I am all for helping out my close family whenever I can, but Jaci Dalenberg, 56, gave birth to her triplet granddaughters a month ago. She is hopeful that one of the girls will be home from the hospital by Saturday. Dalenberg gave birth to her daughter Kim’s triplets last month. Kim and her husband, Joe Coseno, could not conceive and planned to adopt.
Ms. Dalenberg of Wooster in northeast Ohio, offered herself as a surrogate when her daughter, Kim Coseno, and her husband, Joe, were waiting to adopt. Coseno had two children from a previous marriage but was unable to have another baby because of a hysterectomy. Her ovaries could produce eggs, so she and her husband of three years tried in vitro fertilization. The embryos were implanted in Dalenberg’s uterus.
Dalenberg said she wasn’t frightened to be pregnant at her age.”I’ve always been really healthy. I did get medical clearance, including psychological testing,” Dalenberg told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “When we found out it was triplets, I did get really nervous for about four days, but that passed real soon.”
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According to CNN, the girls were more than two months premature and each weighing less than three pounds. Gabriella Claire and Carmina Ann are identical twins, and Elizabeth Jacilyn is their sister.
The doctor said that Dalenberg underwent hormonal therapy to strengthen her uterus and delivered at 31 weeks when one of the girls appeared to not be growing appropriately.
Dalenberg, who has four daughters, ages 31 to 36, said she would have preferred to try natural childbirth, but her doctor told her that was out of the question. “I’m fine. I feel great,” Dalenberg said. “Knowing the outcome, I would do it over again, but … I’m not going to do it again,” she said with a chuckle. “We wouldn’t do that to her again,” her daughter said, smiling.
Now, I am not here to denigrate this woman, but isn’t this a little controversial? Where do we draw the line? At 70? To put things in perspective, I have also had a hysterectomy and I am cognizant of the fact that I cannot bear anymore children and would not want a surrogate. I have two kids and that is just enough for my husband and I. What I find selfish is that these babies were born premature and may have some problems. Is that fair the children? Personally, I think this was selfish on the part of the parents and the mother. There were so many risks involved and did anyone think about the risks to these babies? I think not.
Filed under: Jaci Dalenberg, Kim Coseno, Premature Births, Surrogate at 56, Triplets
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