A 51-year old woman gives birth to her own granddaughter

Gran Sherri with Mila

A 51-year old woman, Sherri Dickson, has given birth to her own granddaughter, ABC News reoports.


Mrs. Dickson, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, bravely stepped in when her daughter Mandy found out she couldn't carry a baby.

Mandy, who wed hubby Jamie Stephens in 2013, had managed to get pregnant by IVF but lost the baby early. Docs warned her the chances of again having a premature birth were high.

They faced a choice, adoption or surrogacy.

It was then that Sherri stepped in to volunteer to carry her daughter and son-in-law’s baby.

On the third attempt Sherri, from North Dakota in the US, got pregnant with her own granddaughter.

Gran holds her lovely granddaughter Mila

It was made all the more amazing by the fact that the 51-year-old suffers from the debilitating disease MS, a condition that attacks the immune system.
Beautiful Mila was born a month ago and Sherri is the proudest gran in the world.

Sherri told ABC News: “Watching your child lose a child is the definition of sadness.

“I can’t describe it any other way. It breaks your heart.

“I decided that if they needed somebody to carry their child, I would volunteer.”

Although the pregnancy was easy, Sherri admitted the birth was difficult.

She added: “I was very fortunate, I was playing tennis a week before I delivered, and working out with my trainer, but the delivery at 51 was way harder than the delivery at 33 with my last baby.

“There are times I look at her and say 'We did that, you know?’ We gave her what she wants'.”

Source: ABC News, The Sun