Oldest mother dies of cancer

Do you remember the story about the lady who became the world’s oldest mother at the age of 66?

María Carmen del Bousada de Lara gave birth to twins at a clinic in Barcelona in 2006 following in vitro treatment in Los Angeles. Now, at the age of 69, the lady has died of cancer leaving the children for her family to take care of.

Because her mother had lived to be 101, the Spaniard believed that she would be live long enough to raise the children herself. That has not proven to be the case and has lead to questions about the need for stricter controls about the age limits for women to receive in vitro treatment.

It is thought possible that the drugs used for her fertility treatment might have contributed to the spread of the lady’s cancer.