Chief bridesmaid acts as a surrogate for her gay friends 

A bridesmaid gave her friends the best wedding present ever – by acting as a surrogate for their first child together.  

Deri Rogers-Wood, 27, and husband Ben, 30, from Cwmbran, near Newport, tied the knot in 2015 with ten bridesmaids by their side.

But it was chief bridesmaid Sadie Cox, 40, who gave them the incredible wedding gift – offering to be birth mother to the couple’s future baby.

And now, two years later, she has given birth to a little boy named Lotan Blue Phallon Rogers-Wood, weighing 8lbs 3oz.

Proud father Deri said: ‘It was a very long birth but Sadie was amazing. It lasted two days.

Sadie fell pregnant straight away and finally gave birth to Lotan Blue Phallon Rogers-Wood – who has a full head of dark hair – on October 3 at hospital in Newport

‘Sadie flew through the pregnancy. She said it was the best pregnancy she’s had. We are so happy and it is the best feeling in the world knowing that our baby is here.

‘I kept everyone updated about the birth and we have had so many lovely comments from people.’

Sadie already has four children but wanted to help longtime friends Deri and Ben have their first child together.

Lotan was conceived using Ben’s sperm and a donor egg in a £7,000 procedure at a private clinic.

Pub manager Deri said: ‘Sadie was adopted herself and she says she knows what it’s like to be brought into a loving family. I’ve known her for over ten years and she even introduced me and Ben back in 2013.’

Proud father Deri (left) said: ‘Sadie flew through the pregnancy. She said it was the best pregnancy she’s had. We are so happy and it is the best feeling in the world knowing that our baby is here’

The process to prepare Sadie’s body for the pregnancy took a year as she had to boost her oestrogen levels with tablets and had nightly hormone injections before the embryo was implanted in January 2017 (pictured here with baby Lotan)

Sadie with Deri, who said of his chief bridesmaid: ‘I kept everyone updated about the birth and we have had so many lovely comments from people’

The process to prepare Sadie’s body for the pregnancy took a year as she had to boost her oestrogen levels with tablets and had nightly hormone injections before the embryo was implanted in January 2017.

But she fell pregnant straight away and finally gave birth to Lotan – who has a full head of dark hair – on October 3 at hospital in Newport.

Sadie said: ‘I knew I wanted to do this ever since Deri and Ben got together and I know they will be the best parents.

‘I can’t wait to be in this little boy’s life as a friend of the family and I am so proud to have been a part of this. He is going to be very loved.’

Sadie (centre) joins the wedding party in 2015. Now, two years later, she has given birth to a boy named Lotan Blue Phallon Rogers-Wood, weighing 8lbs 3oz

Pub manager Deri (right) said: ‘Sadie was adopted herself and she says she knows what it’s like to be brought into a loving family. I’ve known her for over ten years and she even introduced me and Ben back in 2013’

Sadie (fourth left) fell pregnant straight away and finally gave birth to Lotan – who has a full head of dark hair – on October 3 at hospital in Newport

Chief bridesmaid Sadie said of Lotun: ‘I can’t wait to be in this little boy’s life as a friend of the family and I am so proud to have been a part of this. He is going to be very loved’

Ben and Deri chose 10 female friends plus Sadie as bridesmaids to make their big day a truly white wedding – inviting each of them to wear their favourite dress.

Deri – who already has son Maccaulay, aged nine, from a previous relationship – said: ‘I figured every wedding needs a wedding dress – so why not 10?’

Both men were there for the birth as Sadie gave them the gift of a lifetime.

Giving thanks to Sadie, Ben added: ‘Thank you so much for giving us this opportunity because without you this may have never happened.

‘I can’t thank you enough now we’re home. Love you to the moon and back.’