Two's company, three's a crowd.

And I thought twins were bad! Boy was I in for a suprise. They were four months old...just old enough to have personality, which made it fun. I love the talking and cute noises they make. The mother had tried to have another child, but had hemorrhaged several times. They ended up planting their sperm and two eggs in a surrogate mother. The doctors said one egg had about a 60% chance of surviving, an the other about 12%. Well...they both survived. One split into identical twins, and the other was also fertilized leaving them with triplets. Bet they weren't expecting that! The twins were Jonah and Robert. They painted two of Roberts finger nails red so we could tell them apart. The third one, weighing in at a grand 16.7 pounds at the last doctor visit is...Maximus. I kid you not. It made me laugh on more than one occasion. He was kinda like one of those big bullies who run to mommy as soon as they get scared. He was a very sensitive baby, and needed lots of reassurance.

I learned alot on this job about emotions and babies feelings. Did you know that the emotions of the mother that carries them are downloaded, so to speak, into the baby? For example...towards the end of this pregnancy, the surrogate mother got to the point where she didn't want them anymore. She was tired of being pregnant, she wanted it over. And the late afternoons were her hardest times of the day. By the end of the day, she was ready for it to be over, and it was just a miserable time of day for her. Well...guess what? These babies (especially Maximus) were extra sensitive. They were insecure and they didn't feel wanted. In the late afternoons, they were the most fussy. They cried, and it was just a miserable time of day for all of us. Its so interesting to me how God creates us. I've heard other stories too. This one lady went all her life feeling like someone was following her. She felt like she was being hunted down, and she lived her life in fear. When she shared this with Marie, the lady that's been training me, she told her to ask her mother what happened while she was pregnant with her. This lady comes to find out that while her mother was pregnant, the father tried to kill her several times. She was constantly hiding from him and running for her life. The emotions were transferred to the baby. Once she realized this she was set free from all those feelings that had been haunting her all her life! Anyone thinking on having children, stay happy and positive while you're pregnant. You'll have happier babies.

L-R . Maximus, Jonah and Robert