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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html2 @* k; G, T# ~
! y' r8 x/ D- Q6 MHow 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?
& ^+ Y S/ d7 x, xA 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.
0 f l1 a) w0 D3 @' u7 lThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
' q8 z8 d; S8 s& ^+ l- O$ gIn 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. ! O3 M5 t* W3 N
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