Jessie Stephens is pregnant with twins — which feels cosmically aggressive when you remember she is a twin (to Clare Stephens — keep up, people). Especially when you consider that Jessie and Clare were raised by a woman who had two sets of identical twins herself. And yes, Anne Stevens would like the universe to calm down.
On this subscriber episode, Mia Freedman gets Jessie and Clare in the studio to unpack eerie twin intuition (just one example: Clare knew Jessie had two heartbeats going on in her womb before Jessie even told her), and the very real logistics of carrying two babies at once.
We talk:
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Why some people say “How exciting!” at the news of twins while others go instantly grey
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The science vs superstition of a twin having twins
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Miscarriage, sibling timing, and the emotional whiplash of joy and fear
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Collapsed ribs, reflux, and the indignity of sleeping upright
Plus, there’s debate about birth-room access, grandparent maths, and whether 'weird twin shit' is now officially hereditary.
It’s intimate. It’s chaotic. It’s extremely twin-coded.
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- "We lived 30 years as fraternal twins. Then, two weeks ago, we took a test."
- CLARE STEPHENS: 'The story of how I became a (very viral) meme.'
- CLARE STEPHENS: A rude stranger, a note from a neighbour and the age of utter intolerance.
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