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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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" x) ~! T' @" b: Y5 A! F8 PHow 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?
) b) b7 u/ y! m1 fA 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.
" ^; ^* F; G0 M9 R, O/ w5 ~: u0 SThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
/ [/ s) |& }# V7 x3 u* ?; mIn 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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