PostHeaderIcon Elderly parturient dies; leaves two toddlers as orphans



An elderly Spanish woman who went all the way to Los Angeles to have in-vitro fertilization and secure to be a single mom at age 66 died three years after--- leaving two innocent children without parents.

Sixty-nine (69) year-old, Cadiz-resident Maria del Carmen Bousada who was confident she would live long enough because her mother died in old age at 101, pursued her dream of motherhood in old age by selling her home for $59,000 to pay for the pregnancy and birth. It was unclear whether the "tumor" she suffered soon after the babies' delivery was related to the hormones she got to induce her pregnancy and perhaps contributed to her death.

Saying she was 55 years-old, she lied about her age in the fertility clinic in order to qualify for assisted pregnancy. Now, her brother sold her story to a TV outfit hoping to raise funds to support the orphaned children.

It is uncertain who will take care of Bousada’s hapless children, but before she died, the post-menopausal mom was contemplating of marrying a younger man to support her family.

The report brings a sorry note of how innocent people get entangled into self-serving plans of others. At 66, it is astonishing that a woman will opt to have children without enough safeguards for care, in case something horrible, like an unexpected death occurs.(Photo Credit: Celikins) =0=

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