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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html; X# Q. H* |4 T- }
. N9 H+ c* F: }2 g) Q" f* {3 v* nHow 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?
+ S* k5 [, V2 N+ P8 ZA 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. ; `* ?) f9 m; r+ z& g7 J7 x
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
" n; j1 `. W, ]1 I" ] oIn 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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