Table of Contents
Prologue 1
1 Bedtime Stories 5
2 The Bowling Green 8
3 Nanny Fox 10
4 Grammar School 17
5 The Problem 25
6 The Bank 32
7 Meeting Graham 37
8 The Gazelle 47
9 Telling Graham 57
10 The Wedding 64
11 The Annual Check-Up 71
12 Early Treatment 76
13 The Fertility Clinic 80
14 Adoption 87
15 Sickness 96
16 Telling the Parents 104
17 The Royal Liverpool 108
18 Liverpool Maternity Hospital 117
19 Too Soon 127
20 The Day Arrives 137
21 The Operation 144
22 After the Birth 152
23 Making the News 155
24 The Morning After 158
25 Meeting the Girls 165
26 Headline News 172
27 The Tiniest Patients 178
28 Registering the Births 182
29 Were Going to Need a Bigger House 187
30 Coming Home 195
31 The New Routine 202
32 The Christening 207
33 Six Buggies 225
34 Mishaps, Accidents and Illnesses 236
35 Assessments 249
36 Stars of the Show 253
37 Going to School 262
38 The Multiplying Masses 272
39 The Caravan Years 279
40 Going Places 288
41 Parent-Teacher Evening 297
42 Teenage Kicks 307
43 Leaving the Nest 316
44 New Opportunities 325
45 Six Little Miracles 332
Epilogue 343
Acknowledgements 346