Exhausted but beaming with pride, Ashlea North wears the smile of a woman who has just given birth to a healthy baby. But her labour was unlike any other – because it also gave her best friends the gift of parenthood.
John Michael and Natalie Holt, who were both present for little William’s birth, will become his dad and mum when they adopt him.
The heartwarming arrangement came about after Natalie, 40, and John, 37, struggled to conceive naturally. By the time they met Ashlea, 30, and her husband Lee, 35, in 2019, the couple had been trying for a baby for more than seven years.
And when Natalie was told she was unable to produce eggs or carry a surrogate’s eggs, Ashlea stepped in to offer hers. She was artificially fertilised with sperm
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