Woman, 59, becomes oldest person to be offered IVF at UK clinic

A 59-year-old woman has become the oldest person ever to be offered fertility treatment by a British clinic.

Doctors at the private London Women’s Clinic on Harley Street, one of the most successful IVF units in the country, have agreed to help Susan Tollefsen conceive.

Mrs Tollefsen and her husband already have a two-year-old child, conceived at a Russian clinic after she was refused treatment in the UK because of her age.

Doctors in the UK have since agreed that Mrs Tollefsen is healthy and that her daughter could benefit from a sibling.

There are now calls for an upper age limit for fertility treatment to be enshrined in law, rather than simply a guideline.

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