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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html Q o8 H6 E# t3 |, K& S, ?
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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?
, v6 e0 c4 \- C) ?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.
1 l! h# Z3 z$ I1 s1 B# G6 T# h+ tThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
% G1 U; W# D2 C$ n8 O5 W- @% E$ DIn 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. . M6 i$ @! U- [& \% c6 B+ r
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