 For more of the news you care about, straight to your inbox, sign up for one of our daily newsletters here. Speaking to People, Nancy said: "It was a remarkable and spiritual experience. Everything went perfectly and we are feeling so blessed to have her in our family." Nancy said she faced "new emotions of having a baby, but not bringing the baby home with me afterwards", adding it was a "mix of deep gratitude and some sadness from the separation." Jeff added: "How many people get to watch their mom give birth? A beautiful moment. It's really special that it gets to be my daughter." The whole family were in the hospital ( cambriairene/Instagram) Previously, Nancy was surprised when doctors told her she was healthy enough to be a gestational carrier - as she wasn't expecting it to be possible at her age and the family started the hormone treatment in January 2022, before the fertilised embryo was transferr){kind=link}
Nancy Hauck, 56, offered to be a surrogate for her son, Jeff, 32, and his wife, Cambria, 30, after her daughter-in-law had a hysterectomy following the traumatic birth of their twins
A woman who gave birth to her own granddaughter says she felt ‘sad’ after being separated from the baby. Nancy Hauck, 56, carried her son’s baby after her daughter-in-law was left unable to carry a child – so she volunteered to be a surrogate.
Her son, Jeff Hauck, 32, couldn’t have another child as his wife, Cambria, 30, had a hysterectomy following the traumatic birth of their twins. The pair had already been struggling to conceive for six years before they had twins, Vera and Ayva, now three, and another set, Diseal and Luka, 11 months, via IVF.
But they still wanted another child and Nancy had ‘a feeling’ she was the one who should carry their baby – and now she’s given birth to her own granddaughter, who’s been named Hannah..
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