US woman, 49, gives birth to her grandson

MADAWSKA, Maine – A 49-year-old U.S. woman has given birth to her grandson after her daughter was precluded from becoming pregnant because of a heart condition.

The Portland Press Herald newspaper reported that Linda Sirois gave birth on Aug. 13 for her daughter, Angel.

Twenty-five-year-old Angel Hebert said her baby was “eating like a champ and he doesn’t fuss too much.”

Sirois said she’s offered for years to become a gestational surrogate for Angel if a doctor said she shouldn’t become pregnant. Hebert said she and husband Brian Hebert got that word last summer.

Sirois has four children, including twins, and her youngest kids are in college.

She said she thought this pregnancy might have been her easiest.