177: Laura was pregnant with twins

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

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🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Our story today has to do with making decisions. As a child, most of the time, life is pretty easy because you don’t have to make any decisions. Everything in your life is decided for you – what clothes you wear each day, where you sleep, what you eat, everything. But as an adult, all of that changes. You take on responsibilities, and you have to make decisions. What to do for work, who you want to spend the rest of your life with (if anyone), which house to buy – it seems like we spend much of our life trying to make the right choices. And sometimes, that can be really difficult. My guest today is Laura. She and her husband, Dan, were parents to their little boy, Louie. Then, they found out they were pregnant again – this time, with twins. And Laura was soon faced with making a decision that she never would have imagined having to make. Content warning: this episode includes discussion of pregnancy and loss. Listener discretion is advised. Resources: Laura has a friend who creates the Good Grief Podcast – hosted by Kristen Carrier and Sarah Holveck https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-grief-podcast/id1707022810 Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss Support Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/427172118636668/ Vanishing Twin Syndrome Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1520655841487780/ Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/177 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: Go to Seed.com/what and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code WHATWAS at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/whatwas and get on your way to being your best self. Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Our story today has to do with making decisions.
0:05.0	As a child most of the time, life is pretty easy because you don't have to make any decisions. Everything in your life is
0:14.2	decided for you, what clothes you wear each day, where you sleep, what you eat,
0:19.2	everything. But as an adult all of that changes you take on responsibilities and you have to make
0:27.6	decisions what to do for work who you want to spend the rest of your life with if anyone which house to buy it seems
0:36.4	like we spend much of our life trying to make the right choices and sometimes that can be really difficult.
0:44.0	My guest today is Laura.
0:49.0	She and her husband Dan were parents to their little boy Louis.
0:54.4	Then they found out they were pregnant again,
0:57.2	this time with twins.
1:01.0	And Laura was soon faced with making a decision that she never would have imagined having to make.
1:10.0	This episode discusses topics that may be upsetting for some listeners.
1:14.4	Please consult the episode notes for content warnings.
1:18.4	Real People in unreal situations.
1:27.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire.
1:32.0	And I call 911 and I'm set. broken leg from the telephone wire.
1:32.6	And I called 911 and I said, I found a baby.
1:36.1	I turned around.
1:37.5	I see a gun pointed at me close enough.
1:39.7	I could touch it.
1:40.7	She would hold our heads on the water all the time. He levels the gun,
1:43.8	pulls the trigger, and I go down. Her eyes were full of tears, but she didn't want to
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