Woman, 56, feels ‘powerful’ to be pregnant with own son’s child

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baby after agreeing to be a surrogate for him and her daughter-in-law. Nancy Hauck, from St George, Utah, USA, is set to give birth to her granddaughter in early November and says that the pregnancy has been a "beautiful thing to do".Nancy's son Jeff, 32, and his 30-year-old wife Cambria had been trying to conceive for six years before their first children Vera and Ayva – now both three – were born.READ MORE: American school told raffling off guns in tombola is 'not the best look'Cambria was left unable to have more children after undergoing a life-saving hysterectomy following the traumatic birth of their second pair of twins Diseal and Luka, who are now 11 months old.Both pregnancies were only made possible through IVF and, when the couple decided they wanted to extend their family further, Nancy had a "feeling" she should be the one who carried their baby.She quickly shared her idea with her computer scientist son, but was still surprised, given her age, when doctors confirmed that she was healthy enough to be a gestational carrier.Jeff's father and Nancy's husband Jason then helped administer the injections as the family started hormone treatment in January and the fertilised embryo was then transferred the following month to a clinic, where it was confirmed the procedure had been successful.A delighted Nancy said: "I never imagined I would be pregnant at 56 or that this would be possible, but it is the most beautiful thing.

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.