She signed up to be a surrogate mother — and unwittingly gave her own child away

Jessica Allen was already the mother of two boys when she decided to become a surrogate.

The pay she would receive to carry another woman’s child to term — $30,000 — would allow Allen to become a stay-at-home mom, as well as save for a new house. It would also be her “chance to give a family the blessing of a child,” her partner, Wardell Jasper, told her, according to the New York Post, which first reported the story.