Couple who have tried for baby for 10 years now expecting FOUR... as both the mother AND her surrogate are pregnant with twins

For more than a decade, Misty and Brian Baker have tried for a child without any luck.

But now, with the help of their best friends, they are making up for lost time - as they are expecting FOUR babies after both Misty and her surrogate fell pregnant with twins.

When the Bakers, who live in Seattle, Washington, were drained financially, physically and emotionally by two failed sessions of IVF, their best friends in Kokomo, Indiana stepped in.

'Miracle': Misty Baker, with her husband Brian, has struggled to get pregnant for 10 years so a friend is acting as a surrogate. Yet doctors put eggs in both women and now both are pregnant with twins Good friend: Amber Pluckebaum, pictured with her husband Brian, said she wanted to be a surrogate for her best friend as she knew what it was like to lose a child after suffering a miscarriage

'I want her to know what it's like to hold her own baby, and that's really the root of what got me even thinking this,' best friend Amber Pluckebaum, who has two young children of her own, told RTV6 .

Amber, who once suffered a miscarriage like her friend, added: ' My arms literally ached for the want of holding my own baby when I had my miscarriages, and nobody understood.'

So along with her husband Brian, Amber offered to act as a surrogate to her best friend, who had only just recently left Kokomo for Seattle.

'When she said she'd be willing to do it, it just felt so right and natural,' Misty said.

Last October, Amber was implanted with embryos created by Misty and Brian Baker in Indianapolis. Dr William Gentry placed the two healthiest in Amber, and decided to put the remaining four in Misty.

Shared experience: Misty, left, is expecting a boy and a girl, while Amber is expecting two girls



Best friends: Misty, right, said that when Amber, left, offered to become a surrogate, it seemed so natural

'Why not both of you try? I mean, who knows?' Gentry told RTV6. 'I think her thought was, "Sure, why not? But it's not going to work with me. It never works."'

To Misty's shock, she fell pregnant with twins, a boy and a girl, who will be named Connor and Hope. Her best friend Amber fell pregnant with two girls, Madison and Victoria.



The women felt 'just complete and utter shock,' Amber said. 'The doctor was as shocked as we were.'

Dr. Gentry said that he had never had both the mother and the surrogate get pregnant with twins at the same time - but believes that by Amber undergoing IVF as well, she relaxed.

Amber said she asked: 'Well, do you still need me? And the doctor said, "She wouldn't be pregnant without you."'

Brian, Misty's husband, added: 'We really feel like she was the missing piece that not only allowed us to have the children that she's carrying for us, but also have these two.'

While the friends are sad that they are not sharing their pregnancies together, they regularly Skype, with Misty appearing on a large screen during a baby shower held for her in Kokomo.

Check ups: The babies in Indiana will be flown to the Baker home in Seattle after their births in June



Shock: Dr William Gentry said he has never known both mother and surrogate to become pregnant with twins

Brian plans on travelling to Indiana for the birth if his wife has already given birth to their first twins. The women are both due in June but doctors do not expect them to reach full term.

Brian Pluckebaum, father to Amber's two children, aged four and six, said that they will not struggle with handing the babies over to their parents when Brian Baker comes to meet them.



'I'm done changing diapers,' he joked. 'I'm done waking up at 3 in the morning and getting two hours of sleep at a time. No problems at all. Here you go Brian and Misty.'

Misty, who has decked the house with four of everything - from cribs to potties - added that she cannot wait for her son and daughters to arrive.