A 61-year-old US woman has given birth to her own grandson after offering to be a surrogate for her daughter.
Kristine Casey gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Finnean at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Illinois, where she was cheered on by her daughter Sara Connell and her husband Bill, who are the biological parents of the child, the Chicago Tribune reported.
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Kristine offered to become a surrogate mother for her daughter after watching her struggle for years to start a family. Sara, now 35, had previously been pregnant with twins after undergoing fertility treatment, but the babies were stillborn. She later got pregnant again, but suffered a miscarriage.
Sara and Bill were thrilled to accept Kristine’s proposal, and the 61-year-old’s womb was implanted with an embryo created from the Chicago couple’s egg and sperm last year. The pregnancy was successful, and Sara and Kristine held hands as Finnean was delivered by caesarean section last week.
“When the baby let out a cry, I lost it,” Sara said. “It’s such a miracle.”
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Kristine is now officially the oldest woman to give birth in Illinois, beating the previous record holder, who was 58 when she had her baby in 2006.
Your say: Do you think Kristine was right to offer to be a surrogate for her daughter? Would you do the same for a relative? Is this story a modern miracle, or are we starting to play God with human life?
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