Lesbian couple give birth to each other's sons (bark alert)

Daily Mail ^ | 9th March 2024 | SARAH OLIVER AND LUCY LAING

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Oh boy! Meet Elvis, 10 weeks, and his 11-day old brother Ezra, who have made British history along with their mums Emily Patrick and Kerry Osborn.

The babies, pictured here for the first time, were born to the lesbian couple via IVF. Elvis was created from Kerry's egg which was fertilised and implanted in Emily so she could be his birth mother.

Ezra, meanwhile, was created from Emily's egg and implanted in Kerry so she could carry and deliver him.

It's the first time the procedure, known as simultaneous reciprocal IVF, has been attempted in the UK - and it has led to a joyous and unique Mothers' Day for the new family of four.

'It's been very emotional seeing both our boys arrive and watching each other become mothers in the space of a few weeks,' said Emily, 38, a creative producer. 'I was always the less maternal one but I've found a whole different level of love, like a new chamber in my heart, for our babies.'

'I still can't quite believe they're both here, that we made our dream of a family a reality,' said Kerry, 35, a teacher. 'We never set out to be pioneers but we hope we've shown other people in the LGBTQ+ community that this is achievable.'

Elvis with his big eyes and button nose looks like his biological mother Kerry. Ezra, with his tuft of ginger hair, resembles his biological mother Emily. Interestingly, the women say that while they love their sons equally, they each feel a greater sense of parental responsibility towards the baby they carried rather than the one who shares their genes.

Emily and Kerry have been together for seven years and started to discuss simultaneous reciprocal IVF during one of the Covid lockdowns.

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UCK.

[Menes]

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Indeed - but, tragically, a sign of the times.

[ronnie raygun]

who needs Ringling brothers Barnum and baily when we have this circus

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The sons have a FATHER.