21/12/2025
When she was 15, Georgia found out she didn't have a womb - so her best friend, Daisy, promised she'd carry Georgia's baby for her one day...
"It felt like my whole world fell apart in that room, to be honest," says Georgia Barrington, remembering the moment she found out about her rare condition.
Georgia was born with something called Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) Syndrome, which means she has ovaries but no womb.
Georgia had always wanted to be a mum - and in that moment, it felt as if everything she'd ever dreamed of had gone. That's when her best friend, Daisy, made her a promise.
"Don't worry, I can carry for you. I'll have a baby for you."
But Georgia wasn't sure how seriously to take a teenage promise.
She went on to become a midwife, and it was after she'd delivered Daisy's baby Amelia for her, that Daisy reminded Georgia of the promise.
"I just knew that I wanted to be able to do that for Georgia. And I said to Georgia, you know, the offer still stands - I will carry for you," says Daisy.
As a midwife, Georgia knew all the things which could potentially go wrong. She said to Daisy, you should finish your own family before thinking about doing anything like that for me.
"If something was to happen during the delivery or the pregnancy and [Daisy] couldn't have any more children if that's what [she] wanted, that was something that weighed really heavy on me," Georgia says.
But Daisy wasn't having any of it.
"I knew that there is no way in this timeline of my life that I would have two children and Georgia wouldn't have any," she says.
So, she kept her promise - and she gave birth to Georgia's baby in October, conceived by IVF using Georgia's egg and partner's s***m.
Both women's partners were there - and everyone was in tears.
"As soon as I saw [the baby's] head, like when Daisy was pushing, I absolutely lost it," says Georgia.
Now, thanks to her best friend, Georgia is a new mum.
"I wish I could picture this and give it to that 15-year-old me sat in that GP surgery," she says. "I would not change this, like no one else will ever have what we have had. I just feel so lucky."
As for Daisy - she has no regrets about her teenage promise.
"If you can do that for someone or if you can do an act of kindness that really changes someone's life, then you should do it if you can."
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