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The child conceived to give life.

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1992

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Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) demands a living compatible donor. Some parents will conceive a child "for BMT". These pregnancies have three main characteristics. The traumatic situation of the impending death of a child, the inevitable uncertainty of their issue, of BMT results, the intrusion of biology into the family dynamics.