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Woman gives birth to own grandchild
A Japanese woman in her 50s has given birth to her own grandchild.
The woman had the baby last year, using an egg from her daughter and sperm from her son-in-law.
It was the first time a woman has acted as a surrogate mother for her daughter in Japan, reports the BBC.
Yahiro Netsu, the head of the Suwa maternity clinic in Nagano, told a news conference the woman agreed to act as a surrogate mother because her daughter was unable to have children due to cancer.
Both the mother and child were reported to be in good health.
Dr Netsu said the woman had first registered the baby as her own and then the child was adopted by her daughter and son-in-law.
The case is set to stir debate in Japan where surrogate births are opposed by the government and a key medical group.
Japan's justice ministry views the woman who gives birth as a child's mother - not the biological mother.
Dr Netsu called on the government and the medical authorities to review their stance.
Source: Ananova
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That is SO COOL!! Good for the grandmother! It must have been so hard for her since she isn't exactly young now ^^;;;
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So nice of her! ... Her daughter had cancer... hope shes getting better!
--rainie*
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wow, that is SO cool !! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)
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woow out of all people! DD:
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That's really nice of her!!~~The baby had such a special birth=)
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interesting. a bit odd, considering the surrogate mother was the grandmother...
but hey, just makes family ties closer, right? ;]
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That's kind of weird. I'm not too sure if it's cool either. I would probably think twice before donating my sperm to my mother-in-law... but maybe that's just me.
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A cool grandmother (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I really think what she did was really brave of her.. considering the fact that she's not young anymore
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wow!!!
amazing!
this is definately cool!
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oh wow... very cool... dang i wonder what the grandchild will call her when he or she knew that it was its surrogate mother
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I was confused when I read the topic title but now I get it. Wow, she has guts at that age. Awww, now I know that that family will be closer than ever.
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uhh... missing the point here..
Dr Netsu said the woman had first registered the baby as her own and then the child was adopted by her daughter and son-in-law.
The case is set to stir debate in Japan where surrogate births are opposed by the government and a key medical group.
The daughter is only the adoptive mother.
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that seems a bit.. weird to me.
O_O imagine your grandma actually gave birth to you and your real mom isn't even your real mother .. i just find that really weird. what are you supposed to call your grandma?
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Seems a bit weird but it's still very sweet of her to do that for her daughter. Might be weird if they got some random stranger to give birth to their kid but yeah o_O;;
The baby should be the biological parent's kid. That was the whole purpose of the biological mom's mom carrying the baby for her daughter --;
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Peculiar... but, I suppose admirable? Giving birth is not an easy process and to endure it for the sake of her daughter is incredible.
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Oh wow this reminds me of that episode of Desperate Housewives where Gabriel's mother was willing to be a surrogate mother for her.
I thought things like this only happen on a crazy show like desperate housewives....but i guess something like this could happen in real life too! Siiick....O_O
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surrogating... don't they just inject like the fathers sperm?
how does this work?
still.. dang, that lady is 50.. and she's giving birth.. wow.
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woah, good thing both are in good health, cuz the older you get the higher the rate is for birth defects
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They did that probably because surrogate mothers are hard to find, and plus if they found one, they may have needed to pay money for carrying their child.
