Chapter 6
No Show
Megan tried to switch off from the indignity of having her legs splayed and strung up in stirrups, while a bespectacled doctor thrust a speculum into her v****a. It was quarter past three and Laurie still hadn’t arrived. Using an ultrasound as guidance, the doctor gently inserted the blastocyst into her uterus through a thin catheter. She bit her lip and tried not to tense up. This was her eleventh or twelfth embryo transfer. With only three embryos left, there was a lot riding on this.
In the first year, Laurie had always held her hand during the procedure and stroked her hair. Afterwards, he’d driven her home and given her cups of peppermint tea and massaged her feet. She’d meditated and visualised a tiny seed bedding down in her womb and blossoming into a baby.
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