Drinking chinese tea in a state of being completely lost and heart broken my friend Laura asked me in April this year: "I mean what is the greatest thing you ever done in your life?" Getting my driving liscence, graduating from uni, picking myself up when the man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with left me????!!!! - I looked at her and nodded but at the time I was too lost to know the answer. We were sitting in her living room which was cold as always but had become a little piece of home since I moved to the south east of China. I was about 5 weeks pregnant and completely lost. 7 months later, on November 26th when the story of Nele and Noah began and I knew what she meant. No book, no class, no one could have prepared me for what had happened until then. When two lines appeared on a stick, I entered the complete unknown and followed my heart. Flying back to Germany, feeling lost and strange in a place I had not lived in for years, slowely adjusting back to life, teaching, making new friends, passing out on my bed and getting rushed into hospital with early contractions at 30 weeks, being bed ridden for weeks, then spending a total of 8 weeks in hospital until on nov 24th labour was induced, giving birth to two healthy children - the greatest things I have ever done.
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| Nov 24th, the day |
Two days of heavy contractions, one natural birth (Nele was born at 12.01 pm on sat 26th) and one nightmare emergency c section (Noah was born at 12.25pm) later the wait was over, I was a mum and my body and mind COMPLETELY exhausted in love. The past 3 weeks have been exhausting, tiering, incredible and amazing. It took us another 2 weeks to recover until last week after being in hospital for 10 weeks total we got to go home. There are a million things to tell, a thousand moments worth writing about but with time being too short for now:
Introducing
Nele Sophie
born Nov 26th, 12.01 pm
44cm, 2370 gramm
&
Noah James
born Nov 26th, 12.25pm
53 cm, 2820 gramm
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| Nele&Noah, 3 days old. |
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| Noah & Nele, 3 weeks old |
I will tell the rest and much more as soon as I can. Thank you everyone who has been a part of this amazing journey. I love you.
Oh no! I wrote a comment here and now it is gone! :P ugh! Well, basically, it just said many, many Congratulations on the birth of your twins, much love, and hang in there! :) It has been really nice reading through your blog and catching up with you in this experience - thank you for sharing it! :) I love your babies' names! My little boy's middle name is James, too! Noah & Nele do indeed have two of the most precious little faces I have ever seen! Many blessings on the road ahead! I hope we keep in touch and maybe we can share the trials and triumphs of our November babies with each other! :D love, Janalee
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