51-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth To Her Daughter’s First Child

A 51-year-old mother just gave her daughter a major gift by giving birth to her baby. Julie Loving acted as the gestational surrogate for her daughter, Breanna Lockwood.

Loving delivered a healthy baby girl in an Illinois hospital on Nov. 2 with her daughter by her side.

The newborn, named Briar Juliette Lockwood, is the first child for Lockwood and her husband, Aaron, who are the baby’s biological parents.

“It was definitely a surreal process,” Lockwood told “Good Morning America” about Briar’s birth. “All the feelings came at once, just watching my mom go through everything and all she’s done for me and is continuing to do.”

Loving gave birth to Briar after being induced about 10 days before her due date. She had to undergo an emergency C-section due to difficulties with the umbilical cord, according to Lockwood.

The delivery marked the first C-section for Loving, a mom of two, whom Lockwood described as having a normal pregnancy.

“She definitely rocked the pregnancy and the birth rocked her a little bit, but she did a great job,” said Lockwood. “It was a super emotional day with lots of tears and lots of happy times and some scary times but our doctors and team were great.”

Lockwood, a 29-year-old dental hygienist, and Aaron began trying for a baby almost immediately after they wed in 2016. After one year of trying naturally without success, Lockwood began seeing a fertility specialist.

Nearly two years later, after multiple rounds of in vitro fertilization, multiple surgeries, and several miscarriages, including a pregnancy with twins, Lockwood’s fertility doctor told her that she would need to start considering surrogacy because her uterus was unable to withstand a pregnancy.

After several tests and exams, doctors determined that Loving was fit to be her surrogate. Lockwood thought her mother was “crazy,” but Loving had no doubt she could carry the baby. She has carried two children of her own and said she is the healthiest she’s ever been.

Eventually, Lockwood came around to the idea and Loving became her daughter’s surrogate. Through the IVF process, the baby girl Loving was carrying is genetically Lockwood’s and her husband’s. The only biological connection she has to the baby — besides carrying her — is grandma.