This is me.
A very pregnant me with my twins, six years ago now. Actually it was around this time of year in 2009 that I found out I was pregnant, although I didn't know I was expecting twins until quite a few weeks later!
How big is that tummy?
This was taken a couple of days before I went in to have my C-section in August, and by this point (35 weeks) I'd had enough. My tummy was incredibly heavy, as you can imagine it would be with two good sized babies inside, I was uncomfortable and everything was a struggle, but on the flip side of that I was also very attached to my bump and I didn't want it to go.
I loved being pregnant with all of my children. Four children but three pregnancies! It's such a beautiful, special time that I found indescribably magical. I know not everyone feels this way but apart from the early weeks with this one when I didn't feel well, I loved every minute.
My twin pregnancy was obviously double that feeling. I felt brilliantly smug and clever at times that I had conceived twins, as though it pushed my Mummy status up a notch! I was just so proud.
However, my pregnancy was fraught with complications from the start and was very stressful. I needed to do all I could to ensure the wellbeing of my tiny sons and by this time in my pregnancy, after weekly specialist scans, I knew I was almost there. My boys had got to a good weight and this was the point my doctors had all hoped for so it was really the happiest time of my pregnancy.
After months of worrying, my identical twin boys were born healthy 🙂
I did love my tummy though, I look at this now and want to go back in time to experience it all over again, just for a little while!
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