Melanie Boivin's daughter has a genetic condition
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A Canadian mother has frozen her eggs for use by her seven-year-old daughter, who is likely to become infertile.
Should the girl opt to use the eggs and gain regulatory approval, she would effectively have a baby that was her half-brother or sister.
The girl, Flavie Boivin, cannot have children naturally because of a chromosomal condition called Turner's syndrome.
"We were concerned about the ethical questions - would I look at the child as my grandchild or as my own? We were also concerned about the financial impact, the physical impact on me and the emotional impact on the family."
"I told myself if she had needed another organ like a kidney I would volunteer without any hesitation and it is the same kind of thought process for this."
"In psychiatry we are hearing more and more of children suffering from identity problems, and specifically a condition called 'genealogical bewilderment'. Could it possibly get more bewildering than this?
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