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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html8 Y4 C t/ J4 f
! W& a2 x3 m, d* p' ]! {. i. SHow 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?
) `9 W0 v+ k8 {, u2 Y% C' ?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. . B4 A* j6 T9 x. p
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
! C7 M$ O9 k1 \, {' f; ^( z" ^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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