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MindMover

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Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:12 PM Sep 2012

Surrogate Mother, 61, Gives Birth to Her Grandson

Kristine Casey is not just any grandmother to her grandson, Finnean. She is also his surrogate mother.

Casey, then 61, gave birth to Finnean in February 2011 after her daughter, Sara Connell, struggled with infertility. Connell’s egg and husband Bill’s sperm were used in the in vitro fertilization procedure, making the couple Finnean’s biological parents, and Casey the gestational carrier of their child.

“The idea, we never could have fathomed,” Connell, 36, said today on “Good Morning America.” “I felt so connected with Finn and with my mom and yet it was a completely surreal, really fantastic situation.”

Connell tells the story of their family’s unconventional journey to motherhood in a new book, “Bringing in Finn: An Extraordinary Surrogacy Story.”

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/09/04/surrogate-mother-61-gives-birth-to-her-grandson/

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Surrogate Mother, 61, Gives Birth to Her Grandson (Original Post) MindMover Sep 2012 OP
I'm my own granpa!!! Come on sing it with me!! Initech Sep 2012 #1
PERFECT ... MindMover Sep 2012 #2
I saw her on TV--she could pass for much younger than her stated age. nt MADem Sep 2012 #3
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