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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html5 S4 g3 J* m0 q: {+ V7 y# u" i
- p3 | n5 U' U3 d. i/ wHow 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?
3 b! F: S; d0 a+ nA 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 B& x' b9 {; D: uThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
. ]" k) y5 n1 i# TIn 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. 5 ]4 e- `$ V' x9 {5 D
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