56-year-old Utah grandmother delivers grandson as surrogate

A 56-year-old woman has helped her daughter-in-law become a mother by carrying her baby after a rare cancer diagnosis and a series of life-changing surgeries left the younger woman unable to carry a pregnancy. Jessie Boren volunteered to become a gestational surrogate for her daughter-in-law, MaKayla Boren, after she was diagnosed with uterine sarcoma at the age of 25.The couple, MaKayla and her husband, Jordan Boren, had preserved embryos before her hysterectomy, hoping to keep the possibility of having a biological child alive. Their journey eventually led to Jessie carrying their baby, who was born via C-section three months ago.Speaking to TODAY.com, MaKayla opened up about her cancer diagnosis, the difficult decisions that followed and how her mother-in-law’s extraordinary gesture helped her realise her dream of motherhood.MaKayla Boren was diagnosed with rare cancer weeks after starting graduate schoolMaKayla began graduate school in the fall of 2023.