56 years old Grandmother acts as surrogate for her son
An American grandmother, identified as Nancy Hauck acted as a surrogate for her son and daughter-in-law, and she gave birth to Hannah, her granddaughter.
Cambria Hauck, Hannah’s mother, told TODAY Parents in September that she was unable to carry another baby after having already delivered two sets of twins.
She underwent an emergency hysterectomy after experiencing placenta increta following her previous delivery.
Cambria and Jeff had intended to use their saved embryos from past in vitro fertilization procedures for a second child, but Cambria didn’t want to endanger her life, so Nancy Hauck, Jeff’s 56-year-old mother, stepped in.
In an interview with TODAY Parents, Nancy, a mother of five, said she could feel this calling to offer to carry for them.
“I knew I was too old. I knew it wasn’t going to be possible, even though that’s exactly what happened. I just felt I needed to tell them I would be willing to do it.” she said.
“When Nancy came to us, I know most people would probably be like, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s crazy,’ but it didn’t feel like that, there was just so much peace around the whole conversation and around the whole experience,” Cambria told TODAY Parents.
