The Midwife's Longed-For Baby

The Midwife's Longed-For Baby
Caroline Anderson

A marriage worth fighting forObstetrician Nick Jarvis and midwife Liv had the perfect marriage – until not conceiving the baby they ached for tore them apart.But separation has only compounded how much they need each other, and now they’re working together again, delivering babies every day! It could be their chance to rekindle their relationship, but only if they can rediscover the sheer joy of loving – the one thing that will make their marriage whole and give them the courage to try for a baby again.

A marriage worth fighting for

Obstetrician Nick Jarvis and midwife Liv had the perfect marriage—until not conceiving the baby they ached for tore them apart.

But separation has only compounded how much they need each other, and now they’re working together again, delivering babies every day! It could be their chance to rekindle their relationship, but only if they can rediscover the sheer joy of loving—the one thing that will make their marriage whole and give them the courage to try for a baby again.

Dear Reader (#uc0e24db0-ac17-5c9f-bec0-f3fe1e31bb79),

I felt moved to write this book to try and understand the rollercoaster of emotions that is infertility. My daughters are of an age when they and their friends are having families, and it seems that for quite a few of them the road is far from straightforward.

What do they go through? How do they feel? How on earth do they cope with the endless setbacks, the inevitable despair that every failed attempt at pregnancy must give rise to? And when it takes its toll—as it often must—what then?

For Nick and Liv, with a brilliant marriage and so much love to share, working in the business of babies means they are constantly surrounded by the ‘success’ of others whilst they are ‘failing’. And they do what many couples seem to do: they stop communicating, withdraw into themselves and in doing so destroy their marriage.

Do they miss each other? Yes. Do they miss the endless rounds of hope and despair? Not at all. And that’s the stumbling block. They aren’t happy apart, but they weren’t happy together.

So what now? I had to get them back together and throw them headlong into a situation where they have no choice but to talk. Enter fate—me playing God again and then sitting back and waiting for them to work it out.But it wasn’t easy for any of us.

Did I succeed? I hope so. I’ll let you be the judge...

Caroline x

The Midwife’s Longed-For Baby

Caroline Anderson

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

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For all those whose infertility stories have

touched my heart, and for the very many more whose

stories I have never heard but who are themselves

travelling this emotionally challenging road

with courage. My heart aches for you.

Contents

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Dear Reader (#u9f2ceaf9-344f-5704-aea1-0932a503abef)

Title Page (#ucf46df69-f76b-544f-b0ec-d8a55db97adc)

Booklist (#u4903eff4-9aa5-59be-9633-77a950911a6f)

Dedication (#u710f338a-6955-537e-8f10-d0e2a08cbf24)

CHAPTER ONE (#uf62ab7cc-9cf2-537f-83f0-8ab198edbc7f)

CHAPTER TWO (#u3cbb9b14-0028-5b6d-98e8-2ac0f98340cd)

CHAPTER THREE (#u265070fe-2fdd-5070-bedf-91707c848753)

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