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http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/motherhood-age-limit-163000402.html5 O8 s4 n1 `. X& [
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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?
* q: T3 \$ X1 E7 w' 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. , m- E' _7 F/ j# f. t
The person who's saying there should be a cap: 61-year-old Susan Tollefson, a.k.a. "Britain's oldest mother."
5 v# B5 p& T3 SIn 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. ( f+ F8 r' r9 r+ f1 \( I! X5 C) u' D
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