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Woman Gives Birth to Her Brother and Sister After Parents Ask Her to be Their Surrogate
Life News ^ | April 9, 2015 | SARAH ZAGORSKI

Posted on 04/10/2015 3:57:53 PM PDT by NYer

In the United Kingdom, Ellen Brown was asked by her mom, Jenny Dias, and stepdad Tony to act as surrogates so they could have a baby. In 1990, Jenny split from Ellen’s dad and met Tony two years later. She informed him that she underwent a hysterectomy and couldn’t have any more children. Jenny said, “Tony accepted it very well and wanted our relationship more than children.”

However, as their wedding day grew closer they discussed surrogacy. Jenny said, “I wanted to be genetically connected to Tony’s offspring — so I didn’t want to do it with anyone but Ellen.” Jenny told the Daily Mail more about their journey toward surrogacy. She said, ‘If it couldn’t be mine, Ellen’s eggs were the next best thing. I wouldn’t have felt comfortable adopting someone else’s baby where I didn’t know the family history. At least I would be biologically related to them this way as, genetically, they would be my grandchildren.”

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At the time, Ellen was 32-years-old and already a mother to daughter, Maddie, but thought the decision to become a surrogate for her parents was easy. She said, “When mum asked me I sat in silence for two minutes, then said ‘Yes I don’t see why not’. It just felt right. I wanted to help.”

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In order to conceive, Ellen used her own eggs since Jenny’s were no longer viable, and Tony’s sperm was used to fertilize them. But after two rounds of intrauterine insemination (IUI) failed, they agreed to try in-vitro fertilization (IVF) instead. In December 2001, Ellen became pregnant with twins.

According to Jenny, the day Ellen gave birth was peaceful. She said, “The birth was so calm and relaxed. Ellen’s birthing plan was that she wouldn’t hold the babies, so the pediatrician handed them straight to me, then I took them over and showed them to Ellen. It was surreal. Suddenly, they were there. It was really happening.”

Despite the successful delivery, Jenny was worried about the toll the twins’ birth would have on Ellen. She said, “Poor Ellen was quite weak from losing a lot of blood. It just didn’t seem fair. She wasn’t keeping these babies, yet they were in the same room as her. She could smell them, see them and hear them. It did get to me, because she is my baby, too. The next night, Jenny and the twins were moved upstairs. That was lovely — just me and the babies together. But I was worried about how Ellen was feeling.”

As planned, that same week Jenny adopted the twins and named them Alex and Ruth. Ellen concluded, “I understand that a lot of people would find it very hard, but I have been through some very stressful situations in my life and I don’t tend to get very emotional about things any more. I lost my emotions a long time ago. I had to see it as an IVF pregnancy and I didn’t allow myself to get attached to the babies. Maddie adores the twins and they don’t consider themselves half-siblings, but full-siblings. The twins are also Maddie’s aunt and uncle as they are legally mum’s children. They are also my brother and sister — which is very strange!”

Unfortunately, during IVF eight of Jenny’s eggs were fertilized but only two of the “healthiest and most viable” embryos were implanted. As LifeNews previously reported, In Britain the number of destroyed in vitro fertilization (IVF) embryos has risen to nearly 170,000 a year and since 1990, over two million embryos have been discarded. Embryos are usually discarded when they are no longer wanted, have passed their storage limit or carry a faulty gene that causes an inherited disease.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bioethics; families; ivf
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To: NYer

This is getting weird.


21 posted on 04/10/2015 4:53:01 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (When you are inclined to to buy storage boxes, but contractor bags instead.)
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To: NYer
I think I heard the programmers at ancestry.com just cry.
22 posted on 04/10/2015 4:59:04 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Confusing
23 posted on 04/10/2015 5:02:35 PM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: napscoordinator

“The parents wanted children”

Children are not property to he “had”. Sad that people treat them as such, like something you pick up at Wal-Mart.


24 posted on 04/10/2015 5:04:21 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: NYer

Just because we can.


25 posted on 04/10/2015 5:05:25 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: NYer

Psychological train wreck for the kids.


26 posted on 04/10/2015 5:07:56 PM PDT by mom of young patriots
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To: NYer

“I lost my emotions a long time ago.” There’s something else going on here.


27 posted on 04/10/2015 5:25:45 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: napscoordinator

How many of the fertilized eggs ended up flushed? End justifies the means?


28 posted on 04/10/2015 5:26:37 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: NYer
. I lost my emotions a long time ago

Not to mention your mind and your morals.

29 posted on 04/10/2015 5:29:41 PM PDT by madprof98
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To: mom of young patriots
Psychological train wreck for the kids.

Bingo !!,

30 posted on 04/10/2015 5:39:35 PM PDT by Dartman (Canadian, eh. And proud of it.)
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To: napscoordinator; Tax-chick

That woman I’m Colorado who stabbed a pregnant woman and took her unborn baby wanted children. I guess anyone who criticized her can’t be pro-government either.


31 posted on 04/10/2015 6:58:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Actress Brooke Shields kills 140 of her very own Children by undergoing 7 IVF Treatments
32 posted on 04/10/2015 6:59:35 PM PDT by Coleus
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To: NYer
Oh Lord, the banjo song from Deliverance is running through my head.... Make it stop! 😵
33 posted on 04/10/2015 7:20:27 PM PDT by Grateful2God (Because no word shall be impossible with God. And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord...)
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To: Grateful2God
Seriously, HOW LONG, OH LORD?!

Ever notice in the Bible that when someone great was coming, around his birth was a massive slaughter of babies- including when Jesus came? How many more before He comes again?

34 posted on 04/10/2015 7:27:38 PM PDT by Grateful2God (Because no word shall be impossible with God. And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord...)
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To: Grateful2God

I loved my parents more than anything except my Faith. I just found something I would not have done for them. Perhaps, more importantly, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ASKED ME!


35 posted on 04/10/2015 7:32:59 PM PDT by Grateful2God (Because no word shall be impossible with God. And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord...)
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To: Grateful2God

Yes! What kind of a woman asks her daughter to do this for her? How selfish can she be? I would never, never put my daughter through an ordeal like this, ever.


36 posted on 04/10/2015 7:54:58 PM PDT by NorthstarMom
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To: NYer

BOy that future Dr Phil show right there LOL!


37 posted on 04/11/2015 11:19:51 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: CodeToad

“Having children” ... “Being parents”.

Not always the same.


38 posted on 04/11/2015 12:40:01 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: NYer

Why couldn’t dad carry the baby...it’s been done before....

Well, maybe only in Hollywood...!


39 posted on 04/11/2015 12:48:13 PM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: NYer

Stupid morons. Also idiots. Why screw up your daughter!? I am a huge supporter of IVF and third party reproduction. But these are PURE IDIOTS because the stupid mother insisted that the baby HAD to have her genetics.

Selfish!!!!!

Any baby you have, you love exactly the same. The baby does not need your genetics. Why not either adopt a baby or adopt some embryos that are not wanted???? There are any number of ways to parent.

She messed up her kids because she has to have some stupid genetic link.

Morons.


40 posted on 04/11/2015 12:49:04 PM PDT by Yaelle
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