Great-Grandmother Gives Birth to Twins !

FORT PAYNE, Ala. (May 26) - A 57-year-old great-grandmother who gave birth to a set of twins last month said Thursday she danced with her husband only hours after the delivery.

Christian Kaczur Hart and Diana Rose Angelina, conceived through in vitro fertilization, were born April 20 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham four weeks premature.

"There are lots of options out there for older women like me," Rosee Swain said. "And women shouldn't give up hope without exploring all their options."

In addition to the twins and Jimmy [their 6 year old], the Swains have two grown children; two other children are deceased. They have six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Rosee Swain, a special education teacher, said she's ready to care for the twins, who will likely graduate from high school when she is 75.

In 1998, an Indiana woman gave birth to twin girls, also at age 57. And last November, a woman in New York City gave birth to twins just days before her 57th birthday.

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press

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Well...
If I had NO kids, I might do something like this, but the couple here already had five kids, plus six grandkids, plus four great-grandkids.

Now they might be forced to work until they're 80, to pay for the twins' upbringing, plus college.

It could be fun, though, for the eventually teenaged twins to introduce their friends to their middle-aged nieces and nephews.