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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html" i% c! r+ u4 o D- x# j
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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?
/ I$ C4 r h0 o5 P5 u6 r6 fA 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. `# t6 i1 w. `2 B+ y" k( P8 A
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother." 3 t4 L# G, E- d& w; w$ H1 `5 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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