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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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' m0 t3 \7 S) `2 [0 A$ uHow 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? * v% b3 S5 ]" L$ p, T
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.
% s2 N2 ^ [, x* t w) iThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
. X: f4 i/ t8 J2 I: wIn 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. ' m2 x+ E5 s1 M/ a' u( T7 u1 v
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