Grandmother Gives Birth to Triplet Grandbabies

on November 14, 2008 at 11:51 AM

Have you heard about the 56-year-old woman who was a surrogate mother for her daughter and gave birth to triplets? They were on the Today show the other day. Kim Coseno desperately wanted kids with her new husband (she has two teenagers from her first marriage), but she had a partial hysterectomy so her mom, Jaci Dalenberg, volunteered to carry a baby for her. That baby turned out to be three.

Dalenberg told Meredith Vieira she was doing it out of a "mother's love" for her daughter. She underwent in vitro fertilization treatments and all that it entails, using her daughters eggs (her ovary still works). She had been pregnant four times before so she knew what she was in for, but said, "at this point in your life, going through a pregnancy isn’t just a walk in the park." The babies were born in October, two months early, but everyone is doing fine.

What do you think about a grandmother carrying her grandchildren? Act of motherly love or taking science too far?

About the author Suzanne Murray

is the Parenting & Political editor at The Stir/Moms Matter 2012.

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Comments (9)

Peajewel

on Nov 14, 2008 at 12:42 PM

I just watched that on our local news the other day, I think they were from Cleveland. It just seems kind of odd to me. Don't get me wrong, what a great gift she gave to them but I don't know.

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KatieCrandall

on Nov 14, 2008 at 1:55 PM

I can't vote on this, either. Who better to carry your baby safely than your own mother, but...I'm uncomfortable with the idea of a blood relative having a baby for someone. It seems weird for a grandmother or aunt to give birth to her own grandchild or niece...

JayGirlsMom

on Nov 14, 2008 at 3:15 PM

I am infertile. and during our battle with infertility and trying to get pregnant, my mother "offered" to carry a child for me, but I said no because I thought it was just "too Jerry Springer" for us! lol
yep, how do you explain that one??? "yep, my momma's my grandmomma" roflol

LexsiesMommy

on Nov 14, 2008 at 6:45 PM

I would do this in a heart beat!

It wouldnt be...jerry springer to me, because i wouldnt sleep with her man yuk

why would it be like that?

If my child was hurt...i would be happy if i could make her happy!

I would give my child my life.why wouldnt i let her enjoy a life of a child of her OWN?

As mothers we all would..and try the best we can to make them happy

what changes when their grown ??nothing...

It just gets a little more complicated when their adults,

on Nov 14, 2008 at 8:59 PM

QUOTING LEXSIESMOMMY....."I WOULD GIVE MY CHILD MY LIFE. WHY WOULDNT I LET HER ENJOY A LIFE OF A CHILD OF HER OWN?"

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO HAVE A CHILD OF YOUR OWN!!!!! AND SURROGACY IS NOT THE ONLY WAY.

THE "JERRY SPRINGER" COMMENT WAS MENT AS A JOKE, LIKE, HELLO, MY GRANDMA IS MY BIRTHMOM? SOUNDS FUNNY TO ME!

IrishMamma

on Nov 15, 2008 at 5:40 PM

"She underwent in vitro fertilization treatments and all that it entails, using her daughters eggs (her ovary still works)"

So therefor it wasn't the grandmothers child. The grandmother will always be just that the grandmother. And the mother will be the mother. It was the mothers eggs and the fathers sperm....all the grandmother did was carry the children for her daughter.

So something like this, I would do in a heartbeat. Granted I do not have a daughter....but I would do this.

jennifermccollo

on Nov 16, 2008 at 9:13 AM

i DONT HAVE A DAUGHTER, BUT IF i DID i WOULD DO THIS FOR HER IN A HEART BEAT. i AM NOW UNABLE TO HAVE KIDS AND DESPERATLY WANT ONE MORE. i WOULDNT ASK MY MOTHER DO IT FOR ME BUT IF MY DAUGHTER ASKED ME i WOULDNT EVEN HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT.

xtrapoint

on Nov 18, 2008 at 3:01 PM

I voted no b/c by the time my dd wants kids i don't think my being the serrogate is a safe option, as you get older the risks increase and i wouldn't want to do that to my dd or future grandkids.