Mother and grandmother at the same time: 61-year-old woman gave birth to her gay son's baby

An incredible act of love, which at the same time called the controversy of ethical dilemmas, happened in Nebraska, USA: a 61-year-old woman became mother and grandmother at the same time after giving birth to the baby for whom she had created helping her son and husband, who thus realized their dream of being parents.

Cecile Eledge was the one who directed little Uma. Cécile's son, Matthew, 32, has inseminated with his sperm egg offered by the sister of Elliot, Matthew's husband, 29 years old. In vitro fertilization, plus medical costs related to pregnancy and childbirth.

Two years ago, it is the mother who offered herself to the desire of young people. What the couple initially understood as a joke became a reality when they began meeting with AHR specialists to discuss the options they had.

Even though she was already menopausal, Cecile had always been, in the words of her son, a fan of health, so that her body was prepared for pregnancy. The team at the Methodist Hospital for Women in Omaha, the city where the couple lives, conducted a series of tests (citology, blood tests, cholesterol, stress, mammography, ultrasound) that showed that She was in good health. to pbad the pregnancy.

Doctors cautioned against age-related risks, including lung problems, blood clots, and increased risk of cesarean delivery. However, Cecile became pregnant at the first embryo transfer attempt, had a normal pregnancy, though with more nausea than she could remember during her previous pregnancies , and gave birth naturally.

The couple published their story to show that a family like yours can grow even in the most conservative region of the United States. Nebraska does not have national laws prohibiting discrimination based on badual orientation or gender identity.

In fact, Matthew was fired in 2015 from his position as an English teacher in a private Catholic high school in Omaha when he announced that he was planning to marry another man.

Although unusual, the case of Cecile Eledge is not the first in which a woman gives birth to her own grandson, is not even the oldest. In 1987, Pat Anthony, 48, gave birth to her daughter's triplets in South Africa. In 1996, 51-year-old Edith Jones became the first grandmother of leasing in the UK, helping her daughter and son-in-law become parents. In 2016, the Greek Anastbadia Ontou became, at the age of 67, the oldest woman known for another person, in this case also her daughter.

These altruistic examples contrast with the more frequent cases in which couples who can not have children use women to care for a baby in return for an economic reward. As this practice is illegal in several countries, hundreds of couples visit each other through intermediary companies in other countries with legislation to enable them to carry out this process.

Source: The Mañana de Neuquén