54 years old woman is having twins and she's already got eight childrens

At the age of 54, Karen Johnston could be counting down the days until her eight children have all flown the nest. Instead, she's having two more of them.

Thanks to IVF treatment in a foreign clinic, Mrs Johnston is now six months pregnant with twins - 33 years after she had her first child.

A self-confessed baby addict, she was devastated when she went through the menopause six years ago and was told that she was too old to have IVF in Britain.

So in 2007, she went to the Czech Republic with her husband Roger, 55, a car production worker, to undergo treatment with his sperm and donor eggs. It was a success and she gave birth to a daughter, Willow.

But feeling her family was still incomplete, Mrs Johnston, of Bicester, Oxfordshire, decided to return to the Czech Republic and have IVF again with donor eggs.

She is now expecting a twin boy and girl in June. 'All I've ever wanted to be is a mother and after every child I've soon found myself wanting to have another baby,' she said.

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