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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html" o, Y9 @9 V% o
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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?
3 R/ G- U, L4 c8 RA 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. , ?& i' H6 R0 ?9 y, S8 n. {! K
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
. I1 f. ]& ?+ FIn 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. + u; y0 E6 ^' b1 ?; m) G
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