A few years ago, we found out we were expecting our fifth child. A month later, we learned it was twins, and a month after that we learned that one of them most likely had Down syndrome. We knew that God had plans for this pregnancy, but it was a lot to take in. I […]

Our twins, Gianna and Chiara, shouldn’t be here, according to medical professionals. At twenty weeks gestation, it was discovered that the twins had Selective Intrauterine Growth Restriction. This meant that the placenta they shared was unevenly divided (though it was unclear how unevenly at the time) and one twin, Chiara, was receiving only a fraction […]

Oh, your due date is still months away so you have plenty of time to pack your hospital bag? If you’re having a singleton, this might be true, but you never know. If you’re having twins, triplets, or more, I hate to break this to you, but your babies don’t care. Maybe they will wait […]

“You’re having twins.” Nothing quite prepares you for those words.

I remember lying on the exam table, staring blankly at the screen. My mind was racing. How on earth could I have twins? We already had three kids under five—how could I handle two newborns on top of the chaos I already was living in?