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‘I’e,’ Madison said gently ‘We’ll see how you go But I will promise you that we’ll do the best for you and your baby’

‘Will I get it again if I have more children?’ Mrs Ellis asked

‘We honestly don’t know,’ Theo replied ‘You ht be not as severe, or it ht be worse It really, really varies But the best advice we can give you is to leave a good two years between pregnancies—if you do get SPD next ti to find lifting really hard’

When Madison had fitted the support belt and checked that Mrs Ellis had transport home, she and Theo walked back up to the ward

‘So are you happy that I knohat I’, or do you want to supervise me with some more cases?’ she asked

‘I wasn’t checking up on you,’ Theo corrected ‘I wanted to get a feel for how you worked, and I’ isn’t just for students, you know’

She looked surprised ‘What do you mean?’

‘Whatever the stage of your career, you need develop to feel stuck in a rut and be miserable The last department I worked in had a policy of job enrichment, and that worked really well If you don’t already have that here, maybe we can introduce it—and I’ll make sure I liaise with Iris, because I want the es we estions, too’

She s to enjoy working with you’

A feeling, Theo thought, that was very much mutual

Even though for the rest of the day he was in clinic and she was in Theatre, Theo are of Madison all afternoon To the point that, when their shifts ended and he found himself in the locker room at the same ti a slightly nervous look on her face, he added, ‘Look, I don’t uy in the eency department’

‘The guy in the…?’ She looked mystified for a second, then smiled ‘Oh, you mean Ed’

‘The one who called you down to Mrs Ellis,’ he confirmed

‘I’m not involved with Ed’