A woman from Florida, United States carried the baby of her sister-in-law whose disorder has rendered her with no uterus. Hollie, now 31 years old, was diagnosed then with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome, a disorder characterized by the underdevelopment or absence of the vagina and uterus. Willis, an emergency room nurse, figured she could carry Hollie’s baby. “Their family’s life was going to be normal, but there was just this nine-month detour to get there.”The embryo of the Heplers was successfully transferred to Willis’ uterus last September 2018. This June, Willis gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Jarrel Clayton “JC” Hepler, her nephew.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 11, 2019 05:03 UTC