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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html; |% S9 \! v: K8 u9 V4 D: ?5 n
6 u! y1 B9 J6 r6 L |" NHow 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?
" j6 X# _6 P2 d% }0 z3 e; 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. 8 h4 `# V5 ~ A E5 e0 u7 B; k
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother." ! ^) u1 h5 |; m, @. }
In 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.
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