In a world where most people use strangers as surrogates, or prefer to be surrogates to people they don't know entirely, that's not the case of Allison Ardolino Dinkelacker.
Most women would probably like to think that they would happily act as a surrogate for their friend/sister/loved one, but actually going through the process of carrying someone else’s baby and giving birth to it is a whole other ball game.
But for Dawn Ardolino Policastro, there was no hesitation. She immediately offered to carry her twin sister’s baby to term after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Allison Ardolino Dinkelacker was diagnosed with the life-threatening illness when she was 30 weeks pregnant with her first child in 2009 and had a C-section a week later, delivering a healthy baby boy before starting chemotherapy.
Allison and her husband thought they would never be able to add to their family, and fulfill their dream of having two children, after the mum-of-one was told she wouldn’t be safe to get pregnant again. It was thought cancer had been caused by her pregnancy hormones, and so having another baby could cause the cancer to return.
But thanks to Allison’s twin Dawn, the couple’s dreams were able to come true. After accompanying Allison to the doctors appointment where she received her devastating news, Dawn volunteered to act as gestational carrier.
“Well before he even finished his sentence, Dawn jumped in and said, ‘It doesn’t matter because I am going to carry their child’,” Allison wrote on her Facebook page.
Dawn gave birth to a baby boy, named Hudson William Dinkelacker, earlier this month for her sister Allison.
“How can we begin to thank you for the tremendous generosity and sacrifice you have so willingly bestowed these last few months?
“You have given us not just the fulfillment of a wish we’ve had for the last six years, but a whole new life, and a family of four we thought we’d never have,” wrote Allison on Facebook.
The twin sisters who are apparently very close announced the gender of Alison's baby and documented their surrogacy journey through a series of photos that they shared on Facebook, receiving thousands of likes, shares and comments about their incredible story.
- Alison Coldridge
Lovely..... This one is good!
ReplyDeleteVery good of her, that's why she accomplished her to this earth, she's her sister's helper and keeper.
Delete*Larry was here*
Old news!
DeleteNo news is old news.......it is always new each time some else hears it for the first time.......besides there's nothing wrong in sharing in their joy
DeleteWaooo. What a rare show of love.
ReplyDeleteWow
DeleteLovely
Awwww cute.
ReplyDeletenice
ReplyDelete#GODWIN™
Wow...blood is sure thicker! ..happy 4 dem.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Allison.
Which kain eyes be this na?. Ojukokoro or anyadiegwu?
DeleteAnon will you face your front?!
Deletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said..
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This is so awkward though..... Thats nice though no doubt.... #NowPlaying life is beautifull: ransome...
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Wat is awkward about dis?
DeleteAwkward and nice at the same time? Broseley pick a struggle.
DeleteThis is truly a selfless act
ReplyDeleteI am so touched..
Stella thanks for this beautiful
story this morning
Awww!
ReplyDeleteBelieve me, this cant happen in Nigeria
ReplyDeleteNah...speak for your family, kinsmen, your village, your local government, and your state maybe.
DeleteHope it didn't come across as harsh? Off I go to d next post. Can't risk being a Nwa amaka on this post. Lol.
yes na. The sis that csrried the baby will some how become d second wife of the man or in some cases chase her sis away. Another scenario is that the man will start liking d sister n prefer her to the wife n trouble will start. kikikikikiki
DeleteYou people should speak for yourselves abeg, don't speak for the whole of Nigeria. *omojeje*
DeleteBeautiful
ReplyDeleteThis is pure sisterly love
ReplyDeleteNow I wish I had a twin
ReplyDeleteWhy do you wish you had a twin?Are you having problems with childbirth or do you have cancer? Be careful in wishing
DeleteCongrats to the family.
ReplyDeleteSo wonderful, makes me very emotional
ReplyDelete“Well before he even finished his sentence, Dawn jumped in and said, ‘It doesn’t matter because I am going to carry their child’,”
ReplyDelete#Selfless#
I love that name "Dawn"
Hmmm very touching
ReplyDeleteDawn and Allison, what a name!
ReplyDeleteWow!!! Such a generous heart, bless her! #sistersforlife!
ReplyDeleteEyah it's so beautiful
ReplyDeleteNice move Dawn, u made ur twin's dream come true. Can such happen in Niger?
ReplyDeleteWow.Dts lovely.
ReplyDeletedis kind thing no fit happen 4 nigeria
ReplyDeleteCorrect sisterly LOVE.
ReplyDeleteNa Alison MAduekwe? Lol, congrats sisters, sisterhood rocks full time.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the lol all about? Fear God.
DeleteWow! So nice and selfless.
ReplyDeleteCongrats.
Otiooo. Its very risky abeg. That can only happen in Oyibo land not in Naija where you mother is ready to tell you your life history talkless of sister.
ReplyDeleteAwesome
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to her
Awesome...
ReplyDeleteAm touched.