Community Magazine December 2019

*Gloria Mizrahi always wanted to have twins. Little did she know how bumpy the path would be until her dream was fulfilled. Here is her story, a real tale of emunah and revealed miracles.  Gloria and her husband Jacob were blessed with a baby girl less than a year after they got married. When their firstborn, Melanie, was just five months old, Gloria became pregnant again. As she always wanted to have twins, the first question she asked the doctor at the initial examination visit was, “Am I having twins!?” The doctor informed her that she was only carrying one baby. At that point, Gloria had not yet had a sonogram. The doctor had only listened to what he thought was just one baby’s heartbeat. And Then There Were Two… When the time came for Gloria’s 20-week sonogram she was very excited. She knew this pregnancy felt different than the first, and she assumed it must just because she was carrying a boy, and boys are different! Jacob was set on going to work that day, requesting that Gloria simply bring home a picture of the sonogram to show him. Gloria, however, insisted that he come along, and so he did. Gloria was very eager to see her new baby on the sonogram screen. The sonogram technician came in, greeted them, and started to take a look via the sonogram. After about five seconds the technician quickly removed the handheld sonogram mechanism from Gloria’s abdomen and picked up her chart. “What’s wrong?!” Gloria pressed. “Nothing is wrong,” said the technician, “we just seem to have the wrong folder here. You’re not Gloria Mizrahi, right?” “I am! That’s my name, and that’s my folder,” insisted Gloria. “What seems to be the problem?” “Well it says you’re having one on the chart, but you’re having two,” the ultrasound technician responded. Gloria and her husband were taken by surprise. After recovering from the initial shock they calmed down and asked a few questions., First Gloria wanted to know the gender of the babies. The technician informed her that both babies were girls, and then she hurried off to call the doctor. The next hour Gloria’s doctors, nurses, and technicians were in and out of the room, checking on the babies with several sonograms, and other tests.  Bad News Follows Good One of the nurses began to tear up and Gloria could tell from her expression that something was very wrong. When she asked the nurse what was wrong, she assured her everything was going to be okay.  “Don’t beat around the bush,” Gloria pressed. “If something is going on, tell it to me straight. I’ll be okay whatever it is.” It was then that the Mizrahis were informed about the unfortunate truth. The babies were sharing one placenta, but The Miracle Twins FRIEDA SCHWEKY The Incredible Story of 30 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE