Category: Poems

Author: Katrina Weynberg

Our Twin Pregnancy with Antenatal Anxiety 

“You’re having two babies!” the sonographer said as she re-scanned me at my dating scan. I walked into that appointment thinking that I was pregnant with one, yet there I was having two! I was told to return back in two weeks to find out what kind of twins they were. From that moment, my antenatal anxiety began and before I knew it, two weeks was my new norm, as we were deemed a high risk pregnancy!

At the following scan, I received the news that I was carrying MCDA Twins; identical twins with two sacs sharing ONE placenta. I was told that every two weeks, I would be undergoing checks and scans to ensure that my twins were not experiencing Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS). Carrying this knowledge, had me researching, stressing and spiralling and I truly needed antenatal support. I felt so isolated not knowing anyone else that was a high risk pregnancy. Everything we thought we knew about pregnancy went out the window and my partner and I found ourselves feeling so alone… 

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Author: Abbey Free

As I lay in bed,  I find my mind race 
I’m exhausted by life being so fast pace
But when it slows down, even for a day 
I find myself not even wanting it that way 

Being a mum, comes wherever you go…
Even at night when times running slow 
You want to switch off, you want to have a break 
But you’re minds always going, how much more can I take

But then when you wake up and your kids smile at you
You know there’s nothing in the world you’d rather do 
Times goes by so incredibly fast
& you start to realise this time doesn’t last 

In the blink of an eye your baby is gone 
And then the next stage, well it doesn’t last long 
You want to soak it all in, and enjoy every day 
But there’s lots said in society that get in your way

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