World's oldest new mom dies, leaves twin toddlers

[browneyes106]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090715/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_oldest_mom

 

[MushyMushy]

Wow, nobody saw that coming.

Sarcasm aside, how sad for those poor children.

 

[ILoveJack]

Well it didn't say that she died from old age. I mean 69 isn't really that old anymore. I certainly don't think that I would want to have to raise kids myself at that age, but there are a lot of granparents out there nowdays doing just that to keep the kids out of the system because the parents don't want them now. It's sad when ever anyone passes away unexpected.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

Well it didn't say that she died from old age. I mean 69 isn't really that old anymore. I certainly don't think that I would want to have to raise kids myself at that age, but there are a lot of granparents out there nowdays doing just that to keep the kids out of the system because the parents don't want them now. It's sad when ever anyone passes away unexpected.

It's one thing to find yourself in a situation of raising kids at that age, or to choose to take on foster parenting (can you even become a foster parent at 66?)...it's quite another thing to make a choice to bring children into the world at that age.

Of course I feel terrible for the children. I felt terrible for them when she had them. Now what? Hopefully they'll find a good home for them (how old is their uncle?), but still...they lost their mother.

They had the "age 55 limit" at the fertility clinic for a reason...and she lied.

 

[StefnMike]

69 isn't that old. It says she was diagnosed with a tumor shortly after giving birth. That can happen at any age.

I feel so badly for her sons.

 

[ozarkmom]

I don't care what anyone says 66 is too old to "have" children imo. Yes grandparents sometimes have to raise their grandchildren and that's a different story. My mother is 70 and she's in pretty good health but there's no way she should be having babies.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

69 isn't that old. It says she was diagnosed with a tumor shortly after giving birth. That can happen at any age.

I feel so badly for her sons.

Lots of things can happen at any age. But you're certainly a whole lot closer to being incapacitated or dead during your children's childhood years when you're giving birth at 69, making you 87 when they're legally out on their own. The odds aren't in one's favor. And those are odds I would not be willing to take...not just because *I* want to be there for my kids and to see them grow up and have children of their own, but they would need me. And at what age might the kids end up taking care of HER? Yeah, I know...everyone will come back and say that bad health/death can happen to anyone, but let's get real...the older you are, the closer you are.

 

[Lanshark]

Just because we can do something does not mean we should do it.

 

[happygirl]

Those poor kids