Surprise dear “I am having Twins”

N holds me accountable for the “spontaneous” twin pregnancy. Perhaps it was my obsession with Sweet Valley High books or watching the movie The Parent Trap or living with identical twin sisters but nothing quite prepared me for the ultrasound technician to say, “Congratulations its Twins.” I had gone to the Queensland X-Ray department at 9 weeks on my own – pure curiosity I am afraid with a referral in hand. I should have waited for the usual 12 week scan but I was impatient. I am the type of person who searches Wikipedia for the plot before I watch the movie, read the finishing chapters of a book half way through and certainly not one to keep spoilers from The Doctor.

I am also not known for delicacy and can be depended on saying things at the most inconvenient time.  “I’m pregnant” as N chokes on his Weet-Bix. Now in the car park I call N at work, “Surprise, I am having twins” as stunned silence permeates through the phone. Tactful comments may also run in the family as not 6 months later as I am admitted into the maternity ward four weeks early, “Have fun” my father says as he leaves for the evening.

Right before all hell breaks loose.
Moana and Adelaide’s Twin Birth Story.

Twin 1. 12 weeks.