America's oldest mother of twins, 60
America's oldest mother of twins has revealed how she flew to South Africa and lied about her age to doctors, after U.S. clinics refused her IVF treatment.
Frieda Birnbaum, now 65, gave birth to Josh and Jarrett five years ago at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey via caesarean section.
At the time Mrs Birnbaum, who worked as a psychologist, was considered too old to have fertility treatment, however she has now detailed for the first time about how she managed to conceive after seeking help abroad.
Explaining the reason she decided to have more children at a later stage Mrs Birnbaum, who already had three children at the time, added: 'I had children for my husband... call me stupid. I did it because he said 'try it."
Despite becoming a mother again aged 60 Ms Birnbaum, who had her first child aged 26, says that she feels 'more energetic' than she did in her 20's.
Birnbaum and her husband, Ken, first became parents more than three decades ago, when she gave birth to their son Jaeson. Four years later, she had her second child, Alana.
After suffering a miscarriage in her 40's she began IVF and at 53 years old, she gave birth to her third child, Ari.
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