L.A. surrogate defies parents’ wishes, gives birth to baby with heart defect amid legal battle

A baby born with a rare heart defect is now at the center of a bitter legal dispute between the child’s biological parents and the woman who gave birth to the baby as a surrogate. McKenna West, 28, of Alaska, agreed to act as a surrogate for Los Angeles couple Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar. […]A baby born with a rare heart defect is now at the center of a bitter legal dispute between the child’s biological parents and the woman who gave birth to the baby as a surrogate. McKenna West, 28, of Alaska, agreed to act as a surrogate for Los Angeles couple Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar. […]