PROVO, Utah (AP) — A 58-year-old Utah woman is set to give birth in a few weeks — to her granddaughter.
Julia Navarro is serving as a surrogate for her daughter and son-in-law.
In an undated photo Lorena McKinnon, right, feels her mother Julia Navarro's womb for movement of McKinnon's daughter that will be born in about a month. McKinnon has never been able to bring a baby to term so McKinnon's 58-year-old mother, Navarro, is having the baby for her. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Al Hartmann)
Lorena McKinnon says after struggling with fertility issues, she and her husband tried to find a surrogate.
After several offers fell through, the Provo woman says her mother stepped up and offered to carry the baby.
The couple says by having Navarro as a surrogate they're saving about half the $60,000 typical cost of using a surrogate.
The baby is due in early February.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/1a40CaE) Navarro's doctors had said that because of her age, there was a 45 percent chance the implantation would be successful.
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