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Aurora & Dawn

I always knew that older women or those taking fertility drugs had a greater chance of having twins. It came as a great shock when I realized that my 34 year old sister Jenna, who had undergone IVF with her husband Clarke, had a single baby boy Lucas-Clarke, and I 5 years younger at 29, and a first time mum had naturally conceived fraternal baby girls!

I was delirious. Every baby is a blessing, but two is miraculous. It put an entirely new spin on things. Even when I was shopping, buying colour coordinated baby-gros and matching cot-covers and plush toys, people would smile at me in the aisle and say "twins?". Most of all I was happy that my beautiful daughters would enter the world and grow up, not alone, but sharing a strong and unseverable bond with another human being.

We named them after their birth, and decided on the names Aurora and Dawn, as Aurora means "dawn" in Latin. Rory and Dawn are 18 months and a true blessing to have.

Hannah

I always knew

I really believed from early menstruation that I was going to have twins. My cycle was never regular...and sometimes I called a period "my double period month" where I believed I skipped one month period and the following month would have a "double".

I was not sexually active as a young adult so there was never any fear I was pregnant. Just never "regular". I was not shocked when the OB told me she wanted me to have a sonogram because she thought it was a multiple pregnancy.

There are no twins in my family. My girls are the first. Not identical...but many people cannot tell them apart. I love being a mom of multiples!!

Gina

And finally, Marc and Maeve

I have a 2 y/o boy, Nicholas, and a 4 y/o girl, Zahra, along with a 6 y/o boy, Anthony. I didn't know I was pregnant until 4 months. I had no signs. My period was never regular. It was twins.

I was due in four months because the babies were quite large even for single babies standards. I went shopping with my husband and kids, watched them paint the nursery lime green, asemble the black furniture, fold all the baby clothes. I made a check, stacking the diapers and then we took a photo and shut the doors until the babies were born.

I went to my 6 month check up and found out that I was actually a month farther along. 8 weeks passed and I was still pregnant. I was glad and even looking foreward to labour. My check-up said I was 4 cen. but I had no contractions.

4 days later I was leaking my water slowly in a movie theater. I stood up slowly and was walking very carefully, breathing deeply and nonetheless pushing a double stroller hallfway out the parking lot when it popped. I was wearing a dress so nobody noticed.

I drove home and put the kids to bed, calling my mom to come over and my husband home from his mothers house. He arrived home 20 minutes later with his mother. He drove me to the hospital and the mothers stayed to watch the sleeping kids. We got to the hospital and I wasn't having contractions. They pronounced me 7 cen. and they had to keep me. Nothing happened and at 7 AM my mom brought the kids by to see me. The nurse walked in and kicked everybody out and told me I was 9 centimeters at the exact same time I felt a huge contraction.

10 minutes, alot of pushing, and 3 little kids sitting on my bed with me later I got to hold Marc, at 7 pounds even. Then, 2 minutes later out came Maeve, at 7 pounds 1 oz. I left the hospital 4 days later. I am now a happy parent to Anthony, Zahra, Nicholas, Marc and Maeve. I get to spend 830 until 3 with them and that has helped me alot with five children, it works out great.

Collette Jane Hanson

suprise

I already have 2 boys, but always wanted one more. My youngest son has cf, the dr.'s told us we shouldn't get preg again b/c of the risk of having another child with cf. Things were rough and we decided to part ways. I met the love of my life. He has no children and love mine dearly. I wanted another baby. We tried.

When we finally concieved we were on cloud nine. At 9 weeks the baby's heart stopped. We were both crushed. We tried for months and nothing happened. My youngest was hospitalized in August. He had to have surgery to fix the vp shunt in his brain. I spent some time in the chapel praying for him. I asked God, please give me one more chance. 8 weeks passed.

I was so happy, pos. test. I went to my first appointment and found out I was having twins. When God blesses you, He goes all the way. I am having fraternal boys. I am now 20 weeks and waiting. God is good....

chasity

Twins?

I am 10 weeks pregnant with twins. Me and my husband have been trying to conceive for about a year. We have two other children ages 9 and 4. At my first OB I was 9 weeks. They did an ultra sound and found two heart beats. Neither one of us could believe it. There has never been twins in my family and there hasn't been none in his in 45 years. This came to us has a total shock. We are very excited and expect to have them July 4 2008.

Tamela