Oldest women to give birth deceived clinic -newspaper

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Sun Jan 28, 7:56 AM ET



LONDON (Reuters) - The oldest woman ever to give birth deceived doctors to get the fertility treatment that let her have twins at 67 last month, a Sunday newspaper said.
Carmela Bousada, who gave birth to twins Christian and Pau on December 29, convinced a Los Angeles clinic she was 55, the cut-off age for their in-vitro fertilisation programme, News of the World said.

"They didn't ask for my age or my passport. I may look tired now but before the births I did look slim and a lot younger," the newspaper quoted Bousada as saying in an interview.

The clinic, the Pacific Fertility Centre in Los Angeles, was not immediately available for comment. The clinic has confirmed in media reports that it treated Bousada.
It says its success rate for women over the age of 43 is just two percent, compared to 56 percent for women under 34.

Bousada, a Spaniard, sold her home in Spain to raise 30,000 pounds ($60,000) to pay for the treatment in the United States. She chose donor eggs from a "pretty, brown-haired 18-year-old" and sperm from a blond, blue-eyed Italian American.

"I picked them from photos in a catalogue. It was a bit like studying an estate agent's brochure and choosing a house," the paper quoted her as saying.

First she went through hormone therapy, which allowed her to have periods for the first time in 18 years. She became pregnant on the first attempt.

She insisted she would not have trouble raising the twins as a single mother, despite her age.

"My mum lived to be 101 and there's no reason I couldn't do the same."

[Oyabun]

wow whats going to happen to the children when she passes away? didn't she think twice before going through all that pain to have a child.

[Saurgrist]

Originally Posted by Oyabun

wow whats going to happen to the children when she passes away? didn't she think twice before going through all that pain to have a child.

I agree. Not going to be a good situation for the children, unfortunately.

[Setarime]

IMO she is being very selfish, she is not thinking about her kids only about herself

[Arwen]

It was the wrong thing to do and she was wrong to decieve the clinic like that,as has been mentioned its the poor children that i feel sorry for.Its a pity they couldnt charge here for deception

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i agree the clinics should be more thorough in their checks.as for the age thing it sometimes works. i had a mate who when we started secondary school at 11 he was 88 .he lived to be 106 and was fantastic fun and very agile. he rode his bicycle into town every day up to 6 months before he died. so age can be decieving!

[stubacca68]

i think it is a shame thet the mum won't be able to run around like mums should, not only does that help the bond mature but it makes childhood fun! her body just will not be able to do the thing a mum of say 30 will, so IMO she is depriving her children of a thing that is so precious to us all, a childhood.

[TGLucario]

geez...i agree...now they wil have to pace around while every1 else runs!

[Oyabun]

I recon this is like cheating god in a way because there are reasons why women get to there menopause so when they dont have anymore kids, there children wont have to suffer the death of there parents in an early age in there life. Yes I agree clinics should think twice before doing it.