A 55-year-old grandmother has given birth to her own grandchild – because her daughter was born without a womb.

Emma Miles, who already has two of her own children, gave the ultimate gift by offering to be a surrogate for her daughter, 31-year-old Tracey Smith, who feared she would never have a child of her own after being diagnosed with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome (MRKH).

Because Mrs Smith’s ovaries still worked normally, she used IVF with her husband, Adam, 40, to create an embryo which was then implanted into Mrs Miles.

Even though Mrs Miles had already been through the menopause, she was able to be a surrogate because the baby was created from her daughter’s eggs. Her womb was healthy enough to carry a child, though she needed to shed six stone (38kg) to reach a healthy weight and needed hormones to ensure the pregnancy took.

Tracey’s dad Robert Miles, 61, was also very supportive. He put it in writing through a solicitor that he and Emma would happily give parental rights to Adam and Tracey once the baby was born.



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