"Ask and you shall receive" Indeed this is true and here's my proof. When I found out I was pregnant with twins, I was a nervous wreck. On the outside I was the picture of calm, my inside however, was a tornado of anxiety and worry. Not only were twins considered a handful and double the attention and care, they're survival rate was significantly lower than having singles. Multiples are known for either arriving prematurely, being born underweight, not being developed completely. In some rare cases, one twin "eats" the other. This is where one twin gets everything, all the minerals, nutrients and vitamins, that mommy ingests, leaving twin two to pretty much wither away. Don't forget the Siamese twins, God forbid they're joined at the head, much less ANYwhere for that matter. I never wanted IDENTICAL twins, I wanted two individuals, two different faces, personalities and separate genders would be a plus.
My constant, fervent prayer while I was pregnant was
1. Please let them come FULL term.
2. Please let them me OVER 6.5 lbs. [average twin weight was 5lbs.]
3. Please let them be FULLY developed, sight hearing etc.
4. Please let them be individuals, dissimilar features.
Well my due date, based on ultrasound and physical examination, was for November 10th. For the first seven months of my pregnancy, I didn't enjoy food, not even fast food. I ate tons of vitamins [courtesy of Sasha Dixon] and they did nothing towards my appetite, they did help however in developing awesome kids. [Get to that later] I drank soda [my only vice]and water. During the last trimester, my appetite returned with a vengeance and I tried to eat everything in sight. Just trying to play catchup to the seven months I hadn't been eating for and basically trying to up the babies' weight to at least 7lbs.
During my second ultrasound, I discovered that I had separate babies in separate bags [ALWAYS A PLUS] this meant, one baby couldn't steal the other's nutrients, that they wouldn't be identical and that I could have natural birth, no cut pan me pretty belly. I also found out that there WAS a little boy in there in addition to another little girl. {#4}[Blessed I tell you.]
I made it [and attended work, no less] all through October, my prayers were already answered in my opinion. If I had baby November 1st, I'd have been happy, two weeks shy of my due date was far better than two months shy, you feel me?? My next clinic date was November 10th, my due date. On the 9th I urged Dariece, [my wonderful husband] to have rough sex with me. WHAT?? All of you are grown, suck it up! I even drank that Red Stripe beer I had been eying in Denese's fridge. I asked Gariece again to repeat what he had done earlier.
At 9:30 am on the 10th of November my doctor exclaims, "but wait, you did know you already dilated 5cm??" {#1}I was ECSTATIC!! Nothing could have made my day any better. At about 11:30 am after registering, having Gariece drop off my suitcase, wishing me good luck and beginning my countdown, I was given meds to speed up the process. By 1:30 pm me a scream fe me mada, fe Jesus, fe God, fe de chorus of angels, fe de doctor, fe Barney, fe Big bird, anybody wha me think couldan help me.
Thirty-eight minutes later at 2:08 pm I had successfully [pushed] given birth to two healthy babies, GJ weighed 6.5 lbs and Angelique weighed 6.9lbs. {#2} Both had all the necessary appendages. All toes and fingers, two nipples, two eyes, a fully developed heart, no holes etc. Absolutely perfect. {#3} I am truly blessed and so are my kids.
