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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html
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f4 I, u, q, z& ?' u. \6 VHow 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?
0 w/ P( n* R& t" Z- r- 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. ! ]& L( y& w$ m, h3 T
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
- U1 f- f3 j+ m/ H: h- C$ ]% mIn 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. " c6 B6 G4 E/ z0 Z! B2 K
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