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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html9 x" `+ \. I7 y- s# M
' L: o% W' v# ^4 Y3 x: eHow 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? 8 E' \8 S# F) t! |7 ?. C
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. 8 U; v8 i# ^/ j$ k: f# z
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother." ; r0 ^( r& r4 N% F/ F! J" Q
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. + e+ E/ R/ U/ e$ H( |2 w
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