Welsh gran, 57, becomes oldest surrogate in UK
This six-month-old bundle of joy is the most wonderful gift Pamela Butler could have ever given her daughter.
His name is Josef and, while 57-year-old Pamela has entered the record books by giving birth to the blue-eyed boy, he will always know her as Gran.
She carried him in her own womb for her daughter and son-in-law Nichola and Mathew Pagett after her daughter discovered she was unable to carry a baby.
And this overwhelming gesture of love makes her the oldest known surrogate mum in Britain today.
Pamela, from Blackwood, said: I wanted to help Nichola more than anything – it was the greatest gift I could give her.
This Pregnancy Over 40 story was found on WalesOnline.co.uk
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Originally posted on February 27, 2011.
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