Twin carries sister’s child after cancer diagnosis

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It’s a heartwarming story about sisterhood and love, involving a selfless act.

Last week, photographer Allison Rose shared photos of two sisters posing together for a maternity shoot on Facebook along with their story.

And it’s not a typical maternity photo shoot.

In one of the photos, the sisters are holding a chalkboard that reads: “My bun … her oven” with corresponding arrows pointing to each other.

Dawn Policastro and Allison Dinkelacker from Mineola, New York, are twin sisters and super close.

So when her sister couldn’t carry a baby since she was diagnosed with breast cancer during her first pregnancy, Policastro stepped in and became a surrogate for her sister.

Now after giving birth to a boy, Hudson William, Dinkelacker’s dream came true.

“You have given us not just the fulfillment of a wish we’ve had for the last six years, but a whole new life, and a family of four we thought we’d never had,” Dinkelacker wrote thanking her sister.

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Six years ago Dinkelacker was 30 weeks into her pregnancy with her first son, Dylan, when she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. She had to start chemotherapy immediately.

Miraculously, she was able to deliver a healthy boy through an emergency C-section.

Dinkelacker has since been cancer free but her health issues made it impossible for her to have another child. Her doctors told her that she cannot carry the baby herself because it may trigger the cancer again due to the hormones in her body.

So that’s when Policastro did the unthinkable.

“Well before he even finished the sentence Dawn jumped in and said ‘it doesn’t matter because I am going to carry their child,’” Dinkelacker wrote on Facebook.

Now with the family complete, Dinkelacker is grateful and thanked her sister.

“You are my hero and I have never been more proud of you,” she wrote. “You deserve a medal of courage, of compassion, and of selflessness.”