Today is my birthday, and I’m happy to be here and be a year older.
You see I shouldn’t have survived pregnancy.
My twin didn’t.
“Why?” I hear you ask. My mother’s blood is A- & my father’s (& mine) is A+.
Those in medical fields might know that a pregnancy like this causes the mother to develop antibiotics that kill off any subsequent babies.
I’m a second born child, my mother had my sister 9 years before me & lost a baby before becoming pregnant with me.
“But these days women with negative blood just had antiD injections” I hear you say... yes they do & I thought my mother had them with me, but it turns out she didn’t know about the antibody issue until after I was born!
In a post natal appointment with her doctor he asked about her blood group & recommended antiD for subsequent pregnancies.
So I’m lucky to be here, most babies would have died in utero.
My twin did, & I miss them.
Especially at this time of year.
But like the Gemini twins I look forward to the time when we will be united again. In spirit & riding the wind together.
