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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html0 J6 S. g0 |1 F: ]
; E: f/ @2 W7 Q) G2 I$ q; B2 hHow 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? 1 V+ x% ]" c7 q% A
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 h% R3 y" _5 P3 |$ q1 c
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
0 l7 `* O- x$ F. s/ u$ ~8 I9 ZIn 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. $ u, q5 I. l: X/ G
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