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Take Two

	Price £7.95	BAAF, November 2008 ISBN 978 1 905664 48 1

Our decision to put off the baby stage was never a conscious one. Other things just happened. We spent too long being educated, did too much living and travelling and indulged our love of being together. No one ever told us that we might regret this foot-dragging, lackadaisical approach to parenthood.

Unfortunately when Laurel and her husband David decide the time is right to expand their family, things don’t go according to plan. The dream of pregnancy, parenthood and family life soon turns into a nightmare. Coping with the discovery of her infertility this candid account reveals Laurel’s personal heartache at the realisation that she cannot have a child of her own and how her world suddenly seems to be occupied by pregnant women! It examines the emotional and physical demands of IVF; the couple’s experiments with alternative therapies; how and why the decision to adopt is made; and why it is the right choice for this family in waiting.

This honest and heartfelt memoir focuses on the unusual adoption of not one, but two, baby girls. When Laurel and David finally become the adoptive parents of one baby girl they soon discover that a little sister is on the way and must decide if they want to “take two”

Take Two will help all those who are undertaking their own personal journey towards parenthood, and provides a nostalgic read for the many thousands who have successfully completed their family through adoption.

This is the seventh title in the Our Story series which aims to provide an insight into the highs and lows of adoption through the real life experiences of a wide range of families.