World’s oldest new mother at 66 dies aged 69 leaving twins

A SPANISH woman believed to have become the world’s oldest new mother when she gave birth at 66 has died at 69, leaving behind twin toddlers.

Maria del Carmen Bousada gave birth in December 2006 as a single mother after getting in vitro fertilisation treatment at a clinic in Los Angeles.

The births ignited a firestorm of debate over how old is too old for a new mother, and how much responsibility fertility clinics have over who gets treatments.