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British lesbian couple carried baby in both of their wombs in first-of-its-kind pregnancy
The Blaze ^ | December 4th 2019 | Phil Shiver

Posted on 12/04/2019 4:08:02 PM PST by Ennis85

A lesbian couple from the UK recently became the first parents to carry a baby in both of their wombs during a first of its kind procedure that doctors are characterizing as a breakthrough in "shared motherhood."

The procedure, offered by London Women's Clinic, involves one parent harvesting the egg, which is fertilized by donor sperm, and the other parent carrying the fetus in her womb.

Jasmine Francis-Smith gave birth to their son, Otis, two months ago using an egg that was incubated for 18 hours by her wife, Donna, before being transferred to Jasmine's womb for the remainder of the pregnancy.

The process means that Donna is the biological mother and Jasmine is the gestational mother.

The Telegraph notes that while more than 100 babies have been born to lesbian couples using artificial incubation, this marks the first time that both parents have shared in the process.

Lance Corporal Donna Francis-Smith, 30, told The Telegraph, "We're overwhelmed to be honest, it's blown up massively."

"It's definitely brought us closer together emotionally," she added. "We're a close couple anyway but we both have a special bond with Otis as well which was helped by the way we've done it."

The couple is saying that the procedure made them feel "equal in the process."

"We're just happy that it's worked so well and the information is out there," Jasmine added. "It will help people in the future — it brings you closer together rather than feeling one has a bond more than the other."

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1202161899917447169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1202161899917447169&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Flesbian-couple-shared-womb-baby


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: chat; gay; gayparenting; homosexual; lesbian; localnews
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To: Eric in the Ozarks; Ennis85

Eric, I agree. My first reaction after reading it was: Sick! And I wonder if they are also pro-abortion, for others, of course.


21 posted on 12/04/2019 4:51:58 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Libloather

Well yeah, a trans female lesbian.
Easy peasy....


22 posted on 12/04/2019 4:57:23 PM PST by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: Ennis85

This is so disgusting.

Jesus needs to come back really, really soon.

I WANT Him to.


23 posted on 12/04/2019 5:01:17 PM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: CaptainMorgantown

Exactly. Well said.


24 posted on 12/04/2019 5:03:28 PM PST by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: Ennis85

FTA:
...incubated for 18 hours by her wife...

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A woman cannot have a wife, idiot.


25 posted on 12/04/2019 5:05:26 PM PST by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

This is one of those cases....because you can, doesn’t mean you should.


26 posted on 12/04/2019 5:06:27 PM PST by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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Selfish


27 posted on 12/04/2019 5:15:30 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Ennis85

Prenatal child abuse.


28 posted on 12/04/2019 5:33:25 PM PST by lightman (The Millenials are asleep in their "wokeness".)
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To: Ennis85
SICKOS!
29 posted on 12/04/2019 5:33:29 PM PST by Taxman (We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS!)
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To: Ennis85

Kinda like a double yolk egg isn’t it?


30 posted on 12/04/2019 5:34:44 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: Ennis85

Yet another screwed up kid growing up to spend years on this earth totally screwed up living a miserable existence


31 posted on 12/04/2019 5:40:17 PM PST by southernindymom
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To: Ennis85

All British citizens are paying for that, correct?


32 posted on 12/04/2019 5:41:34 PM PST by cymbeline
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To: Ennis85

Yeah, sorry, let me know when they can do this without the sperm donor. Then I might be impressed. /S


33 posted on 12/04/2019 5:54:06 PM PST by twyn1
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To: Ennis85

The problem with depravity and perversion is that what is shocking a decade ago, becomes accepted today and in order to be “unique” the depraved will push for something even more shocking.


34 posted on 12/04/2019 6:26:35 PM PST by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt - dad's wisdom)
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To: Gay State Conservative; Pearls Before Swine; Maudeen
Physically, the new unborn life is being exposed to greatly elevated risks from the extraneous complications of this medically unnecessary process, and that this unethical. (The baby isn't a lab rat to be handled as a science project.)

It is the lesbians' fully premeditated intent that the child shall forever be deprived of his father. That is unethical as well.

It is recognized as a tragedy if a child is deprived of his father by chance. He should never be deprived by choice.

35 posted on 12/04/2019 7:03:53 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good." - Romans 12:9)
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To: Ennis85

The only thing unique about this is that it is two women who know each other. The practice of one woman being an egg donor for an otherwise infertile woman is a common infertility treatment called IVF.

https://www.shadygrovefertility.com/treatments-success/donor-gestational-carrier/donor-egg

https://www.verywellfamily.com/egg-donor-ivf-basics-4114768


36 posted on 12/04/2019 7:05:38 PM PST by DBrow
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To: Ennis85

"Well, isn't that special."

37 posted on 12/04/2019 7:48:20 PM PST by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
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To: Mrs. Don-o
Very true.These delusional,depraved individuals see this child as a toy...a political stunt. It's completely reasonable to assume that the unnecessary medical procedures are hurting him/her.

Of course they're both utterly amoral so they'd say what ILLary once said when questioned about preventable harm to another: "what difference,at this point,does it make?"

38 posted on 12/04/2019 7:51:22 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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