Grandmother gives birth to her grandson
Categories: Newborns, Just for moms, Pregnancy & birth, Relatives
Remember that old song, I'm My Own Grandpa? Well, this isn't quite as convoluted, but I think that Syrus Sonny Singh could claim to be his own uncle, at the very least. His genetic grandmother, 54-year-old Ruby Tejwani, acted as his surrogate mother, carrying the baby conceived with an egg and sperm from Tejwani's daughter and son-in-law.Sapna Singh, the genetic mother, has lupus, an autoimmune disease that prevented her from carrying a baby to term. So, when she and her husband, Sonny, were looking for a surrogate, she volunteered. Using hormone shots to reverse her menopause, Tejwani started something she hadn't done in 26 years. Dr. Damon Masaki, a maternal fetal medicine specialist, told her, "Don't worry, your womb will remember."
Remember it did. Due to her age, however, Tejwani's blood pressure rose, prompting doctors to deliver the baby a month early. Both grandmother and baby were fine, however. "It was very emotional when he came out," said Sapna Singh, 31. "I thought he was beautiful, just gorgeous, perfect." Her mother agrees. "He's so cute. I love him," she declared.
I know that these days, grandparents (and even great-grandparents) often take on significant roles in raising their grandkids, but I have to say, I think this definitely qualifies as going way above and beyond the call of duty. Kudos to Tejwani and congratulations to the whole family!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 12)
ann adams 9-28-2006 @ 3:10PM
A selfless thing to do and I applaud her.
I also draw the line thanks.
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Nicola 9-28-2006 @ 3:36PM
Thank you for sharing this beautiful story. The love that we have for our children (and future grandchildren!) truly has no bounds. Aren't mothers incredible?
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thordora 9-28-2006 @ 3:47PM
Wow. That's a pretty selfless thing to do for your kids.
Looks like it will be a pretty good looking kid too.
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Julie 10-03-2006 @ 2:23PM
I think the couple and grandmother are messing with God's plan for humanity. If you can't have kids, too bad, adopt some. Science shouldn't intervene with Divinity.
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pebbles 2 10-03-2006 @ 2:23PM
wow that is so great, wish more peole had that kind of love for each other.
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nikko 10-03-2006 @ 2:26PM
This was very sweet!!Good luck to this family.
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Kim 10-03-2006 @ 2:30PM
I would not do that for anyone.. I am 36 and if my child could not have a child,then there is a reason for it. God does not make mistakes.. There is to many children in the world that needs to be adopted.. I want more kids myself but I can't. There is a reason for it.. if God wanted me to have more then it would have happened.. There is a reason for every thing on this earth.
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Kathy 10-03-2006 @ 2:32PM
Regarding Julie's post.. how cruel. So if you (or better yet, your child) receive a diagnosis of a terminal illness, but medicine can keep you healthly and alive you should be told, "too bad"--sure, Julie...just suck it up and don't intervene with "Divinity". Maybe God has made all of this "science" possible. Beautiful story! I would do the same for my daughter...and maybe even Julie's.
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Kay 10-03-2006 @ 2:34PM
As a Grandmother myself at 52 yrs old I think that what she did is beyound wonderful. It isn't playing God at all. Perhaps God had that in the plan for her all along...and she did it wonderfully. Congrats to the New Mom, Father and Grandmother...what a lucky Grandchild that so many people wanted him there! Never underestimate the love power of Grandparents!
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JAZZY 10-03-2006 @ 2:34PM
EEEEWWWWWWWWWW!
Grandma got pregnant by her son!!!!
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Annie 10-03-2006 @ 2:34PM
I definitely agree with Julie...There are reasons WHY things are as they are...It is Acceptance that is the beautiful thing!!!
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Susanna 10-03-2006 @ 2:36PM
I think this is a beautiful gift from grandma. And to comment on the negative comment based on Divinity...we have been given knowlegde (scientific & other) for a reason...we are suppose to use this gift for purpose...what better purpose than that of perfect love!
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Heidi 10-03-2006 @ 2:38PM
If my daughter needed me to do this and I was able, I would. I do not beleive science is interfereing with God's plan. I think God would not have given us the intelligence and ability to do these things if he were opposed to it. God bless the family.
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Andrea 10-03-2006 @ 2:39PM
Can you have kids, Julie? Are you bitter? Relax with the Divinity. There always has to be one person...
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Rhonda 10-03-2006 @ 2:41PM
It may not have been God's plan for them to conceive a child of their own, but it was God's plan for the grandmother to conceive and deliver a healhty child. God works in may ways...Who are you to judge? I applaud them..I have an adopted child because I could not have my own. That to was God's plan.
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Omayra 10-03-2006 @ 2:42PM
Well the child was born so I guess it was Gods plan for him to be born...I would do the same for my daughter...(If science is interfering with Divinity then why does it exist)? Congratulations to this family and their new baby!
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VANESSA 10-03-2006 @ 2:44PM
JULIE YOU PROBABLY DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS TO NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A BABY AND TRY TREATMENT AFTER TREATMENT. IF YOU HAD GOD IN YOUR HEART YOU WOULDNT BE LACKING SENSIBILITY. I BELIEVE IF IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE LIKE YOU SAY THIS BABY AND GRANDMOTHER WOULDNT BE IN THIS WORLD, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE BY GODS MERCY.YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CRITICISE GOD'S MERCY TOWARDS US.
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chelle 10-03-2006 @ 2:47PM
It is a very nice thing that this caring mother did for her daughter. Both my sister and cousin have offered to carry a baby for me. I am sure if my mother could she would also. To JAZZY: re-read the story it is her daughter and son in law the babies father is not her blood relative.......
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Friday 10-03-2006 @ 2:47PM
The technological advances are a part of God's plan. It is said that he knows of EVERYTHING before we ever will. We make no advances without God and if this technology was available, then so be it. In essence all technology and scientifac knowledge is because of him, so how is this not a part of his divine plan?
Let me guess, you think she should get no treatment for lupus because it isn't a part of God's plan for her to have the disease? Afterall receiving medical treatment is an intervention to what the nature of Lupus involves as well.
>>>I think the couple and grandmother are messing with God's plan for humanity. If you can't have kids, too bad, adopt some. Science shouldn't intervene with Divinity.>>>
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Chrissy 10-03-2006 @ 2:51PM
to poster number 4 what you said is ignorant and you should be ashamed.
WTF is wrong with you? If you are not going to say something nice then do not say anything at all but apparently your incapable of doing that now aren't you.
I applaud this woman for what she did and their have been many women who have done the same as she has.
It can cost a fortune to adopt and it can be heart breaking. When you adopt a child no matter how much they say the parents can not get the child back it does happen and then you get to go threw the heartbreak of losing that child and most people want children that are a part of them like with the same blood.
Another thing about adopting a child is it can take months and even years. Every time you go to adopt a child their is usually a very long waiting list and no matter how much money you are willing to offer you get put at the back of the list and end up waiting usually for years till you actually get a child.
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