A woman has become Britain's oldest mother of twins by giving birth at the ge of 58, it emerged today.
Former nursery nurse Ms Janet Bosher gave birth to Sarah and James last September after IVF treatment with donated embryos.
However, the joy she felt at having the twins, her first children, was marred by tragedy 11 days ago when her partner Martin Maslin died, she said.
Ms Bosher, now 59, from west London, told the Sunday Mirror she received the treatment from Professor Ian Craft at his clinic in London.
"I'll never forget the feeling of utter joy and love when I saw the twins," she told the paper.
"I was in tears. I felt so lucky and couldn't quite believe that I'd actually carried these two beautiful little babies inside me."
The babies were delivered by Caesarian section at the West Middlesex Hospital in Isleworth.
Sixty-year-old Welsh hill farmer Liz Buttle became Britain's oldest mother in 1997 when she gave birth to a boy called Joseph after treatment from Prof Craft.