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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html# F4 x! A8 L& U
# E5 ~* R& u" p- ]5 c8 bHow 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?
1 H2 ^% i8 l( {" ?# D- @" {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 r# U7 ]! |5 _' `, o, N2 r
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
0 P$ {/ k* q; k& f' MIn 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. ) C1 p0 K- w2 K, _, d9 w! L
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