October 24, 2005

Three Women and a Baby

How three sisters made one baby will be the subject of a BBC program, in the nation that cannot get enough television about reproductive innovation. Three sisters have a baby in the face of cancer:
Nothing can beat a mother's love, so baby Charlie Patrick is trebly lucky as he has not one but three mothers - and they are all sisters. When Alex Patrick found out she could not have children, her twin and her older sister stepped in to help her have the baby she always wanted. The 32-year-old was devastated to learn she had been made infertile by cervical cancer treatment.

When she broke the news to her twin sister Charlotte, she jokingly replied: "No problem - you can have one of my eggs." But the throwaway comment became a mission as the family hatched a plan which eventually led to older sister, 35-year-old Helen Ritchie, carrying the baby.

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