They didn’t expect it, but my grandma was one of those cases.
She was born in 1938, and she was her mother’s first pregnancy, so no one really knew what to expect. Everyone just thought she had gained some weight and told her to be more careful.
When she gave birth, two baby girls were born. As many people know, twins are often born early, before the full 40 weeks, and they’re usually much smaller than single babies.
The nurses washed the babies and wrapped them in blankets, then handed them to their mom. The doctor told her to take them home and enjoy the time they had left together because he didn’t think they would survive.
But the twins surprised everyone and lived to be about 55 years old. Sadly, they both passed away within just a few weeks of each other, from different causes.
This is my grandma in 1957, on her wedding day.
