Ankur Desai

Plus the young feminists putting their own spin on an ancient Alpine tradition.

You're listening to The Happy Pod on the BBC World Service.

We start with a story of love, friendship and an extraordinary teenage promise.

Georgia Barrington was just 15 when she learned she'd been born with ovaries but no womb, a rare condition called Meyer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome, or MRKH.

So her best friend, Daisy Hope, promised that she would carry her baby for her when they were older.

Despite her heartbreak, Georgia continued with her dream of becoming a midwife.

And after delivering Daisy's baby, her friend became her surrogate and gave birth a few weeks ago.

They've been speaking to Emma Barnett, starting with the day the GP broke the news to Georgia.

At the time, she may as well have just said to me, you will never have children.

I remember that's all what I felt like I heard.

It was devastating.

It felt like my whole world fell apart in that room, to be honest.

God.

I'm sorry.

I always knew that being a mum was something I wanted, and it just felt like...

everything that I'd ever dreamed of was gone.

And I think I kind of shut down a bit.

So I think Daisy reached out to me, having heard it through our dads, really.

I think me being the person I was just wanted Georgia to feel OK.

And the best way for me to do that was to give her some hope that...