A gathering of womb twin survivors toured Brooklyn's Greenwood Cemetery recently, home to many famous graves belonging notables such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louis Comfort Tiffany, even the Wizard from Oz. The scenic landscape includes a giant nest of parrots at the entrance gate. They escaped a shipping crate at the airport in the 1960's and have thrived here ever since despite the climate - survivors!
Interestingly, the four people on this tour were once a total of fifteen people!
3 were originally quadruplets (two: 2 females/2 males; one: 2 females/2 females) and 1 was a triplet (2 males/1 female). Two of us had born twins thus aren't just womb twin survivors but also twinless twins: one female died just after birth and the other male at 3 months.
On this occasion, not only were the unseen in marked graves, there were also unseen in unmarked graves held in the souls of us surviving twins. What a meaningful day it was for us to be together and instantly feel understood and in the company of other multiples who've walked the singleton path.
Of the 1 in 10 people who are womb twin survivors, there is an even smaller percentage of natural (pre fertility treatment) multiple survivors so it was significant that the four of were able to be together. We felt a distinction in how our multipleness differs from womb twin loss. Similar but a whole lot more. Not only were there more losses but there were multiple dynamics set up between the losses. So nice to share with others who get it.
May we all rest in peace, not only our womb twins/triplets/quads, but also those of us living and carrying the memory of our departed ones who never made it here.
In loving memory of Lawrence, Leslie Glen, Lilly, Jennifer, Jude, Momo, Finn, Molly, Sarah, Patrick, and Samuel.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Multiple Womb Twin's visit Greenwood Cemetery
A gathering of womb twin survivors toured Brooklyn's Greenwood Cemetery recently, home to many famous graves belonging notables such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louis Comfort Tiffany, even the Wizard from Oz. The scenic landscape includes a giant nest of parrots at the entrance gate. They escaped a shipping crate at the airport in the 1960's and have thrived here ever since despite the climate - survivors!
Interestingly, the four people on this tour were once a total of fifteen people!
3 were originally quadruplets (two: 2 females/2 males; one: 2 females/2 females) and 1 was a triplet (2 males/1 female). Two of us had born twins thus aren't just womb twin survivors but also twinless twins: one female died just after birth and the other male at 3 months.
On this occasion, not only were the unseen in marked graves, there were also unseen in unmarked graves held in the souls of us surviving twins. What a meaningful day it was for us to be together and instantly feel understood and in the company of other multiples who've walked the singleton path.
Of the 1 in 10 people who are womb twin survivors, there is an even smaller percentage of natural (pre fertility treatment) multiple survivors so it was significant that the four of were able to be together. We felt a distinction in how our multipleness differs from womb twin loss. Similar but a whole lot more. Not only were there more losses but there were multiple dynamics set up between the losses. So nice to share with others who get it.
May we all rest in peace, not only our womb twins/triplets/quads, but also those of us living and carrying the memory of our departed ones who never made it here.
In loving memory of Lawrence, Leslie Glen, Lilly, Jennifer, Jude, Momo, Finn, Molly, Sarah, Patrick, and Samuel.
Interestingly, the four people on this tour were once a total of fifteen people!
3 were originally quadruplets (two: 2 females/2 males; one: 2 females/2 females) and 1 was a triplet (2 males/1 female). Two of us had born twins thus aren't just womb twin survivors but also twinless twins: one female died just after birth and the other male at 3 months.
On this occasion, not only were the unseen in marked graves, there were also unseen in unmarked graves held in the souls of us surviving twins. What a meaningful day it was for us to be together and instantly feel understood and in the company of other multiples who've walked the singleton path.
Of the 1 in 10 people who are womb twin survivors, there is an even smaller percentage of natural (pre fertility treatment) multiple survivors so it was significant that the four of were able to be together. We felt a distinction in how our multipleness differs from womb twin loss. Similar but a whole lot more. Not only were there more losses but there were multiple dynamics set up between the losses. So nice to share with others who get it.
May we all rest in peace, not only our womb twins/triplets/quads, but also those of us living and carrying the memory of our departed ones who never made it here.
In loving memory of Lawrence, Leslie Glen, Lilly, Jennifer, Jude, Momo, Finn, Molly, Sarah, Patrick, and Samuel.
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