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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html/ j* i7 m, j8 P# S
3 W0 R" h- o- z* G# 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? ! h3 Z/ O+ D- ~7 g# R+ e0 `
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.
) z) f; Y. u+ X- v. g6 A* ?( EThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
- V s; H8 K. O, N: S' x' nIn 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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