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Due Dates, Midwives and Old Wives Tales

by Donna Bruschi on Nov 30 2021
Twins always arrive early. Right? That's An Old Wive's Tale. I look at my striated belly with the doughy soft puckers that have never flattened back into that gentle swell that used to be my belly. If my twins had been early, I would not have this. At 36 weeks, my belly was a gigantic, unblemished orb. I had 1 or 2 stripes at 37 weeks. Ar 39 weeks, my midwife and I were laughing at the incredible, angry red vortex radiating from my bellybutton. The stripes were something out of a science fiction story. Like a chick pecking the egg from the inside, it looked like my stomach was getting ready to rip open.