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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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# x7 ^3 J" }7 z2 Y% `$ z3 X- THow 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? ! P3 n( i; I1 N( J) b3 }
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.
6 m9 j* a" J$ ?7 sThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
& {1 ~- P3 l# P/ A1 S2 P. d, E( d0 D0 RIn 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. % w2 P( d8 ~: d: n! h5 o; }" _
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