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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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: o" f* X3 ?* M* ], bHow 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?
/ W0 `! y4 Z$ }0 g7 {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. 6 \$ y) h. Z( O8 v& P) l' V
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
# [) U5 k- ^, Z3 Q9 L1 `In 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. $ I7 g; G; q/ B" q9 I8 E/ n
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