Woman aged 66 gives birth to twins in Spain to become world's oldest mother

[Al-khiyal]

MADRID, Spain: A 67-year-old Spanish woman became the world's oldest mother after she gave birth to twins in the northern city of Barcelona on Saturday, a hospital official said.

The woman, whose identity has not been revealed by Sant Pau hospital, gave birth by caesarian section on Saturday having previously undergone in vitro fertilization in the United States, according to the national news agency EFE.

Originally from the southern region of Andalucia, the new mother chose the Barcelona hospital because it specializes in high-risk births.

The mother and twins are all doing well though the babies are both in incubators, a hospital spokeswoman said. The hospital did not reveal the gender of the twins.

The previous holder of the oldest mother record was 66-year-old Romanian citizen Adriana Iliescu who gave birth to baby Eliza Maria in Jan. 2005.

Woman aged 67 gives birth to twins in Spain to become world's oldest mother

[Sminette]

Disgusting!!! ...poor kids..!!! by the time they're 10 yrs ..their mum will be 77
Some women are selfish!

[Cheba_Mami]

Why would a woman of such age want this? And what kind of doctor would agree with this? i'd completely disagree. The chance of dying and thus not be able to look for the children is too big.

[Sminette]

Tell me about it Cheba mami ..I'm imagining the babies all wrinkled

[Al-khiyal]

Not to mention having to buy THREE packs of diapers every week

[Sminette]

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Old woman won't be able to cope..she should send them to me ..they'll grow up the DZ way !!

[Cheba_Mami]

it's just not ethical to have children on that age, although cells are in a good state anyway. It's not good. i wonder if she wanted to carry them for someone else or really wanted kids for herself?