Carmela Bousada, the 67-year-old woman who gave birth to twins in December, lied to the Los Angeles fertility clinic about her age. She said she was 55, the cut-off for woman who are allowed to receive fertility treatment.
Bousada, a Spaniard, sold her home in Spain to raise 30,000 pounds ($60,000) to pay for the treatment in the United States. She chose donor eggs from a "pretty, brown-haired 18-year-old" and sperm from a blond, blue-eyed Italian American.
"I picked them from photos in a catalog. It was a bit like studying an estate agent's brochure and choosing a house," the paper quoted her as saying.
First she went through hormone therapy, which allowed her to have periods for the first time in 18 years. She became pregnant on the first attempt.
Previously on Boing Boing:
• Wristwatch fertility monitor
• Rod Stewart's DIY fertility clinic
