One Grandmother's Sacrifice For Her Granddaughter

A grandmother in Texas has given birth to her own granddaughter.

According to the Daily Mail, Tracey Thompson gave birth to her granddaughter, Kelcey McKissack on Wednesday. The 54-year-old had volunteered to carry her own grandchild to term after daughter Kelley McKissack, 28, struggled with her fertility.

Kelley and her husband Aaron McKissack, 33, had tried unsuccessfully for years to have a baby on their own. They underwent multiple infertility treatments only to suffer three heartbreaking miscarriages – the last of which happened on Christmas day 2014.

Down to their last four fertilized embryos, Kelly’s mum Tracey offered to be a surrogate for them – despite being seven years postmenopausal.

Tracey was simply delighted that she was able to help:

“It is such a blessing that I can do this for my daughter,”she said in a recent interview,” Her and her husband had gone through so much – the miscarriages and fertility. I didn’t want to disappoint her.”

After undergoing a series of treatments to once again prepare her body to carry a child, one of her Kelly’s remaining embryos was successfully implanted in April 2015.

“It’s been many years since I was pregnant,” said Tracey. “The second trimester was great! The first and third were really tough.”

Baby Kelcey (a combination of Kelly and Tracey’s names) was born via an emergency c-section after the baby’s heart rate dropped during labour.

“She’s beautiful, she’s just perfect,” added Kelly, “the best gift for a lifetime.”

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21 Comments

- - mom57619 said
  - 26 Feb 2016
    9:04 pm
Such a beautiful gift for her family.

- - serotonin said
  - 22 Feb 2016
    5:37 pm
Amazing that things like this are about to happen. She looks amazing for 54, too. Beautiful.

- - BellaB said
  - 21 Feb 2016
    7:52 pm
This is lovely, but also feels a little weird.

- - mom156049 said
  - 11 Feb 2016
    10:57 pm
What a beautiful thing to do for your daughter and son inlaw.

- - madlac2 said
  - 26 Jan 2016
    10:10 pm
That’s a great bond that Mother and daughter share, not many have a mum like that.

- - curlytops said
  - 20 Jan 2016
    10:30 am
How fantastic. What a special thing to do for your daughter.

- - youngoldlady said
  - 11 Jan 2016
    12:02 am
What a great gesture from the mother to help out her daughter.

- - Nas01 said
  - 10 Jan 2016
    12:12 am
Lovely story and what a fantastic mother and nan.

- - mom101628 said
  - 09 Jan 2016
    8:48 pm
Good on the mother for doing this for her daughter – and I’m sure she didn’t once consider it a sacrifice. I’m sure all three are doing well and loving their special relationship.
- mom93821 replied
  
  10 Jan 2016 , 6:17 am
  I agree with you – it is not a sacrifice, rather the best gift you can give to your child.
- - coastalkaryn said
  - 09 Jan 2016
    7:30 pm
a true blessing x

- - crystalangela said
  - 09 Jan 2016
    5:21 pm
Such a wonderful gift to give life to their child.

- - mom160421 said
  - 09 Jan 2016
    4:58 pm
Being post menopausal and pregnant is very interesting. I’m sure doctors would have been very interested in how her body and hormone levels changed during the pregnancy.

- - mom93821 said
  - 09 Jan 2016
    4:32 pm
A generous and beautiful act by this Grandma. I have read a number of similar stories and the acts of love are heart warming.
- mom94125 replied
  
  11 Jan 2016 , 1:08 pm
  yes i agree, it is really nice to hear these lovely outcomes for people!
- - Mummytoabeautifulprincess said
  - 09 Jan 2016
    2:44 pm
What a beautiful gift. Such an amazing thing to do for her daughter.

- - mom90758 said
  - 09 Jan 2016
    2:27 pm
It’s just amazing! What a great gift she did to her daughter! I really admire her for what she did. 🙂

- - mom94125 said
  - 09 Jan 2016
    1:40 pm
yeah that is really sweet! obviously, she would do anything for her daughter and that is so loving. you just can’t measure a selfless act like that!

- - linaianna said
  - 09 Jan 2016
    12:59 pm
What s special gift for her daughter

- - mom165081 said
  - 09 Jan 2016
    10:22 am
This is the second such instance of this type of birthing act I have read about. Very generous. Congratulations to them all.

- - Naomi said
  - 09 Jan 2016
    9:18 am
I’m not sure what to think about this. In one sense good on them. Although On another level there are so many issues to consider. The poor grandma recovering from a c-section at 54. It’s a complicated relationship as she isn’t the genetic mother but she is the birth mother of her grandchild. The body does weird hormone connections with your birth children – increased stress responses when she heard her cry, producing milk, and a protective instinct for that particular child. The grandma may struggle on more than she realises because of the special connection.