Mother's Day gifts: Woman, surrogate both pregnant with twins

Best friends Amber Pluckebaum, left, and Misty Baker. Amber agreed to be a gestational surrogate for Misty. In a surprise, both women ended up carrying twins. (May 12, 2012)

Misty Baker is still weeks from giving birth, but this Mother's Dayis going to be one to remember. She turned to a surrogate after battling with infertility for a decade, and now Baker and her surrogate are both pregnant with twins.

In other words, Baker and her husband, Brian, both 35, are going from zero babies to four babies overnight.

The unexpected turn of events has made headlines around the globe, with many people shaking their heads and asking whether the Kirkland, Wash., couple got more than they asked for.

"When I tell people, they say, 'Are you freaked out?' They are just flabbergasted," Brian Baker said.

But the couple could not be happier.

"When it's taken you 10 years to get what you have longed for and desired for so long, it's an overwhelming feeling of thankfulness and joy," Misty said.

And they feel especially blessed to have a special friend like Amber Pluckebaum as their surrogate. Without her, Misty said, none of this would be possible.

But before we get to Amber, let's go back to the beginning. Misty and Brian met through their church in Indiana when they were still in high school and started dating their senior year. Misty met Amber during a Christian mission to Ghana. There, the two became best friends. Misty and Brian married when they were 20, and Amber would also go on to marry -- coincidentally a man named Brian. The couples envisioned a future where their children would grow up together. For Surrogacy service

That did not happen.

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