Many moms say they’ll do anything for their child, but one Australian mom went above and beyond after seeing one of her daughters struggle with the devastating news that she would never be able to have children.
When 25-year-old Alice Hohenhaus was just four years old, doctors discovered that she had leukemia. She eventually managed to beat it, however, at nine years old, the cancer came back and she had to undergo full body radiation. The radiation helped save her life, but it also would make getting pregnant extremely difficult when she got older.
When Alice was 23, she was stunned and overjoyed to find out that she was pregnant, but she tragically miscarried at 15 weeks, and doctors told her that she would never be able to carry a baby to full term because of scar tissue. She was understandably crushed, and her 46-year-old mom Theresa couldn’t stand to see her so devastated.
Theresa started to think about the situation and decided to offer to be a surrogate so Alice could finally start a family. “Alice already had the embryos and I thought ‘why not?’,” Theresa said. At first, Alice didn’t want her mother to do it, and they thought she might be too old, but they decided to try and see if she could even get pregnant. The mother-of-five became pregnant almost immediately.
“I said to Alice before I found out that I thought I was pregnant because I felt really sick. The next week we found out it was positive,” Theresa said. “It was amazing and every appointment and scan from then on we went to together and cried together… we are very very close.”
The rest of the pregnancy went smoothly, and on June 2, Theresa welcomed her grandson Parker into the world. “I would have to say it was the best experience of my whole life,” Theresa said. “It was so beautiful. I was worried about handing him over at first and Alice was worried about how she would cope seeing me in so much pain. But we both made it through and it is a moment I will honestly cherish until I die.”
“I would absolutely do it again,” said Theresa, who has offered to carry another baby for her daughter so baby Parker could have a sibling. “I would do anything for my kids and it truly is worth every bit of it to see Alice so happy.”
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Mom Gives Birth To Grandson Since Daughter Can’t Have Kids is an article from: LifeDaily