Birth

  • Meeting Ivy and Amelia (Part Two)

    Meeting Ivy and Amelia (Part Two)

    It feels strange to be writing this during the month that the twins turn 16 months old and six months after I finished part one. It feels like this experience should have been easier to put into words, but it hasn’t been. I have a lot of conflicting emotions about the way that the twins…

  • Meeting Ivy and Amelia (Part One)

    Meeting Ivy and Amelia (Part One)

    On this day last year, I found myself in Labor & Delivery at 29 weeks pregnant with my twins. I had started experiencing what felt like very light contractions earlier in the day, and as they picked up throughout the day, I went in to get checked out. The nurses confirmed I was indeed experiencing…