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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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) B& b& u% d4 b# T9 H& ]# l- M" CHow 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?
% ^2 @, f' x4 i! J! s7 t- y! i pA 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. 0 L2 X3 a% q$ |7 H5 [! E
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
! Q1 u' p* S5 i" N; i7 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. ' c. i7 Z$ y2 o$ c5 w' b
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