"This is the gift of a mother who makes her son," said Cecile Eledge, 61. Matthew had lost his job as a teacher at a Catholic school in Nebraska after giving the news of his marriage. The couple feared he would not get permission to adopt a child in a conservative area. So he decided to test in vitro fertilization: Dougherty's sister, Lea Yribe, donated her eggs, Eledge's sperm, so the unborn child would have genetic material on both sides of the family.
Eledege's mother was offered to finish her pregnancy after the doctors had concluded her excellent health condition. "This is the gift of a mother to her son," said Cecile Eledge.
Uma Louise Dougherty Eledge is the world's first baby born by her grandmother, with an artificial fertilization that included Dougherty's sister.
Social media also lacks negative and homophobic comments, and unsubstantiated insights - that Eldege has had sexual intercourse with his mother. But there are also many positive comments that emphasize the unity and solidarity of the two families who fought every sexist stereotype by participating in an unprecedented event.
