There’s nothing like bringing a child into this world, unfortunately, some people struggle to get pregnant. That’s exactly why there are alternative solutions, like surrogate mothers. With a surrogate, the child usually isn’t biologically theirs, but what happens when it is? For this mother carrying twins, that’s exactly what happened when one of the twins turned out to be hers.
When this surrogate mother found out one of the twins she carried was actually her child, she battled to get him back.
Jessica Allen, from California, signed up to be a surrogate mother out of the kindness of her heart. She thinks every woman should be able to experience having their own child, and that inspired her to carry a baby for someone else.
Jessica got pregnant with the surrogate baby, 6 weeks into the pregnancy, doctors noticed something that wasn’t expected. The doctor told Jessica and her husband, Wardell Jasper, the embryo had split and there were two babies.
When she saw a picture of the “twins” she gave birth to, she immediately knew that one of the boys was her biological son.
Jessica never got to see the supposed identical twin boys she gave birth to, but when she saw a picture, her heart sank. The boys looked nothing alike, and one of them looked just like her kids. Could the doctors have been wrong?
Remember, the doctor told Jessica and her husband that it was a rare condition in which the embryo splits forming twins. There was no question, they had to find out for sure. They took a DNA test to see if the boy was biologically their child.
The DNA results came back.
The couple couldn’t believe it, the DNA test confirmed the baby boy was theirs. It’s something called Superfetation, it’s a rare occurrence, in which the mother continues to ovulate after getting pregnant.
When superfetation occurs, two babies with different gestational ages are formed. This is how Jessica got pregnant with a surrogate baby, and a baby of her own.
After a complicated legal process, Jessica and her husband finally got custody of their baby boy.
Jessica and Wardell created a child they had no idea about. Needless to say, when they found out he was their son, they began a complicated legal process to get him back. Jessica tearfully spoke about not knowing she was carrying her own son.
“I didn’t even know I was pregnant with you, I carried my own child and i didn’t know he was mine.” Said Jessica, as tears welled up in her eyes.
It’s important to note, this is a very rare occurrence. Surrogate mothers are still a great option for people who aren’t able to have children! Watch the video below!
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