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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html" j6 o `0 S. J. i. Z
+ g$ V: t; O; h7 LHow 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?
+ ?# m- ]7 b8 N/ x! C: OA 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.
; W, |2 S: z9 d7 T, w/ ^; _: [The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
" p) Z+ |' V( g' j) N* n3 {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.
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