A woman who was born without a womb has become a mum after a stranger on Facebook offered to be her surrogate. Laura Curtis, 29, and Lewis Batterham, 31, welcomed their daughter, Wren Batterham on 15th May weighing 8lbs 4oz at Grange University Hospital, Cwmbran, Wales, after their surrogate, Chloe Thomas, 31, gave birth via an emergency c-section.
It's a dream come true for Laura who was born with Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome - meaning she was born without a womb or a uterus and unable to ever carry a baby. Since being diagnosed when she was just 16, Laura didn't think she would be able to have her own children.
But after meeting her fiancé Lewis in July 2016, a porter, she discovered she would be able to biologically have her own child but not carry it - as her ovaries were functioning so doctors could extract her eggs. After putting out a post on Facebook about her condition, stranger Chloe Thomas, 31, reached out asking if she could be the couple's surrogate.
