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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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, P% L. b6 E1 [ R9 q! K2 F5 fHow 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? / o: ]: q6 z0 x8 [2 a$ d1 z
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. ! _5 K- K$ K' b: B$ @+ M
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
* F7 M! C9 F( c% [* FIn 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. 5 B) U2 x0 X: \4 m# l9 P2 {
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