A 58-year-old woman in Utah will act as surrogate for her daughter who has been struggling with fertility problems for years.
Julia Navarro, agreed to carry her daughter, Lorena McKinnon's baby, after she suffered repeated miscarriage. Her grandchild is due next month. The onerous decision was taken after Lorena's sister and friend both declined surrogacy request.
"As a family, we have to help each other," said Navarro, reveals a recent post on Syracuse.
McKinnon had been trying for a baby for the past three years. She got pregnant around 12 times but always miscarried. She even went for in-vitro fertilization but it did not bear any fruitful results for her.
Finally, she started approaching her friends and close family members for surrogacy and Navarro came forward to fill in as the surrogate mother. McKinnon was glad to receive the offer from her mother as it would help her in better managing the state laws on surrogate pregnancy and reduced the cost by half for her.
According to Utah law, surrogates should be 21 or above, economically sound and must have already given birth once. Couples must be married and are allowed to offer a reasonable payment to a surrogate.
Navarro and her daughter have already signed a contract on the parental rights of the daughter and have also undergone three months' counseling, according to the state orders.
"The psychologists wanted to make sure we knew what we were getting into - that we were mentally prepared," said McKinnon reports Irish Examiner. "Mostly, surrogacy contracts are with people you don't know. It was weird to have a contract with my mom."
Navarro who experienced menopause 12 years earlier had to take hormonal shots everyday for three months. Doctors said there were 45-50 percent chances of the pregnancy being successful but Navarro was able to overcome the medical complications. The baby girl is due early February.
McKinnon is fully involved with the pregnancy and has been guiding her mom all this while.
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