A month ago The Tweanies tested some star bibs from Beauty and the Bib and we were very pleased with the product that we tried. They were comfortable, funky and did the job that we needed them to do. Esther … Continue reading
Kentish Express
On the 24th July 2010, at just 27 weeks gestation, Esther and William were born. I am grateful that every day they are growing bigger and stronger. I am grateful that they can do all the things that other babies … Continue reading
Another month has passed And day by passing day We’ve made it through together Through the month of May And as we come out the other side We look back at the journey Examine the ride Reflect on how we’ve … Continue reading
Today the twins are ten months old. Where has that time gone? Before we know it they will be one! This month has been another incredible month for us and I will post soon about May’s Milestones. Today I just … Continue reading
This month I am going to be writing a series of posts about weaning. The focus is going to be on my experiences of weaning Esther and William, of weaning premature twins. As part of this series of posts I … Continue reading
In January 2010 my fiancé, David, and I started our fifth cycle of ICSI in the hope of getting pregnant and having a baby of our own. We were starting to wonder if IVF was ever going to work for … Continue reading
This time last year I was 14 weeks pregnant with Esther and William. Because we knew it was twins and because we had IVF we had lots of early scans showing us our babies developing. We really were very lucky in that respect. From 12 weeks they started to look less like aliens and more like babies. Things started to feel real. We were going to have not one baby but two!!
I loved going for scans though I was alway anxious that something would not be right, we had been warned by our clinic about vanishing twin syndrome and a higher risk of miscarriage throughout the pregnancy. It was a time of joy but also of worry. I did not have a very active pregnancy as I was so frightened that something would go wrong.
The scans were like a window into another world. A private silent world that Esther and William were already sharing and learning about each other.
When the babies were born at 27 weeks we were given another window, an opportunity to see first hand how babies develop at such an early stage. We saw with our own eyes what most parents see only on a scan photo. It helps to look at prematurity in that way sometimes, an opportunity to witness human development at its earliest stages.
Esther and William were so tiny and so perfect and it was a privilege to be able to watch them grow from kidney beans to aliens to mini athletes to proper podgy babies.
Today for the Friday Flashback I wanted to think back to those earliest of days and to remember the excitement of being pregnant and the thrill of growing new lives inside of me. It really is a wonderful thing we do.
Here are Esther and William at 13+5, less than 14 weeks later they were born x
When I first started Edspire it was a website for my Year 5 class to use as part of the curriculum and in ICT clubs. They each had a page of their own to edit and publish. It was a … Continue reading
My whole reason for starting blogging was to welcome Esther and William to the world. My beautiful daughter and her brother, my son, born on the 24th July, 13 weeks too soon. They spent 59 days in NICU and looking at them now, you really would never know.
My musical memory is of the beginning of their tiny lives and the soundtrack to those early days.
This is Wires by Athlete with photos of Esther and William at their beginning.
THE VIDEO ON FACEBOOK (should it not work here!)
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