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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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; @8 S$ b& o! x: `! J" z; n! wHow 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?
' z% b. Y# M1 k" m: b# GA 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.
k$ Z9 |+ o9 {: G, FThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
" j5 M @/ O9 X8 [7 n4 u u% pIn 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. $ Z5 q2 ~) [9 N. O
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