Why must I be made to feel ashamed of my own baby? Mother of Britain's 1,000th surrogate child reveals her struggle after infant was handed over to her in a hospital car park

In the murky world of surrogacy the law still struggles to keep up and the NHS is still clearly uncomfortable with its inevitable role in the booming, yet still deeply controversial, industry. 


Little Theo Croft, the bundle being handed over by the pay and display machine like dodgy stolen goods a few weeks ago, has the honour of being Britain's 1,000th surrogacy baby born through Childlessness Overcome Through Surrogacy, an organisation set up by Kim Cotton, who in January 1985, became the UK's first surrogate (inset). But she faced public opprobrium and went on to admit she had been left feeling 'heartbroken' and 'cheated' by the experience. Amy Croft, 32, from the Midlands, was born without a womb and introduced to Gemma Sanderson (pictured far left with Amy and far right with Amy and Kim) - who gave birth to baby Theo.