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An Act of Love, Says Mother

Catherine McDiarmid-Watt | Tuesday, December 19, 2017 | 0 comments

February 18, 1990 - A pregnant 43-year old mother said through tears yesterday that the unborn baby she hoped would save the life of her cancer-stricken daughter was conceived as an act of love.

Mary Ayala became pregnant in the hope that the baby will become a suitable bone marrow donor to her daughter Anissa, who has leukemia for the past two years and could soon die.

Her mother said she felt the baby, a girl due on April 13th, would be a blessing from God.

This Pregnancy Over 40 story was found on Today.com
Read more: To Save Their Daughter from Leukemia, Abe and Mary Ayala Conceived a Plan-and a Baby
Originally posted in March 5, 1990.

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About Catherine: I am mom to three grown sons, two grandchildren and two rescue dogs. After years of raising my boys as a single mom, I remarried a wonderful man who had never had a child of his own. Unexpectedly, I found myself pregnant at 49!
Sadly we lost our precious baby at 8 weeks, and decided to try again. Five more losses, turned down for donor egg, foster care and adoption due to my age and losses - we have accepted there will be no more babies in our house.

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