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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html" k8 F" v P2 b' O5 p. w, w' ]% K
2 g2 e' b) i8 A7 c! e3 g" k/ ?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?
+ g# P" B8 W; DA 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.
5 I$ }9 t* a, D* A# }0 V tThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother." * `8 I* |; u1 D3 X9 R* ]
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.
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