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‘Absolutely correct Good Let’s meet Mrs Hanson’

Judith Hanson was all smiles as she walked in, and when Theo introduced Nita she ireed to let the student sit in on their discussions

‘I see froo, and your lupus was stable and in renant,’ Theo said

She nodded ‘And I’nosed—at least now I knohy I had the three es’

‘Have you had a chance to talk to your faist?’ Theo asked

She nodded ‘And I’ve read up about it I know there’s a greater risk of the baby being stillborn if roly The baby ures are one in a thousand, and I don’t have the Rho antibodies that put reatest risk’

‘You’re twelve weeks at the moment,’ he said

‘Yes, and, touch wood, I haven’t had a flare-up I know that around forty per cent of woet worse, forty per cent stay as they are and twenty per cent go into conancy’

She really had done her research Theo was impressed ‘There’s also the possibility of a flare-up after the birth,’ he said

‘Especially the second and eighth week after the birth—and it’s most likely to affect etthose teeks, just in case’

‘Sounds sensible’ But what amazed him most was that Mrs Hanson knew all the risks but had still been prepared to put herself through it for the sake of having a child The same kind of bravery that Madison would show The kind of bravery he somehow needed to learn ‘I’m impressed that you’ve read so much’

‘If you knohat’s going on, it takes most of the worry out and means the risks are calculated—you knohere you are,’ she said simply

‘So you probably already know I’ll want to see you more often than my mums-to-be who don’t have any co to your rheu an eye on your blood pressure—and I’m afraid I’ll need extra blood tests, too’

She nodded ‘I’ve got a list of the signs for pregnancy-induced hypertension—and I don’t sh rest, and ly healthy’