Midwife, 28, who was born without a womb reveals she is going to deliver her own baby from her surrogate best friend
A midwife who was born without a womb will get to deliver her own baby - after her best friend offered to be her surrogate.
Georgia Barrington, 28, from Maidstone, Kent, was diagnosed with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome aged 15 - meaning she was born without a uterus and unable to ever carry a baby.
The midwife's childhood best friend, Daisy Hope, 29, joked as a teenager that she would carry her baby and that promise has now come true.
When Daisy welcomed her own daughter, Emilia, three - who Georgia delivered - she offered again to help her best pal 'experience' being a mother - and that time, Georgia took up the generous offer.
Medics implanted embryos - created from Georgia's extracted eggs and fertilised by her partner, Lloyd Williams', 31, sperm - in Daisy and they were all delighted to find that she was pregnant on the second try in February 2025.
Now, 23 weeks along, Georgia has been able to share every step of the pregnancy journey with Daisy and will get to deliver her own baby in October 2025.
Georgia said: 'It was always my dream to be a mum. I was born without a uterus. I knew I couldn't carry my own baby.
'At the time Daisy wasn't super maternal and she said "I'll carry your baby" but it was kind of a joke. But that promise always stuck.'
Daisy, who is a head of a school weekend programme, said: 'Naively as a teen you say "I'll carry for you," I was always meant to do it.
She continued: 'At 16 I genuinely did mean it. I realised how incredible it was [to be a mum]. If I'm able to do it, Georgia deserves it.'
Georgia had always felt she had a maternal instinct and was devastated when she learnt of her MRKH diagnosis aged 15.
She said: 'It felt like the end of the world at the time. I thought "what am I going to do?" That's what I wanted.'
When Daisy fell pregnant with her first daughter, Emilia, Georgia was there to share the special moment with her. The midwife said: 'I delivered her daughter. She told me "you have to experience this".'
Daisy added: 'Emilia was only little and we went for a coffee in Costa. I said it still stands and I want you to know I'll still carry for you.'
Georgia then started looking into surrogacy and was lucky to receive individual funding via the NHS to cover £5,000 for her egg collection and the creation of embryos.
Receiving the NHS funding changed the midwife's attitude to the prospect of having a child, she said: 'It felt a bit more affordable.'
When Daisy welcomed her own daughter, Emilia, three - who Georgia (pictured together) delivered - she offered again to help her best pal 'experience' being a mother - and that time, Georgia took up the generous offer
Georgia and Lloyd, a welder, still had to spend £15,000 on the IVF process and Georgia had her egg collection in October 2023.
The couple spent the next year going through counselling and health checks before her first egg transfer in October 2024.
Georgia wanted to surprise her partner and family with the news of the pregnancy so her and Daisy attended the appointment in secret.
After 14 days Daisy got a positive pregnancy test and revealed the exciting news to her family.
However, at their seven-week scan Daisy and Georgia were told the baby wasn't progressing normally and at nine weeks Daisy suffered a miscarriage.
This didn't deter the best friends. Daisy went for her second transfer on January 31, 2025.
Detailing how they discovered Daisy was pregnant for a second time, Georgia said: 'We were on FaceTime on day five and Emelia pulled out a box of pregnancy tests.
'We got carried away and she did one and we saw a faint positive line. Each day the lines got darker.'
Georgia and Daisy were able to have an early scan at six weeks.
The mother-to-be said: 'I saw a little heart beat. It felt like "OK, this could be happening".'
However, Daisy's first trimester wasn't smooth sailing. She suffered episodes of bleeding - which led to all the family being worried.
Georgia said: 'Being a midwife, I know too much - I see more of the unfortunate cases than the normal person. I've been extremely anxious.'
But now, at 23 weeks the pals and their families are feeling excited and more relaxed.
Giving details on how Georgia has stayed connected to the pregnancy, she said: 'You can tell her tummy is getting bigger. Every little symptom she messages me.'
Daisy also bought Georgia bond touch bracelets - so when Daisy feels a kick she can tap her bracelet and it will buzz on Georgia's corresponding bracelet.
The baby is due in October and Georgia will get to deliver it. The mother-to-be said: 'She's delivering in the hospital where I work. It feels surreal.'
Daisy added: 'It's going to be magic. I can't wait to see Emilia and them be best friends. We're in this together.
'If you have a loved one or someone you really cherish and you're able to do this I would definitely encourage it.'
WHAT IS MAYER ROKITANSKY KUSTER HAUSER?
Rokitansky Syndrome, or MRKH (Mayer Rokitansky Küster Hauser), is a congenital abnormality characterised by the absence of the vagina, womb and cervix.
Women suffering from the condition will have normally functioning ovaries, so will experience the normal signs of puberty – but will not have periods or be able to conceive.
The external genatalia are completely normal which is why MRKH isn't usually discovered until women are in their teenage years.
Many women are able to create a vaginal canal using dilation treatment, which uses cylinder shaped dilators of different sizes to stretch the muscles.
However, if this is unsuccessful then surgery will be used to stretch the vaginal canal.
Following treatment women are able to have intercourse and can have their eggs removed and fertilised to be used in surrogacy. However, those without ovaries won't ever be able to have children because they don't produce any eggs.
It affects one in 5,000 live female births, according to an 1985 article in the Journal of Reproductive Medicine.
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