There is a lot of twin jargon that you get to know when you are pregnant with multiples. Parents of multiples can throw around words like amnion, chorion, mono-mono, mono-di, and completely understand what everyone means. One of the terms that I learned was “spontaneous twins”. If the definition is not obvious, this means: twins that happen spontaneously – without the use of drugs, IVF, or other intervention. So, when my husband and I found out we were having twins, our doctor announced to the medical team that we were having SPONTANEOUS TWINS! WHOOPEE!
While medically, my doctor was correct, I didn’t know the severity of that message.
What we have learned since having the babies:
Having twins means that we NEVER have the chance to be spontaneous!!!! Having these spontaneous twins was the last spontaneous thing that we ever did. Ha!
