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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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. S; m( C* T! P" R+ KHow 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? 0 k1 w7 C9 U9 ~# ^. b
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.
6 h: v2 ^: t. K& HThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother." 9 _! |5 G9 m8 ?& e- P
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. # l4 m* ^" v8 a
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