Pick Me Up!

A MOTHER’S LOVE

Peering at the pregnancy test, I held my breath in anticipation as I waited for the results. ‘Well, what does it say?’ my husband, Jake, 37, asked.

‘It’s negative,’ I sighed.

Jake and I had tied the knot in June 2011, and had started trying for a baby straight away.

Jake had his son Daysen, 15, from his first marriage, and I loved our little family.

However, I always wanted a baby of my own

Almost as soon as we began trying, I shared any updates with my mum Angie, 53.

We both worked in the same county court, in Utah, USA, so she was always there whenever I needed her.

Her office was just across from mine where she worked as an administrative assistant and I was a legal secretary.

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