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A woman is pregnant with her own GRANDCHILD — after becoming a surrogate mother for her daughter.

Cathy Donnelly, 58, will welcome her seventh grandchild when she gives birth to a baby girl in three months time.

Daughter Shannon Fischer discovered she was unable to conceive due to scarring in her uterus after trying for two years with husband Jamie.

But big-hearted mum-of-three Cathy gave them a chance to become parents by volunteering to act as a surrogate for the couple.

Cathy, from London in Ontario, Canada, said: “I felt bad for them — I just thought what’s nine months of my life? They are going to have a child for the rest of theirs.

“It was long process and involved a heavy dose of fertility drugs for both of us but in the end it all paid off.

“I was standing in line for a coffee when I got a call from my doctor confirming I was pregnant. I was just bawling – people must have thought someone close to me died.

“But it has been challenging. Now I’m showing I make sure people aren’t staring or looking at me because they’re probably thinking ‘look at that old lady.’”

Michael Murray, specialist at the Northern California Fertility Medical Center, says though there have been cases of mothers acting as surrogate for their daughters before it is typically something the medical community does not advise.

He said: “Usually it’s a close friend or a sister that acts as the gestational carrier – women who are over 45-years-old are not normally in good enough health.

But grandmother-of-six Cathy was willing to accept the risks, and while she admits her pregnancy hasn’t been easy, she has had no complications so far.

Shannon plans to name her daughter, Zoey Hope Catherine, after her mum and says the experience has made her cherish their mother-daughter relationship.

She said: “It just changes your relationship 360 degrees.

“We were close before but it’s just on a whole new level. I want to be like she is to my own daughter, caring and willing to do stuff for her.”

Source: Punch