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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html" d( w& w4 Q: w$ e4 B p
& J7 Z. b R ZHow 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? ) v1 _3 u7 T7 c- M- o; D! M
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. 2 G2 p/ j* r3 l6 W- w6 f
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother." 7 ?$ G5 X. R9 ?* g
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. : Z+ d$ l7 T( Y; b
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