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Grandmother gives birth to her own grandchild after cervical cancer left her daughter infertile
The Daily Mail ^ | September 7, 2012 | Kerry Mcqueeney

Posted on 09/10/2012 8:09:41 PM PDT by EveningStar

Full title: The gift of life: Grandmother, 53, gives birth to her own grandchild after cervical cancer left her daughter infertile

It is perhaps one of the greatest gifts a mother could give.

A woman in her 50s has given birth to her own grandchild after becoming a surrogate mother for her infertile daughter.

Cindy Reutzel, 53, gave birth to a healthy baby girl a week ago who will now be brought up by her 32-year-old daughter Emily Jordan.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: cindyreutzel; invitrofertilisation; universityofchicago

1 posted on 09/10/2012 8:09:50 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Gee, that’s not weird at all. Nope, not at all.


2 posted on 09/10/2012 8:23:00 PM PDT by vladimir998
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To: EveningStar
This story reminds me of this Ray Stevens Song
3 posted on 09/10/2012 8:24:01 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (If my Fluffy had a puppy, it would look like the puppy Obama ate!)
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To: EveningStar

All right, well, that’s it for me.... The world just got too weird.


4 posted on 09/10/2012 8:32:13 PM PDT by Bullish (Liars aren't always thieves but thieves are ALWAYS liars)
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To: Bullish
bullish are you a childless woman longing for a family?

NO?

well you couldn't understand..

I was childless for 11 years so I understand this young woman and I'm thrilled for her and Proud her mom was able to do this for her...
We were fortunate to adopt a son, and am grateful everyday of my life that the young girl did not abort him but chose life.
He is now an adult and we love him more every day..he is truly our gift.

I wish the best for this new family..modern medicine is wonderful..

5 posted on 09/10/2012 8:58:46 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: haircutter

Gee, I guess they didn’t feel it in their hearts to adopt a child that needed a loving home? They had to hit up grandma to do all the construction.

You’re right, I’m not childless and I’m not a woman. But sheesh, what exactly are we telling the kid when they get old enough to ask?


6 posted on 09/10/2012 9:07:03 PM PDT by Bullish (Liars aren't always thieves but thieves are ALWAYS liars)
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To: EveningStar; All
And at 53, well beyond her natural child-bearing age, what damage has was done to her developing granddaughter?

It's theorized, for example, homosexuality is caused by hormone doses during womb development and the older the pregnant woman, the higher the incidence rate.

This isn't healthcare. It's selfishness. It's perversion in the guise of progress.

7 posted on 09/10/2012 9:45:12 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Election night is 57 days away.)
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To: haircutter
See my reply at 7 for why your perspective is indefensible.

You followed the right path of adoption. This selfish mother and her selfish daughter, enabled by "modern medicine," did not.

8 posted on 09/10/2012 9:48:01 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Election night is 57 days away.)
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To: Bullish
what do you tell the child??

THE TRUTH..that is what we did with our son, and he has never given us a problem ever..

truth matters...obama should try it!!!’

9 posted on 09/10/2012 10:03:38 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: newzjunkey

For some reason, I can envision the child growing up and being in a strange scene similar to the one from “Chinatown” with Faye Dunaway and Jack Nicholson.


10 posted on 09/10/2012 10:04:19 PM PDT by hawaiianninja (Palm note to self: Work for a successful 2012! +Throw the liberal garbage out!)
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To: haircutter

Yeah the truth, but that truth gives implications of “who the hell am I?”

Look, all that aside I go back to the important issue that maybe adoption is the wiser and more noble course of action to take in such a case.

I mean Grandma? Really? They could have paid a surrogate, right? This brings keepin it in the family to a whole new level. :^)


11 posted on 09/10/2012 10:13:30 PM PDT by Bullish (Liars aren't always thieves but thieves are ALWAYS liars)
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To: newzjunkey
well we are each entitled to our own opinion, aren't we..

and I think it is a private matter, and that the mother loves her daughter and felt the need to help her..
today adoption is not as easy as when we adopted, not that it was easy for us the wait was long..3 years but going through the process was wonderful, as we had an angel for a case worker.
today many go to foreign land to adopt and that saddens me, as there are children here that need families. today the birth parents want to have involvement with the child once they surrender, no way would We have done that,,
once our son was given to us and we went to court one year later, HE WAS OURS.

NOT FLESH OF MY FLESH
NOR BONE OF MY BONE,
STILL MIRACLOUSLY MY OWN,
HE DIDN'T GROW UNDER MY HEART
HE GREW IN IT.

12 posted on 09/10/2012 10:18:42 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: Bullish
hey Bullish... just went to read the story at the UK paper, and what a wonderful story and beautiful pictures.. and the young couple ‘didn't have to hit up’ the mother of Emily, she loving offered.
and that grandma is one nice looking lady, who appears quite healthy. and they seem like a very close family..
YEP I'm happy for them..

P.S. at the end of the article the remarks were very supporting and positive, nicer than HERE..

13 posted on 09/10/2012 10:33:41 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: Bullish
who am I?? ...our adopted son once told us “why would I go search for a sperm and an egg, I am who I am, you both raised me to be WHO I AM”

the sperm and egg who made this child is the parents, the grandma loaned her womb as a nesting place for the baby..the Cell’s created the baby..

as an adopted parent I have NO problem with this..I might add after we adopted our son three years later I gave birth to a baby girl. so We got two gifts in our lives.

14 posted on 09/10/2012 10:51:00 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: haircutter
....the grandma loaned her womb as a nesting place for the baby..the Cell’s created the baby..

Yeah, somehow I just knew you were gonna go there. You don't get what I'm trying to say so have a nice day.

15 posted on 09/10/2012 10:56:55 PM PDT by Bullish (Liars aren't always thieves but thieves are ALWAYS liars)
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