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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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+ m. b, A- h# W1 @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?
5 L2 b2 |- T) |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 k6 p2 Y/ b* h; N
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
8 q5 Y' B7 R: T D: K* k7 iIn 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. 1 R) k( Y. ^8 U$ ~6 x: d
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