Due to her daughter-in-law’s inability to become pregnant, a 56-year-old mother from Utah is now carrying her son’s child.
After Cambria Hauck underwent a hysterectomy that saved her life, Nancy Hauck offered to be a surrogate for her son Jeff Hauck, a computer scientist, and his wife, Cambria, 30.
Before they had two sets of twins through IVF, the couple had already struggled to conceive for six years.
However, they continued to want to grow their family, and Nancy had a “a feeling” she should be the one to have their next child.
Nancy wasn’t expecting to be able to carry a pregnancy at her age, so she was taken aback when physicians told her she was in good enough health to do so.
The fertilised embryo was implanted at a clinic in February 2022 after the family began the hormone therapy in January 2022. When it worked, they were ecstatic.
With her biological grandchild due any day now, Nancy is eager to give birth.
Nancy, an administrator, St. George, Utah, said: “I never imagined I would be pregnant at 56 or that this would be possible, but it is the most beautiful thing.”
“I never planned for it, but I had this feeling not long after Cambria’s traumatic birth that I should carry their baby.
“I told them I was willing… but I thought I would be too old.
“But to my surprise medics said I was healthy and could do it and here I am.
“The pregnancy has been very similar to carrying my son, but I’ve been a bit more nauseous.
“My husband and Jeff and Cambria have been amazing throughout the pregnancy.