Best friend for life
Emma, 37, carries tot for at-risk Sophie, 29
We are a little family and Emma will always be a part of Harry’s life
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A WOMAN who was warned getting pregnant could kill her has become a mum thanks to a surrogate friend.
Doctors told cystic fibrosis sufferer Sophie Tristram, 29, that carrying a child could trigger fatal pneumonia.
Colleague Emma Grave, 37, volunteered to carry a baby for her – and 6lb 10oz Harry arrived in November.
Sophie said: “Emma was absolutely fantastic, she kept us involved at every niggle, every kick, every hiccup.”
The health and safety advisers live near each other in Wolverhampton.
Sophie’s eggs were fertilised with husband Ben’s sperm before being implanted into Emma’s womb.
Sophie said: “Still to this day it doesn’t feel real and some mornings I will wake up and he’s there smiling at us.
“There’s nothing I could ever do or give her or say that would put into words how thankful we are for what she did.”
Around four years ago Sophie was told a bacteria in her lungs could kill her if she became pregnant. She said: “It was a massive blow.
“One day I was having a lift to work with Emma’s husband Paul. I told him
we were looking at surrogacy and he suggested Emma might help us.”
The following day Emma, mum to Abi, 19 and Hannah, 16, agreed to help.
She played her crucial role down, saying: “It’s just what we do for friends.”
The families were helped by surrogacy agency Nappy Endings.
SOPHIE TRISTRAM ON PAL WHO WAS SURROGATE