The Happy Pod: My best friend had my baby
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What extraordinary promise did Daisy make to Georgia at 15?
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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... It wasn't the end of the world because I knew that that was probably how she was feeling. What did you actually offer? What did you say? So I would have said, don't worry, I can carry for you. I'll have a baby for you. It was always in my mind something that I knew I would do for Georgia.
It didn't really go any bigger than that in my brain because it was never mentioned again. And Georgia, what's your memory of when this was said when you were much younger? I think it was such a big thing for me to take in. I don't think I was really taking in anything that anyone was saying to me. I wouldn't have suddenly been like, right, that's it. Let's get things planned. Do you know what I mean? I think I just... I think at this age, you would understand how genuine that is. But I think at 15, although I knew it was a promise, George wouldn't have seen it like that.
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