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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html/ T/ m" m N- t3 c- \9 f
- M: g+ l# g* }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?
7 R5 `# j9 c& Y2 l/ ?# ZA 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. % J( {) w8 C' A* K+ s
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
( v7 ?, I l! 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. : M7 F o5 C% d! S5 Y7 Y
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