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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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% W% [) D) ]9 }How 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?
* n0 E9 w! S) f7 r. yA 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.
: J3 S* Y- W' j, E1 m- M0 ~The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
% z3 x2 [# \+ h, z2 bIn 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. + g( X' l- R+ b5 Q
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