Mother, 62, gives birth to twin girls

Mother, 62, gives birth to twin girls

A woman aged 62 has given birth to twins thanks to IVF – after being told she was too old to adopt.

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The twins, Merry and Jacqueline, were born prematurely

They are believed to be healthy

Psychiatrist Krasimira Dimitrova is now one of the world’s oldest mothers following the birth of Merry and Jacqueline.

The pair were born prematurely on May 5 but are healthy, according to reports.

‘I wanted a family but when I was frustrated by the adoption service I realised the only way to make this happen would be to give birth to my own children,’ she said.

‘Age was not an obstacle for me. I so much wanted to have children. I would not like to look too much in the future. I hope that the babies will be well.’

‘Age is not an obstacle’: Krasimira Dimitrova is one of the world’s oldest mothers

The Bulgarian is believed to be only the second ever successful case of IVF resulting in a mother over 60 having twins.

She was initially impregnated with triplets but medics decided to remove one of the embryos.

In July 2008, a woman who was said to be aged 70 gave birth to twins in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh after IVF treatment.

Omkari Panwar had no birth certificate but maintained she was nine years old when the British left India in 1947.

A woman said to be 65 gave birth to a boy in India’s eastern Orissa state in 2003.

And, earlier this year, a woman of 59 become the oldest person ever to be offered fertility treatment by a British clinic.