A surrogate mother who carried twins and unknowingly gave birth to her own, biological son at the same time as a surrogate child says the Chinese couple who paid her for the pregnancy wanted $22,000 to give back her infant once they realized the mistake.
Jessica Allen and her husband now have full custody of their son Malachi, but are deep in debt and furious with the surrogacy agency, Omega Family Global. Allen says she will never be a surrogate again.
Allen, 31, tells People that she gave birth to what she believed were identical twin boys in December 2016 as a surrogate for a Chinese couple.
Jessica Allen and her husband now have full custody of their son Malachi, but are deep in debt and furious with the surrogacy agency, Omega Family Global. Allen says she will never be a surrogate again.
Allen, 31, tells People that she gave birth to what she believed were identical twin boys in December 2016 as a surrogate for a Chinese couple.
- 11/1/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
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.
“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.
- 10/30/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
Tom Hanks is parlaying his onscreen experiences into a real-life campaign to help the rarely celebrated caregivers who aide military members who are injured in action. Hanks helped Army wife Jessica Allen launch the Hidden Heroes campaign on Tuesday during an appearance on the Today show. "I've covered some of this turf in my fake life as an actor who puts on other people's clothes, and the emotional impact of a number of those jobs, it's never left," Hanks, who starred in Saving Private Ryan, told Matt Lauer. "It comes down to a chance to serve and I think help...
- 9/27/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
Tom Hanks is parlaying his onscreen experiences into a real-life campaign to help the rarely celebrated caregivers who aide military members who are injured in action. Hanks helped Army wife Jessica Allen launch the Hidden Heroes campaign on Tuesday during an appearance on the Today show. "I've covered some of this turf in my fake life as an actor who puts on other people's clothes, and the emotional impact of a number of those jobs, it's never left," Hanks, who starred in Saving Private Ryan, told Matt Lauer. "It comes down to a chance to serve and I think help...
- 9/27/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
The New York Times made a grave error over the weekend when an article concerning Rufus Wainwright referred to Canada's beloved bard (and Wainwright's daughter's grandfather) as "the late Leonard Cohen."
The outlet made the correction to the online version but readers of the actual newspaper might have gotten a shock reading yesterday's Sunday Times.
How will Leonard Cohen feel when he picks up NY Times and finds out he's dead, according to the Style section? pic.twitter.com/3nNhPjLnFS
— Jessica Allen (@jessieraeallen) June 23, 2013
Gothamist spotted the error and posted it, noting "even if they did briefly send him to an early grave, we know Cohen has a healthy sense of humor -- we're sure he would forgive them somehow."
The original sentence in the New York Times article read: "In Los Angeles in December, Mr. Wainwright was visiting the Window, a modern furnishings store co-owned by his friend Lorca Cohen,...
The outlet made the correction to the online version but readers of the actual newspaper might have gotten a shock reading yesterday's Sunday Times.
How will Leonard Cohen feel when he picks up NY Times and finds out he's dead, according to the Style section? pic.twitter.com/3nNhPjLnFS
— Jessica Allen (@jessieraeallen) June 23, 2013
Gothamist spotted the error and posted it, noting "even if they did briefly send him to an early grave, we know Cohen has a healthy sense of humor -- we're sure he would forgive them somehow."
The original sentence in the New York Times article read: "In Los Angeles in December, Mr. Wainwright was visiting the Window, a modern furnishings store co-owned by his friend Lorca Cohen,...
- 6/24/2013
- by HuffPost Canada Music
- Huffington Post
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