Lots of relationships don't survive 1 couldn't believe
dhy1mpkit when they said
IVF and I was very lucky that I felt
in a solid enough position to make
the decision to go it alone.
they could see
Rebecca: There were moments
towards the end that it felt li
weren't supporting each other
because we were so worn out. But I'll
always respect David for the fact that
he never blamed me, even though it
was my issue...
Natasha: I'm sure we nearly got
divorced three times! At the
beginning, we used to have
arguments all the time, but then
we said, 'Right, we're only going
to talk about it for a set time every
day and that's it.' That really helped.
Did anyone suggest any weird tips could see a heartbeat and then
for helping you to conceive?
Natasha: I used to eat the core of a Gary: We took so many tests before b wouldn't change it for the
pineapple -I heard it would make
your uterus really sticky and help the every day until we went back to the Natasha: I think I was quite selfish
embryo attach. I didn't let Wayne
wear tight pants, get in a Jacuzzi or were lots of tears of joy.
carry his phone in his pocket. I used
to call him at work to check he
wasn't sitting down for too long.
Can you describe the moment you
found out you were pregnant?
Rebecca: With the triplets, I cried. birth because you don't have
think it was disbelief, that first day, i afterwards.
we just thought: 'What are we going
to do?'
Natasha: I was really naughty and you haven't spent any time with and and triplets because it is hard work
a heartbeat - and
then a second one!
took a test at home the day before
we were due to find out. I didn't
sleep the whole night and ther,
when the clinic confirmed it, we
both cried for an hour.
Nick: l'd done a test, so I knew I
was pregnant, but a week before
my six-week scan, I had a bleed. I
really thought that was it. I couldn't
believe it when they said they
you've only known for minutes. It's
something you can't explain to
someone who's not a parent; you
can't prepare yourself for it.
Has parenting changed you?
Nick think having wanted this for
so long, l've never worked so hard,
had so little sleep and yet felt so
invigorated. Being a parent is a really
big challenge and lots of hard work,
a second one!
we could believe it. We took one
clinic and had it confirmed. There
world. I enjoy my life more now
before, whereas I'm not any more
I always think of Ethan first.
Gary: It's definitely matured me as a
person; I'm more relaxed. With work
and life, you can get quite uptight,
but actually, those things don't
bother me any more because I know
when I go home and see my little
boys' faces, everything is OK. And
I also have a newfound respect for
mums especially mums of twins
s there anything you wish you'd
known before you became a parent?
Nick: All those parenting books
on my bookshelf -I really should
have read them before giving
Gary: I think it's astonishing how
much you can love someone that
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