Greek woman aged 67 becomes world's oldest mother

A Greek woman just became the worlds oldest surrogate mother by giving birth to her daughters baby girl at the astounding age of 67.

Anastassia Ontou, 67, had decided to carry her daughters baby after she had hopelessly gone through seven botched pregnancy attempts. Hailing from a village near Larissa, central Greece on Tuesday gave birth to essentially 2.6lb granddaughter through a caesarian after a seven and a half months pregnancy.

She said yesterday, "I feel more like a grandmother than a mother. It was an easy decision for me - my daughter was heartbroken after not being able to carry the baby herself.

Mrs Ontou's daughter Constantina, 43, said she thought her mother was "crazy" when she offered to carry the child.

"I told her she's crazy, she said. We haven't cried like this in years.2 Mrs Ontou, said that she had been fortunate enough to have faced few problems during the pregnancy.

Constantinos Pantos, Mrs Ontous supervising obstetrician, said: "This is a heroic grandmother.

He said that "based on international records, this is the oldest surrogate mother who is also a grandmother, based on her daughter's medical condition."