Anybody who knows Leanne and Darren will know that they have been through a lot in the last year and a half, so their friends and family really feel that they deserve a helping hand with the costs of creating a family of their very own through surrogacy.

As Leanne friend and coworker I got to see a lot of the day to day pains and ailments that she went thought. There were numerous occasions where we would find her laid out on the floor in the office because it was the only way she could be comfy or because she was feeling that light headed that it was the only way she could be sure she wouldn't injure herself or the baby. The day she ended up sat on the floor behind the till point on the shop floor because she had gone that light headed, she wasn't sure she would make it to the back of the shop. Each time she got another pain or started to struggle with something else we all just assumed that she was just having a rough pregnancy. None of us would have guessed how it was going to turn out.

We had so many fantastic moments too, such as dinner breaks buying little outfits that their baby girl would just have to have and seeing two little girls in identical pink outfits pushing identical pink prams and wondering what their baby girl would be like.

Leanne did absolutely everything that she could do, right. She rationed herself on seafood (to anybody who knows her, this one wasn't easy!) and she didn't do anything at work that she thought could cause any harm. Darren was at home treating her like a princess, working long hours and then doing everything he could to make sure she didn't do more than she should be doing.

When Leanne was told that the baby was dilating quicker that it should be and that she had to be extra careful and that there was a good chance that the baby would be here early the race to get to 24 weeks began. It was horrible to see how Leanne was feeling, you could see that all she wanted to do was protect her baby girl.

After the appointment where she was told she would need a stitch put in to try to keep the baby in for as long as possible it really started to go wrong, whist she was in having the procedure done on the 25th of April, her waters broke. She was 23 weeks pregnant. She was kept in Jessops Hospital in Sheffield being watched and checked whilst everybody counted down the days and hoped this baby girl would stay in for as long as possible. Everybody knew that the second they needed to get her out they would do it.

Then on the 6th of May their world crashed. It appeared that Leanne had developed an infection, it then came to light that the baby also had the infection.

In the early hours of the 7th of May, Leanne's mum Tracey messaged me to say that the baby girl had not survived and Leanne was now really ill and in a coma. I have never felt the way i felt in that moment. Devastation for the loss of a beautiful baby girl Enya and the fear for the life of best friend. I could not imagine how her family were feeling.

The fight to figure out what the horrible infection was began and it was eventually figured out that it was Ecoli, which was is the placenta that she shared with Enya. The Ecoli spread into her blood causing her to get Sepsis. It not only took away Leanne and Darren's perfect girl, Enya. It also took away their hopes of naturally conceiving another baby of their own as Leanne, at the age of 32, had to have a hysterectomy.

Leanne spent eight days in a coma with no knowledge of the awful situations that were unraveling around her. Seeing her laid in a bed, covered in tubes and surrounded by machines was something that will be etched into my mind for the rest of my life. Whilst in hospital she had to over come Pneumonia and a swelling on her brain. She looked so fragile and it really hit home just how poorly she was. But the fighter in Leanne was not ready to give up! She is the strongest person I know and beat everybody expectations and got herself home sooner than anybody expected her to.

They both went through more than one horrific event that they should never have to have gone through. Darren had to stand by and not only deal with losing his baby girl Enya, but then also watch his fiancée fight for her life. Leanne came out of hospital with the mind set that she was lucky to be alive and that she just wanted to help others going through the things she had gone through.

Due to the coma, Leanne never had the chance to say goodbye to her baby girl Enya, she was cremated on the 25th June 2018.

Their fight hasn't ended with Leanne coming out of hospital and going back to work. She had to go back in to have her gallbladder removed and they both have to battle everyday with all the things that Enya should be part of.

I can not think of anybody else who is more deserving of a family of their own as Leanne and Darren are, it is unfair that it will be so difficult for them to make this happen. This is why every penny we can raise together will make a huge difference and get them one step closer to their goal.

Together we can give the gift of life to two amazing people.