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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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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? $ d& Y7 V7 h! `! W: v
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 W2 F6 d7 i) d. {& Z# vThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother." 0 w/ \. j E2 R1 M& j5 C. w
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.
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