A woman has been dumped by her husband after they spent 20 years trying to have a baby, when she finally became pregnant as a pensioner aged 60.The husband changed his mind when he heard the baby screaming in the maternity ward – and told his wife that he was too old to put up with the crying.Serif Nokic, 68, decided to leave her on the day the baby arrived in Novi Pazar, in western Serbia’s Raska District.
Serif claims that living with a baby at his age would be too damaging to his health.Atifa also has health problems, including high blood pressure, but says she is ready to raise her daughter alone.Serif said: ‘Above all, I am a sick man, I am 68, I am a diabetic and I have a weak heart.’It is not easy not to sleep all night and to hear a baby’s cry.’Atifa was considered a high-risk pregnancy and was in hospital for the three months leading up to giving birth.Little Alina will not even have his last name as he refused to have her registered as his daughter.
The couple are thought to have used an anonymous sperm donor.Atifa, who worked in a textile factory, says she will raise her baby by herself even though she has little money.Atifa fulfilled her lifelong dream when she successfully gave birth to the healthy baby girl.