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THE CHEST OF drawers in the hall of Gillian Barrett's East Kilbride home is obscured by new baby cards. Scores of them have been squeezed onto its ample surface. The overspill sits on the coffee table in the sitting room, and two matching Moses baskets fill the windowsill. Squishy, rattly toys and feeding bottles are scattered about.
It is the everyday paraphernalia of 21st-century parenting, taken for granted by most young couples, but for Gillian and her husband Gary, it is something they feared they would never experience.See the full content of this document
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Twins Rock Cradle
Their four-week-old twins, Carly and Joni, were conceived with the help of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Carly and Joni are the first twins for Cradle, Scotland's biggest and most active regional group for couples experiencing fertility problems.
"There were times when we thought we might not ever have a baby," says Gillian, looking as serene as a renaissance Madonna, an infant nestling in the crook of each arm.Like the television sports pres...See the full content of this document
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