60-year-old gives birth to twins

This sort of thing makes me feel sad. My siblings were all quite a bit older than me and I remember feeling upset at school because my parents were as old as my friends grandparents. I also worried about my parents dying before I was an adult. I think these people are being selfish and not really thinking about how it could affect the child or children involved.

I am 65 years old and I think that woman is selfish. When the twins are 10 she will be 70 years of age. Those kids won't have the benefit of having parents that are able to play with them as only young parents can. I could be wrong but parenting requires a lot of energy and there is no way a mother of 60 has the same energy as a 20-30 year old.

i feel, its a matter of personal choice. that lady must have had an earnest wish of becoming a mother and for that reason alone she went through the trouble with whole lot of therapists in Africa. she said that she feels like someone in thirties...i really appreciate this. with such energy , i am sure she will manage everything. the spirit should be appreciated. and i appreciate your feelings aswell. biologically that is normal. we all harbour the same thoughts.

The best one is to have children in youth.Possibly,they will have problems with very old parents since they are very far generations.Age difference is very big problem in such situations.Even though my father was older than me 36 ages,we had many problems in communicating.It is as if we lived in different worlds.I hope they don't resemble us and have great communication.

I read that story too--I guess as long as a woman is healthy enough to do so, why not---but I just think it's a tad weird...I mean just think...when those kids are in their twenties their mother is going to be old enough to be their great-grandmother--For some reason I just don't think it's natural to have children so late...but hey, LOL...it gives me hope...I don't have children...and I'm 51--s----ooooo? hehehe

It's a lot of work to have children at any age, but for a woman in her sixties, it could be exhausting in more ways than one. I can't blame her adult children for their concern. They may have the responsibility of raising their siblings should anything happen to their mother. Afterall, when the twins are only twenty, their mom will be eighty years old.

i personally couldnt have children at that age, i want to have kids before 30, if i dont well i will only have 1 maybe 2, but if i got to 35 and no kids for any reason i wouldnt have any, i just couldnt do that to a child but thats my personal opinion and everyone has their own thoughts and what they want to do, as long as she loves those children then im happy for her

Hey why not? I know there are risks, but Sarah in the Bible gave birth at the age of 90 however personally I do feel it's a bit old. However if you cannot have children then find out you can at the age of 60 wouldn't you do anything to have one? I can't imagine living without my daughter so even though 60 is old the child will still be loved which is the most important thing.

I dont know if I will supposed to be happy. My opinion is giving birth to that age can gets many complications and I think it will be harder for her to take of her children having age. Besides I hope the children are ok both physically, emotionally and mentally.

Personally, I think she is way too old to be committing to raising two children not to mention the 6 year old. It makes me wonder why someone would do this. Normally motherhood is the last thing someone of this age is looking at. LIVE IN PEACE

Honestly, I would like to say, good for her, it's her choice, and so on, but I can't. One child is fine, and if she's in good condition, then so much the better. But at 60 years old, undergoing a C Section, and trying to feed twins is going to, quite frankly, be a nightmare for her. A Caesaerean takes a lot of recovering from the start with, and she's going to be in pain for quite some time. I too had my kids young, and couldn't imagine giving birth at 40, let alone 60. She said she wanted siblings closer to her 6 year olds age, and that's fine, but for her to then say that she wanted to remove some of the stigma attached to older women giving birth, forgive me, but that to me seems to be rather selfish of her. I did find the following news article about it too. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/4828599.html

I think it's awful that anyone thinks their opinion about what an 60 year old woman does matters. She's an adult, been an adult for quite sometime. She probably knows a little something about life. Having raised a couple of other children, she probably knows a little something about parenting. I think it's probably safe to assume she's finacially stable. Her grown children need to show their mother her due respect.

wow that's quite surprising! She's so lucky to have twins at that age,that's quite rare. And yes same here, I also choose to have kids while im like in my late-20's.

yeah..it's so horrible..for me when I'm gonna be 60 yrs old I will not enter into this situation coz when I'm not here anymore who will take care of them. you cannot enjoy your retirement years coz you will take care of your siblings and babysit for them..ohhh..so disgusting..

i believe everyone have their own rights and the world is so big, so you have have many kind of people and also miracles happening.

It makes you wonder whether or not she will be alive to see them graduate. She would be 78 when they finish high school. This is not fair on the kids. Can you just imagine the ribbing those kids will get on parents teachers nights? Who will raise her kids when she is gone? Personally I think she is crazy, taking on way too much at that age. She will be a pensioner in 5 years time!

Personally, I won't do it. I don't want to be a selfish person because I have to think about the kids. I can definitely understand why her two adult children weren't happy about it. Because their mother may be too old to play around with her twins during their adolescent or perhaps, childhood.

That is unreal. there is no way that I would ever give birth to children at that age. It is very hard on your body. I don't think alot of people would even live long enough to see their children rasied and enjoy the granchildren that comes from them either. I definitely think she has her hands full.

It's her choice not anyone elses. Just because she older, doesn't mean she isn't capable of taking care of the kids.

anyone in their right mind would say No to this kind of 'adventure'. For some 60 year old woman to carry a child in her womb is very irresponsible and dangerous. The government should take action on these cases so as not to encourage other delusional citizens.