A 61-year-old woman has given birth to her own granddaughter for her son and his husband
It might have been an unconventional path that brought the newborn here, but her two dads couldn't be happier.Same with her grandmother, who carried and delivered the girl. And her aunt, who donated eggs to conceive.The proud fathers hold their new child. "When you are gay and married and want to have a kid, you go into it with knowledge that you are going to have to create a family in a special way," said Matthew Eledge, a new dad along with his husband, Elliot Dougherty.
Read MoreShe was conceived via in vitro fertilization, using Eledge's sperm and eggs from Dougherty's sister, Lea Yribe.Eledge's mother, Cecile Reynek Eledge, 61, served as gestational carrier. "I had a lot of people in college say they would , but when push comes to shove, that's a huge commitment," said Matthew Eledge, a teacher. Other options seemed"too corporate" to the couple, as though they were buying something.
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