in 1986, delivered her newborn, 30 years later

This photo means so much! Mom Harsha Chavda, India’s second test tube baby, gives birth to her own son in Mumbai (Photo courtesy: Dr Indira Hinduja)

Warning: Major awww-s ahead, might totally slay your Monday blues.

Coincidence doesn’t get cuter than this.

In August 1986, renowned Mumbai-based gynaecologist Dr Indira Hinduja led a team of doctors to deliver India’s second test tube baby via a cesarean section. The baby was named Harsha Chavda.

Now 30 years later, Harsha Chavda is all grown up. She’s an accountant by profession and has just delivered a healthy baby boy, weighing 3.18 kg with the same set of doctors who helped give birth to her.

Dr Indira Hinduja (left) with Harsha’s newborn and Dr Kusum Zaveri (right) (Photo courtesy: Dr Indira Hinduja)

India’s Second Test Tube Baby Gives Birth to a Healthy Baby Boy

A jubilant Dr Hinduja said, “Both mother and child are doing great.” Dr Kusum Zaveri, who was also a part of both the teams, said:

Harsha has always been in touch with us. We meet and interact on a regular basis. It is but natural that she chose us to help deliver her baby.

<b> Dr Kusum Zaveri, Gynaecologist, Hinduja Hospital</b>

Dr Hinduja, the pioneer of in-vitro technology in India has delivered more than 15,000 test tube babies since Harsha. She got nostalgic about the day she delivered her, back in 1986.

“The test tube baby technique, though in practice in the West, was not established in India until we found success in 1986 with Harsha’s birth. We had to take so many permissions – from the ethics committee of KEM Hospital, the ICMR, etc.”, she recounts.

Birthing is always such a high, out-of-this-world feeling. Scroll down to see for yourself.

And that’s how he came into this world. (Photo courtesy: Dr Indira Hinduja)

Debunking many myths around the reproductive health of children conceived by IVF is Harsha’s little one, conceived naturally and without any hiccups. (Photo courtesy: Dr Indira Hinduja)

For the team of doctors, these two will always remain special. (Photo courtesy: Dr Indira Hinduja)

Welcome to the world baby boy and congratulations, Harsha!