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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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9 N' ]4 z# c% t4 a; G, ^2 A5 NHow old is too old when it comes to being a mother? Is 45 pushing it? How about 50? At what point is the capacity to nurture a child weakened or lessened by the fact of a woman's age, if at all? & H6 _4 k) H7 G3 s$ ?
A recent interview with an older mother in Britain (via The Daily Telegraph ) offers an interesting take on the debate about age and motherhood, in particular whether there should be an age limit when it comes to choosing the option of IVF.
1 Y2 ]1 q( ]; yThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
5 F _9 g7 i2 @+ J5 s. y; XIn 2008, Tollefson underwent IVF treatment at a Russian clinic. Using an egg from a donor and her partner's sperm, she went on to become pregnant at the very ripe old age of 57 and gave birth to a healthy daughter, Freya. ; x6 F2 b7 C, F x9 [0 b- q( u* ^
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