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Curriculum of the Day: Remembering

About one year ago, I rose up from my doctor-ordered bedrest and went downstairs in jubilation. I had made it to 34 weeks with my twins still inside me. Getting to 34 weeks is one of the many twin benchmarks you really strive to hit. After 34 weeks, most twins are past the “danger zone” of coming too early and requiring long stays in the NICU (Neonatal Unit).  My maternal fetal medicine doctor basically told me to get up and walk around and signed off on me. Go forth and be a mother. (Little did I know it would be less than two weeks later!)

It’s so strange to read back on my old posts from around this time. It sounds cliché to say it’s like another lifetime ago, but it truly feels that way. I refer to the girls kicking me and seeing their pictures on the ultrasound, but back then, they were just a concept; an idea of children, with no understanding of what it actually means to have them in your life, everyday. Now, they are Lyra and Ripley, who giggle when you tickle them, and cry when they fall down, and pound their feet when they get frustrated. It is almost like two separate realities. It’s fascinating to look back and remember, but I’m very glad those times are over and our girls are here, sleeping downstairs as I type this post.