World’s oldest mom dies

MADRID – A Spanish pensioner who became the oldest woman in the world to give birth in 2006 when she had twin boys at the age of 67 using in vitro fertilisation has died, local media reported yesterday.

Carmen Bousada, who was single, died on Saturday from a cancer which was diagnosed just one year after she gave birth to Cristian and Pau, the daily Diario de Cadiz reported.She gave birth to the twins on December 26, 2006 at Barcelona hospital after undergoing treatment at a US fertility clinic, sparking a worldwide debate.Bousada admitted to lying to US doctors at the fertility clinic about her age, saying she was 55.Spanish law does not set an age limit for fertility treatments but the majority of clinics turn away women who are over 50.’Everyone should have children at the appropriate moment,’ Bousada said in an interview published in British tabloid News of the World one month after she gave birth to the twins.She said she had waited until the death of her mother in 2005, who she had looked after for several years, to carry out her dream of becoming a mother, 18 years after going through menopause.After she was diagnosed with cancer, she told Spanish television that her nephew and their godfather could look after the twins if she died. – Nampa- AFP