61-year-old woman gives birth to Nebraska's gay son's baby

Last week, 61-year-old Cecile Eledge gave birth to her own granddaughter, a healthy baby named Uma, to help her son Matthew Eledge, 32, and her husband, Elliot Dougherty, 29. the parents.
His birth in the state of Nebraska, reported for the first time buzzfeedIt was considered a success of modern medicine, but also "a symbol of love," Eledge told "Good Morning America".

Lea Yribe, Dougherty's sister, donated the fertilized egg with Matthew's sperm and then handled by Matthew's mother. The baby named Uma has been taking bad milk since birth, donating one of Matthew's best friends since childhood. This friend pumped and froze her milk after the birth of her own son more than a year ago.

"For me, this whole creative story is about poetry, it's about creativity, it's beautiful," said Matthew, a high school teacher in Omaha, Nebraska..
"It's powerful that all those strong women around her wanted her to be in this world, I think that's the most powerful thing."

Dougherty described the birth of Uma saying, in part, "Beautiful things happen when people can join the group".

The idea of ​​Cecile carrying the baby of Matthew and Dougherty was raised by Cecile herself when the couple, who married in 2015, started talking about his options to start a family. These options included a substitute to take your child.

"It was a natural thing to say:" If you pick names, put my name on the hat, I would do it in a blink of an eye if I could, " Cecile remembered it. "My initial reaction was," Who better take care of your own grandchild than your grandmother? " He knew that he would be vigilant and would do everything possible to protect the baby. I thought it was obvious, "he added.

From a medical point of view, Matthew never took his mother's offer seriously and offered it almost like a joke. during an appointment with his doctor and that of Dougherty, he said: "Well, my mother continues to offer (to be a substitute), but I know that it is not not an option. "

But her doctor, Carolyn Maud Doherty, a reproductive endocrinologist at the Methodist Women's Hospital in Omaha, he replied that it was really an effective possibility. Cecile then began the detailed process of tests and blood tests to make sure she was healthy enough.

"What followed was a long scientific process to determine if she could take the baby"said the Nebraska Medical Center, the hospital where Cecile gave birth, in a statement."Given her age, Cécile underwent several tests before that doctors have determined that her high level of physical health would make her a candidate to serve as a gestational surrogate mother. "

Cecile remembers that her exams were better than ever. "All the doctors I saw said that there was no reason why I could not take a baby to term and have a natural birth. "he said. "We never neglected ourselves and we did not do it on a whim."

Matthew, in an interview for The New York Times, expressed admiration for his mother: "I have a deep respect for him and I am so grateful that she continues to go further with me"