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Indian mother to give
birth to her daughter's kids
Sunday, 18 January , 2004,
19:35
Sify News
London: An
Indian woman will give birth to her own twin grand
children next month after agreeing to be a surrogate
mother to her London-based daughter, a daily reported
Sunday.
The unnamed grand
mother-to be was the last choice for the daughter, who
cannot bear her own children and failed to find anyone
else who would act as a surrogate, The Sunday Times
reported.
The 44-year-old woman
from Anand in Gujarat has gone into hiding, fearing
disapproval of her neighbours, Times said. The daughter
suffers from Rokitansky syndrome, a rare congenital
condition that causes the uterus to develop abnormally
but does not affect the ovaries.
She and her husband
were able to produce a test-tube embryo but failed to
find anyone to carry the child. Surrogates in England
were asking too much money and Indian women flinched at
the idea of bearing another man's child, the report
said.
Finally, the couples
doctor persuaded the woman's mother to help. "Her first
reaction was one of horror. What will people say? How
can I deliver my own son-in-laws baby? No, I cannot do
this. But I prevailed on her and her other daughters
also urged her to think about it."
In the end she agreed
because she wanted to make her daughter happy by giving
her a baby to hold. Her husband was also very
supportive, the report said.
The pregnancy has gone
well since the embryo was implanted last year. The
grandmother now divides her time between household
chores, prenatal exercises and special prayers for the
twins well being, the report said.
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