Derek is also the only baby in Europe carried by both women.
The birth took place in Mallorca
Derek’s birth has marked a change in the way to conceive children lesbian couples, it is the first baby carried by two women. Derek, born in Mallorca, weighs 3.3 kilos and is healthy. It took place this October 30 at Hospital Juaneda Miramar and has been possible thanks to the new INVOcell system.
Azahara, 27, and Estefanía, 30 They had the desire to become a mothers and they have done it with a new exclusive technique from Juaneda Fertility, which is currently in the Balearic Islands.
This new technique called INVOcell, allows both mothers to gestate the embryo. It is a device that works like a small incubator, unlike those existing in the laboratory, in this case the embryo is placed under the cervix of one of the two womenwhich allows the embryo during the first days to take place inside the body and not from the laboratory, when the embryo is already developed, the INVOcelll is extracted and transferred to the couple’s uterus.
In this way, both women share part of the gestation process of their future child, providing great emotional value for the couple.