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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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) }: ?/ Z7 N8 T- W7 b9 ~2 T6 [How 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 n" K$ f6 e: y3 S, |( ?$ O" I6 }% V0 g
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. " y0 K8 z1 P! F# D$ w3 P$ b
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother." 4 r# B4 D' O5 T6 H' a) W
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. d( k+ L! q8 f
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