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Spainiard Oldest Mother At 67

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BBC:
Last Updated: Saturday, 30 December 2006, 22:55 GMT

Spanish woman 'is oldest mother'

A 67-year-old Spanish woman is reported to have given birth to twins according to hospital officials in Barcelona, becoming the world's oldest mother.

The woman, whose name has not been revealed, became pregnant after fertility treatment in Latin America.

She gave birth to the twins, who have been placed in an incubator, by caesarean section early on Saturday.

It was the woman's first birth and she is expected to spend a few days in the Sant Pau hospital recovering.

A spokesman for the hospital, which specialises in high-risk births, said that both the mother and her babies were doing well.

The woman is one year older than Romanian Adriana Iliescu who gave birth in January 2005 to a baby girl.

She too had been pregnant with twins but one of her babies died in the womb.
Do any of you feel there should be restrictions with this sort of thing?

Because I feel this is just too old. I don't know what any possible age restrictions should be for fertility treatments, who would decide that, etc. But this... She'll be 85 if she survives her children reaching 18.
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My Dad's father was 65 when his youngest son was born making him in his eighties when he finally left home. Grandma was 19 years younger than him but I still think that was fucking stupid of him and considering how my uncle turned out even more so.
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