I honestly don't know if I could do what Linda Sirois, a woman from Maine, has done for her daughter. You see, when Sirois found out her 25-year-old daughter, Angel Hebert, couldn't get pregnant because of a heart condition, she quickly agreed to be her surrogate. Sirois, a mother of four adult children, got pregnant when her daughter's egg (fertilized by her son-in-law's sperm) was implanted. Two weeks ago, the grandmother essentially gave birth to her own grandson Madden after carrying him to term.
The baby boy weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and was born healthy via C-section despite concerns of several fertility clinics who rejected Sirois because she's 49 years old.
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It's undeniable that Sirois has given her daughter–and her husband–the ultimate gift of love. I think what she did is totally admirable and selfless, but they'll explain it to little Madden once he gets older and starts asking questions. I imagine they can tell him what Sirois said to The Portland Press Herald: "I just saw it as I was babysitting for a few months. It was their child all along. It was just a room for rent."
In a way, I guess it's really hard to imagine all this because I had no problems getting pregnant and I'd like to imagine the same will be true for my daughter. Then again, I had my daughter when I was much older than Sirois' daughter, so I guess that even if I wanted to do something similar (in the event that my daughter couldn't get pregnant), I'd be way too old.
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I'm now left wondering if my mom would've done something like this had I been the one unable to get pregnant. I'm going to have to ask her. In the meantime, I can only imagine the elation Angel Hebert must have felt when her mother offered to be the surrogate for her baby.
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