She announced her sons’ ʙɪʀᴛʜs on January 16, describing the process as the “wildest 36 hours”. Mᴇɪᴇʀ-Mᴏʀsɪ wrote: “Tʜᴇ ʙɪʀᴛʜ went much better than ꜰᴇᴀʀᴇᴅ – I got it ʙᴀᴅ ᴀʟᴏɴɢ the way, but it was not ɴᴇᴀʀʟʏ ᴀs ʙᴀᴅ as last time. I remember I was ɪɴsᴀɴᴇʟʏ sᴏʀᴇ when I woke up after the ᴛᴡɪɴs’ ᴄᴇsᴀʀᴇᴀɴ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ… but this ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ ʙᴇʟʟʏ is in a different league”.
She admitted that three days before the boys were due, she told her husband “I’m not ready!”. She wrote: “I seriously do not feel ready for three babies. I naively thought that I would get ready at some point that I would feel a joy that the ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ is coming to an end and that we should finally meet our trio. But if it were not for the ᴇxᴛʀᴇᴍᴇ ᴘᴀɪɴ, the ᴛʀɪᴘʟᴇᴛs would have to stay in the sᴛᴏᴍᴀᴄʜ for a month or three more. I’m nothing short of scared out of my wits! Yesterday I wanted to curl up in a corner and sob over how unmanageable it all seems.
She also shared a photo of her postpartum ʙᴇʟʟʏ 10 days after ɢɪᴠɪɴɢ ʙɪʀᴛʜ, saying it had “already become significantly smaller” but was “heavy and incredibly painful”. Mᴇɪᴇʀ-Mᴏʀsɪ said: “The last few days, the sᴛᴏᴍᴀᴄʜ has felt like a big black mark, it even hurts to breathe be exciting and nerve-racking to see how my body plans to heal”. She added: “The cesarean section is not bothersome unless I have to cough, sneeze or vomit. But my intestines roll around in the big cavity, which is both uncomfortable and hurts. My uterus lies right next to the skin and is super sensitive — the slightest touches hurt. And the last few days, the sᴛᴏᴍᴀᴄʜ has felt like a big black mark. It even hurts to breathe”. ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ will look different on every woman, with factors like whether it is her first ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ, body composition or multiple babies affecting the size of a pregnant ʙᴇʟʟʏ.
She continued: “Every three hours our routine starts. Three babies need to be puzzled, woken up, bottles need to be warmed up, one baby needs to be breastfed, two babies need to have a bottle, a nursing baby needs to have a bottle, and finally they need to have the remaining milk on a tube. I have to pump and Mark has to sterilize bottles and clean up. It usually takes 75 minutes. And there we have a nurse to help us.”
It doesn’t help that her twin daughters have been acting out while their mom was away. The mom wrote: “They are angry, defiant, enormously bored and simply unruly and rude. They miss us and definitely feel let down to some degree. And it’s completely understandable.” The parents ultimately decided that Mark would go home with the girls and Michella would stay with their sons at the hospital.
And while hopefully thing will eventually even out for their family, right now Michella seems understandably torn. She explained: “I want to go home to my girls, give them love and security and a fixed framework. And I want to give the boys the best start in life and myself the best start in childbirth and breastfeeding.The two things just can not be done at the same time”.