Stetson came into this world and weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces (about 7.5 pounds). Stetson is a very special baby because he has two moms at the same time, and these two moms alternate pregnancies and give birth to them. The attending physician of this case believes that this is the first case in the world.
Let's take a look at their stories.
The picture shows two mothers and children together.
Two women want to be mothers at the same time, how to solve this problem?
Bliss Coulter, 36, and Ashley, 28, live in Texas, where they met six years ago and officially lived together in 2015.
As life goes on, they want to turn the two-person world into a three-person world. This would not have been a big problem, and for two women, whoever is pregnant can give birth to a child.
But the problem is that both Bliss and Ashley want to experience what it's like to be pregnant and be a mom. At the same time, Bliss just wanted to experience it, and didn't want to end up having a baby from her. So they asked that the initial stage of pregnancy be done by Bliss, and the second half by Ashley.
This is a bit difficult. It wasn't until they met Dr. Kathy Dudi and her new treatment, Effortless Reciprocal IVF, a treatment that was different from traditional IVF that would perfectly solve Bliss and Ashley's problems.
Two mothers alternate pregnancies and give birth to the "perfect baby"
This is how Bliss and Ashley's amazing pregnancy was achieved.
First, Dr. Casey takes the eggs from Bliss's body and then combines them in the lab with the sperm provided by the donor. Instead of breeding the fertilized eggs in the lab, she then placed them in a special "container" and put them back into Bliss's body, using the mother to complete the initial cultivation process.
The egg is his own, and the initial gestation process is also done in his own body, which allows Bliss to successfully experience the feeling of being a mother.
After 5 days, Dr. Casey removed the embryo from Bliss's body and implanted it into Ashley's womb, where Ashley "took over the baton" and became a mother until the child was born healthily. Before being implanted, Ashley undergoes hormone therapy to ensure a success rate of pregnancy.
In June, "Perfect Baby" Steson joined Bliss and Ashley, a healthy baby boy whose lives have changed dramatically. Of course, they embrace this change with joy.
Recently, in an interview with the Daily Mail, Dr Casey said that this is the first time two women have conceived together and given birth to the same child, "everyone plays a positive role in pregnancy, which is different from normal or traditional IVF." ”
At the same time, Dr. Casey also revealed that although Bliss and Ashley are the first, they are not the only ones, and other couples have also chosen this treatment to get pregnant and have a child.
Pictured here is Ashley and the baby.
Adults' wishes come true, children grow up healthily, and netizens also send blessings to this special family. Netizen Janico said: "What a beautiful baby!" Netizen Stan Dup said: "Good luck to them and their children. Netizen Robin said: "Technology is getting better and better, bless children." ”