World's Oldest Mom dies, leaving behind twin sons

Maria del Carmen Bousada lived--and died--a woman of controversy.

The Spanish-born Bousada became the world's oldest mom when she gave birth to twin boys, Pau and Christian, when she was 66 years old. She reportedly died last Saturday, after having been diagnosed with a tumor shortly after her sons were born in 2006.

Bousada believed she had a good chance of living long enough to raise her sons because her mother lived to be 101 years old.

Her decision to pursue in vitro fertilization in her late sixties was criticized by people around the world. Criticism increased when it was reported she lied to the fertility clinic providing her treatment, telling her medical providers she was 55 years old.

Controversy rages once again as people discuss what will happen to her almost three-year-old sons. News reports say the boys are staying with a nephew of Bousada and his wife.

Grandma, 70, Gives Birth to Twins

A 70-year-old woman from India is now the world's oldest woman to give birth.
Omkari Panwar, the wife of a retired farmer, delivered twins — a son and a daughter — via Caesarean section. Panwar has no birth certificate, but if her age is proven it would make her the world's oldest mother.
Why, you might ask, would Panwar's 77-year-old husband Charam Singh mortgage his land, sell his buffalos, spend his life savings and take out a credit card loan to finance in-vitro fertility treatment (IVF) for his wife?
Although the couple has two adult daughters and five grandchildren, they had no male heir.
"We already have two girls but we wanted a boy so that he could have taken care of our property. This boy and girl are God's greatest gift to us," Omkari said.