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 62 GOOD LIVING