Both My Newborn Twins Had Down Syndrome, So I Left Them at the Hospital—But Before I Reached My Car, a Nurse Came Running After Me Screaming, “WAIT! WHAT THEY TOLD YOU ABOUT YOUR BABIES ISN’T THE WHOLE TRUTH!”

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“There’s another problem.”

I stopped.

“What?”

She hesitated.

“Because you signed the relinquishment paperwork, social services has already been contacted.”

My heart pounded.

“They’re going to take them?”

“They’re trying to place them.”

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“Together?”

The nurse looked down.

That was when I knew.

“No.”

She shook her head.

“There’s already one family willing to take one of the  babies.”

“One?”

“They said they aren’t prepared for twins.”

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The parking lot seemed to disappear around me.

“You mean they’re going to separate them?”

“That may happen.”

Something inside me broke.

I had imagined those two babies together for months.

Two cribs.

Two blankets.

Two little heads sleeping side by side.

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