China Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=1&u=/ap/20041111/ap_on_re_us/pregnant_at59 59-Year-Old Set to Give Birth to Twins Thu Nov 11, 6:53 PM ET By ELLIOTT MINOR, Associated Press Writer SYLVESTER, Ga. - A 59-year-old great-grandmother is pregnant with twins and will deliver next month, three decades after she had her tubes tied. "They came untied," Frances Harris said Thursday. The multiple birth Dec. 21 would break the purported record set this week by a 56-year-old New York City mother of twins. Harris, of rural Sylvester, Ga., said she wasn't trying to get pregnant — and didn't realize she was — until she started gaining weight and went to see her doctor. "A lot of things changed about me," she said. "I started craving grapes and apples, things I don't usually crave. By then I was four months pregnant." When the doctor broke the news, "They had to sit me down. I couldn't even talk," she said. The news was even more shocking considering Harris — the mother of five, grandmother of 14 and great-grandmother of six — had her tubes tied 33 years ago after the birth of her youngest child. Harris had her first child when she was 15; 44 years will separate her first-born from the newborns. She was divorced years ago from the twins' father, 60-year-old Raymond Harris, a heavy equipment operator. She said they will remarry before the birth. The oldest American believed to have given birth to twins is Aleta St. James, a single mother who turns 57 on Friday. She gave birth Tuesday by in-vitro fertilization at New York City's Mount Sinai Medical Center. Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites) show 263 children were born to women between ages 50 and 54 in 2002. The oldest American to give birth is Arceli Keh, of California, who was 63 when she had a daughter in 1996. Harris said some family members, concerned about health complications, had suggested she end the pregnancy. "I couldn't live with myself," she said. "I pray we all three pull through. When they're so little, they're so beautiful. I think they are God's gift." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 that's not right.... their mom will prob be dead before they even grad high school... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Williams Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Jay leno, " well there is one positive to this, she can breast feed standing up." :doh:..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamingwolf Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Originally posted by KINGBRICE_28 Jay leno, " well there is one positive to this, she can breast feed standing up." :doh:..... that is so gross hee hee just once again shows that red states are better than blue states, we show you up once again hee hee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 wtf? "She was divorced years ago from the twins' father, 60-year-old Raymond Harris, a heavy equipment operator. She said they will remarry before the birth." So she was banging her ex husband? That makes a lot of sense... btw, here's the father... :laugh: :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamingwolf Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 maybe the guy has super sperm and theyve been fighting those tied tubes for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Originally posted by dreamingwolf maybe the guy has super sperm and theyve been fighting those tied tubes for years maybe they bit their ears like mike tyson..:doh: :doh: :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLadyRaven Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Originally posted by dreamingwolf that is so gross hee hee just once again shows that red states are better than blue states, we show you up once again hee hee Nothing says DIE HARD red state like Northern VA:doh: ( note sarcasm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiNT0N P0RTiS Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Eww... that's gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsForLife260 Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 :puke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1966 Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 As Dennis Miller said, having twins at age 56 has some advantages, she doesnt have to bend over nearly as far to breast feed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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