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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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$ I6 o0 i' e; u/ BHow 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?
j9 |* F0 Z% S5 g. 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.
! i( W( \+ r6 V u% y5 uThe person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
8 d6 x4 N W6 } B5 f8 rIn 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. : p8 g- I- K$ ?3 ^* g) l0 n
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