Julie Loving saw how heartbroken her daughter Breanna Lockwood was over her struggles to conceive, and offered to be her surrogate – at the age of 51
A 51-year-old woman has given birth to her own grandchild as a surrogate after he daughter struggled to conceive.
Breanna Lockwood, 29, had tried desperately to fall pregnant but suffered heartbreaking losses.
After four agonising years of trying everything including IVF with husband Aaron, 28, they thought their dreams of a family were doomed to failure.
That was until her mum Julie Loving made an offer that would make their dreams come true.
The fit and healthy grandma, who has run 19 marathons, offered to become the couple’s surrogate.
Breanna, from Chicago, Illinois, documented her family’s experience on her Instagram account ivf.surrogacy.diary, which is followed by nearly 150,000 people.
She laid bare her tough journey to motherhood having fallen pregnant twice but tragically suffering losses both times, including twins.