Surrogate Mom Gives Birth to ‘Twins’ — Then Learns One Baby Is Her Own Biological Child
Jessica Allen became pregnant with her own son while carrying a baby as a surrogate for a Chinese couple — launching an “emotional” battle to get her baby boy back.“I didn’t even know I was pregnant with ,” Allen, of California, said through tears during an interview with ABC News.
“I carried my own child and I didn’t know he was mine.”Allen, who already had two children, was surprised to learn that she had gotten pregnant with her own child while carrying as a surrogate due to a medical phenomenon known as superfetation — when a woman continues to ovulate after becoming pregnant. »