Kim Castles, a 51-year-old grandmother who has a 33-year-old daughter from a previous relationship, recently gave birth to her new daughter, Nellie.
Kim and her husband, Greg, had already planned to have more kids, but lost twins in a miscarriage and were later told by their doctor that both were too old to conceive naturally.
Although the couple lives in Australia, where illegal egg donations can result in jail sentence and fines, they were determined to find an egg donor to have more children together.
After several months of contacting people who’d responded to their ad, seeking a “kind and generous” woman who would be willing to donate eggs to them, the Castles family finally heard back from 22-year-old Jade Morgan.
Morgan was willing to donate to the couple, saying that it was “about helping one another and helping complete a family.”
To her, it was nothing heroic, but the Castles family insisted upon paying her back for her time, energy, and pain. “[Egg donors not just giving an egg, they are giving a family they should be compensated… they are heroes,” Kim explained.
She and Greg ended up paying $5,000 to cover Morgan’s optometry bills, in exchange for a couple frozen eggs.
One of these eggs was successfully conceived, and Nellie Castles was born.
Now, Kim wants to repeat the process with the remaining frozen embryo from the previous procedure. “I’m trying to get it happening now. I don’t want to leave it too late,” she said.
“[Nellie’s] just a perfect baby,” Kim continued. “She doesn’t cry – she’s one out of the box,” and because of this, Kim would love to give her new daughter a sibling.
At present, there is no news yet if Kim and Greg will be successful in having another child, but we wish all the best for them; their daughter, Nellie; and Morgan.
