At 16 you might think you and your best mate are going to grow up, get married and have babies together. Your weddings will be a month apart (just so you can make sure each other isn’t on their honeymoon), your babies will be born at the same time (give or take a week), and you will live happily ever after.
Well, we all know you meet ‘Mr Right’ at different times; weddings take place when there’s room at the reception hall and at 16 you really know nothing about what it takes to get pregnant – besides the obvious of course. So, fast forward 15 years when ‘Mr Rights’ have been met, weddings done and dusted (4 years apart mind you) and children count 2:0 to me. So far no 16 year old fantasy is coming to fruition.
I’m getting to the crux of the story so bear with me!
No planning involved; no discussions of trying to conceive and voilà pregnant at the same time – due date 7 days apart. I don’t think it could have been scripted any better even if we tried. To my pure delight I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl 5 days before my best friend gave birth to hers.
They are like chalk and cheese, but best friends forever no doubt!
by nicolera
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