A woman in India has become a mother to twins born from her dead son's semen and a donor egg. She is now technically their mother and grandmother after she wanted to 'reincarnate' her son.
Rajashree Patil was overcome with grief when her son Prathamesh died from a tumour caused by cancer. She felt that she needed to bring her son back through artificial insemination in a bid to 'reincarnate' him, according to
The Daily Mail.
Before he died, he froze some of his sperm in case his fertility was affected by his cancer treatment. But, when he died, Rajashree decided to use his sperm to fulfill his wish to have children and her wish to bring him back.
At first, she suggested that she would carry the child, but after she was ruled out due to her age she found a surrogate. The pregnancy was successful and the surrogate gave birth to two babies, a boy named Prathamesh and a girl named Prisha.
Speaking about her decision to use his sperm, Rajashree said:
"I was carrying the soul of my son in me and was looking for a body to breathe it into.
Doctors had preserved my son's semen before they commenced cancer treatment to preempt any negative effects of the medicine used on him.
Doctors in Germany collected Prathamesh's sperm while he went through gruelling cancer treatment, and because he was unmarried he nominated his mother and sister to use his semen sample after his death
Due to this I have been able to get my son back."
Continuing she said:
"I am menopausal, so doctors ruled me out for the pregnancy.
A married relative offered to be the surrogate mother and she handed over the twins to me the minute they were born.
Getting the semen into our custody was not easy and we faced a lot of hurdles. Money and time were serious issues but now I will take the responsibility of these infants.
I am their mother now."
