Twins in the shadow of a dead baby

Abstract

This paper focuses on the emerging experiences of twins. Their story is created from observations during their journey from 13–29 weeks. Various themes from ongoing patterns of their behaviour illustrate their relationships with self, the other twin, their mother and myself as observer. The twins’ story is co-created within various emotional-social-relational combinations including their individual experiences, their experiences in various dyads, triads and the quadruplet group of twins, mother and observer.

Keywords:

• Twins
• maternal depression
• dead baby