UK woman to have baby for daughter

LONDON - A British woman said yesterday she was going to give birth to her own grand daughter in an unusual surrogate pregnancy…

LONDON - A British woman said yesterday she was going to give birth to her own grand daughter in an unusual surrogate pregnancy. Ms Edith Jones (51) had embryos created from her daughter Suzanne's eggs and son in laws sperm implanted three weeks ago. Doctors say she may be expecting twins.

The family decided on a surrogate birth two years ago when doctors confirmed that Suzanne (21) was born without a womb.

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