Technically, this has less to do with me and more to do with my mother.
When my mother was pregnant with me, she didn’t even know she was pregnant until 7 months into the pregnancy.
I know what you’re probably thinking: “How did my mom not realize she was pregnant for that long?”, because I wondered this too.
But apparently, according to my mom, I was not growing in her stomach, I somehow moved and was laying flat in her back, so she really didn’t notice any significant weight gain.
So when she scheduled a visit to the doctor, because she was feeling oddly sick, the doctor had her do an X-ray/sonogram, and the nurse came in with the results and said to my mom: “We figured out the issue; Congratulations, you’re pregnant with twins!”
“What?? TWINS‽” My mother exclaimed in confusion, “No, that can’t be right. I can’t take care of twins right now!”
And the nurse said “but ma’am, the results show two babies, look!” And my mom told me sure enough, there were two babies in the pictures.
This was in December 2003. In February 2004, I was born.
Just me though. My twin didn’t make it: the womb absorbed them. Apparently the technical term for that is Vanishing Twin Syndrome.
But hey, it worked out perfectly: my mom told the doctors when she was about to give birth “I am only leaving out of here with one baby!” and she got her wish.
Technically, this has less to do with me and more to do with my mother.
When my mother was pregnant with me, she didn’t even know she was pregnant until 7 months into the pregnancy.
I know what you’re probably thinking: “How did my mom not realize she was pregnant for that long?”, because I wondered this too.
But apparently, according to my mom, I was not growing in her stomach, I somehow moved and was laying flat in her back, so she really didn’t notice any significant weight gain.
So when she scheduled a visit to the doctor, because she was feeling oddly sick, the doctor had her do an X-ray/sonogram, and the nurse came in with the results and said to my mom: “We figured out the issue; Congratulations, you’re pregnant with twins!”
“What?? TWINS‽” My mother exclaimed in confusion, “No, that can’t be right. I can’t take care of twins right now!”
And the nurse said “but ma’am, the results show two babies, look!” And my mom told me sure enough, there were two babies in the pictures.
This was in December 2003. In February 2004, I was born.
Just me though. My twin didn’t make it: the womb absorbed them. Apparently the technical term for that is Vanishing Twin Syndrome.
But hey, it worked out perfectly: my mom told the doctors when she was about to give birth “I am only leaving out of here with one baby!” and she got her wish.