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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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0 f) |, \) t0 F6 }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?
: m+ @6 d# D3 S" P/ r3 MA 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. 9 B- f2 Z |& K3 u
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother." 8 R a9 i4 o9 X; p# ~+ k
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. ' ^7 f6 n/ S# V3 v3 W; r0 o/ `
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