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ОглавлениеThose of you who have been following the stories of the children brought up in foster care by the wonderful Hallie and Pop will have heard of Stephen—or Sir Stephen, as the boys called him when they teased. Well, he was tired of being teased and he wanted a story of his own.
I have touched on IVF in other stories, but as Stephen is a specialist this had to be a book about it. Embryologists, who take care of the eggs and sperm, are as important as the doctors—more so, according to some of them, like Francesca, especially now there is increasing use of IVM—In-Vitro Maturation. IVM saves women having to undergo a long series of injections in order to produce ripe eggs at the right time.
With IVM immature eggs are taken from the woman and matured in an incubator, and as Fran is proficient at this procedure she has ended up working with Steve on the lovely island of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific. The pure white sand beaches, the swaying palms and the heady scent of tropical flowers do the rest…
Meredith Webber
PS Marty, the playboy, gets his turn to tell his story in the next book!