It is the first ever medical case of its kind and a Canadian medical the ethics committee has given its authorization for the extraction of the eggs, which will be kept frozen for years to come.
If Flavie Boivin should become infertile, her 35-year-old mother's eggs could make it possible for her to give birth without any complications. The child would be not only her offspring, but also her half-sister or half-brother.
The girl was born with a genetic disorder called Turner syndrome, which can lead to premature menopause and infertility. The disorder often leaves women incapable of producing eggs but with healthy wombs and some patients have given birth with donated eggs.
However, the daughter is under no obligation to accept the eggs and if she decides not to have children, then the hospital is allowed to donate the eggs to another couple.
"We know that this technique works," Seang Lin Tan, professor and chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at McGill University in Montreal told AFP. "We find that 85 percent of the eggs survive freezing and then there is 40 percent chance of a live birth."
The mother, Melanie Boivin, a lawyer from Montreal, has three children, including Flavie. The case was revealed Monday at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Lyon, France.
