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I'm proud to bear daughter's
twins, says surrogate mother
By Michael Day and David Orr
February 1, 2004
Telegraph.co.uk
The grandmother
who gave birth to her daughter's twins has
defended her decision to go through with the
pregnancy, saying last night that it was the "best
thing" she had ever done.
Rhadha
Patel, 46, gave birth to her grandchildren, Neal and
Nandine, two weeks ago at the Akanksha infertility
clinic in Anand, Gujarat. She had offered to carry eggs
taken from her daughter Lata, 26, and fertilised by her
son-in-law, Aakash Nagla, 30, when the couple discovered
that they could not have children.
Lata, who
lives with her husband in Ilford, Essex, has Rokitansky
syndrome, a rare condition that causes the uterus to
develop abnormally.
From her
home in Gujarat, Mrs Patel said she had had doubts
beforehand because of her age and the moral and cultural
dilemma posed but her husband, Chandra, urged her to do
it for their daughter's sake.
She said:
"These babies are a miracle and I have brought so much
joy to my family.
"Some
people may say that what I have done is wrong. But when
I handed the twins to Lata I knew it was the best thing
I have ever done.
"My
daughter is so, so happy and I have seen the smile on
her face that I wish every mother could see.
"My
daughter was waiting outside the delivery room. She
heard the babies' first cries and outside I could hear
her weeping."
The twins
will be granted visas allowing their return to family's
Essex home within two months, it emerged yesterday.
Dr Nanya
Patel, the IVF specialist who carried out the fertility
treatment, said that officials at the British High
Commission in New Delhi had taken "a very sympathetic
view" of the family's requests for the swift provision
of visas that would enable the twins to return to Ilford.
Dr Patel,
the clinic's medical director, said last night that the
babies "were very healthy and doing very well".
The twins
are officially registered as the children of their
grandparents but the genetic parents have begun steps to
adopt them.
The High
Commission said that visas would be necessary for the
twins' return to Britain because until they are adopted
by their genetic parents the children would bear the
surname of their grandparents. They would therefore be
regarded as Indian citizens.
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