Surrogate mother gives birth to her own twin grandchildren
Pastor Dale Morgan
Surrogate mother gives birth to her own twin grandchildren*
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — A 51-year-old surrogate mother for her daughter
has given birth to her own twin grandchildren in northeastern Brazil,
the delivery hospital said.
Rosinete Palmeira Serrao, a government health worker, gave birth to twin
boys by Caesarean section on Thursday at the Santa Joana Hospital in the
city of Recife, the hospital said in a statement on its website.
Hospital officials were not available for comment on Sunday, but press
reports said the grandmother and twins were discharged on Saturday in
excellent health. The Caesarean section was performed about two weeks
ahead of time because Serrao was having trouble sleeping, the statement
said.
Serrao decided to serve as a surrogate mother after four years of failed
attempts at pregnancy by her 27-year-old daughter, Claudia Michelle de
Brito.
Brazilian law stipulates that only close relatives can serve as
surrogate mothers. De Brito is an only child and none of her cousins
volunteered, so Serrao agreed to receive four embryos from her daughter.