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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html* S8 {# x$ |, @
; Z% ^: D% D% J* M# J8 ^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? . R0 @3 ]8 x7 q2 K( Q& @' O
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.
! I/ H6 c! z5 N, ?. XThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
0 W8 R' Y2 A: ]: p, X$ eIn 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. 9 N$ a& L% h* I3 j- M) r
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