Positively Yours by Amanda Hearty

David has. She told me to trust his instinct with the company, and go with buying a house. She even described the house to me! Although, when she said she saw two twin boys running around after Sophie I almost died. Imagine me with twins!’
    â€˜She said you would have twins?’ Erin said, surprised.
    â€˜Yeah, she said she saw two blond-haired little boys running around. David will collapse when he hears. He is still in shock about being a father to Sophie. I can’t imagine how busy we would be with another two.’
    Erin was gutted. Ula had been spot-on with her two sisters. She had told them both exactly what they wanted to hear. Yes, she had told Erin her wish would come true, but she had seemed so obsessed with lecturing Erin on looking closely at what she already had that she hadn’t really confirmed that Erin would be expecting soon.
    â€˜Why don’t you have a glass of wine?’ Alison said to Erin. ‘Sure, you can leave your car here tonight. John will give you a lift to it in the morning.’
    â€˜Oh, no thanks,’ Erin said, as she poured herself another glass of water. ‘John has some club race tomorrow, and anyway I’ve got my double yoga class in the morning, so I need to be up and organized early.’
    â€˜Well, I can give you a lift tomorrow, then,’ offered Alison.
    â€˜No, Ali, it’s OK. I’m off drink, anyway. I’ve read article after article on the effect alcohol has on your fertility levels. And as I said, even Ula herself said I need to focus more. No, if I want to get pregnant I need to take this whole thing more seriously.’
    Rebecca and Alison looked at their younger sister.
    â€˜Erin,’ said Rebecca softly. ‘You couldn’t take trying to get pregnant any more seriously. It’s all you talk about. Ula said to care about what is important. You know that could mean lots of things, from family and friends to work and, of course, John.’
    â€˜But those things are all fine,’ Erin said to Rebecca. ‘It’s my inability to get pregnant that’s the only problem in my life, so she must have meant I need to concentrate more on that.’
    Rebecca said nothing. She knew how important becoming a mum was to her sister. It was easy for her to tell Erin not to worry when she herself already had two children, but still, she thought Erin was putting too much pressure on herself.
    â€˜Well, regardless of what Ula and those reports say, I thinkalcohol has no effect. Sure, wasn’t Peter a honeymoon baby? And, trust me, I was pretty much drunk for our whole two weeks in the Caribbean! Poor old Peter was a result of an overload of Piña Coladas!’
    Erin said nothing. It wasn’t fair that both her sisters could get pregnant so easily and she couldn’t. And she shuddered to think what effect all those cocktails must have had on Peter.
    â€˜Just don’t lose focus on all the other great things in your life, Erin. You have a house that I’m insanely jealous of, and a career that most women would kill for,’ said Alison, hugging her.
    â€˜I know, I know. It’s just I want more,’ Erin replied.
    â€˜You can’t have it all,’ said Rebecca philosophically.
    Erin said nothing but just looked enviously at their glasses of wine. She resisted, though. Regardless of what they both thought, she was sure she needed to work harder at becoming a mum.
    Later that night Erin couldn’t sleep, partly because of the loud snores that erupted out of John’s mouth every two seconds. He had obviously drunk way too much. She also couldn’t sleep as she was waiting for her period. It was 3 a.m., and she was late. She knew it was only by a few hours, but technically it was Saturday now, and she was due, yet nothing had happened. Erin was always bang on time, so being a few hours late gave her a glimmer of hope. Technically she could indulge herself now, and go ahead and see if