One mom is taking the "I'll do anything for my child" concept to a whole new level.
While the family is unidentified, their story broke the news when the son's attempts to legally adopt the child, who is now seven months old, got tangled up in court. Turns out that the 20-something male really wanted to start a family, but apparently doesn't have the means (meaning, a woman of his own) to set things in motion. And after the woman he had lined up to be a surrogate dropped out for medical reasons, according to The Telegraph UK, the man's mother stepped up big time.
Oh, and the mother's husband—yep, the daddy of the son—is totally on board with all of this, too. How 'bout that?
To be fair, it sounds like the entire family took all of the necessary precautionary measures before jumping in head—or should we say uterus?—first. The Telegraph UK reports that "this, admittedly, unusual arrangement was entered into by the parties after careful consideration, following each having individual counseling and with all the treatment being undertaken by a fertility clinic licensed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)."
It turns out this guy got the happy ending he always wanted, too (not that way, guys): He's been raising the child for the last seven months, and at the end of the day, the judge presiding over the case ruled that, although the whole situation is strange (that's the understatement of the year), everything was "entirely lawful" and the adoption could go through.
All we have to say: This guy better give his mom one heck of a Mother's Day gift.
"My Wife Was a Surrogate"