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Mother Dies At 69 Orphaning Twin IVF Babies
Posted by Melissa Maimann on Jul 28, 2009 in Birth
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[A woman] … has died at the age of 69, orphaning her two and a half year old twin sons that she gave birth to at the age of 66 after receiving IVF treatment …
[The] death … has reignited the debate about allowing older women to undergo fertility treatment.
[The woman] … admitted lying about her age: she told doctors … that she was 55.
… the babies were born with no complications, apart from having to spend one month in incubators.
[The] family will most likely care for the two boys …
The news has provoked fresh calls for an upper age limit for fertility treatment …
Melissa Maimann, Essential Birth Consulting 0400 418 448