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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html' i* M: n/ }8 o6 F0 a
_1 m5 Y0 Z4 I; m9 @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?
+ z) { u) G S4 X; c/ u l* PA 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.
& H) N4 k: `% |) uThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
; p( J: V$ t4 K3 v2 cIn 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. * k- d1 G8 c; `! C' D
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