In my first edition(which I never finished) of my Kepler Bb story, the same year that there is an actual civilization there and not just 1 family, Lisa becomes pregnant with twins.
Because of fetal diapause at 6 months pregnant(this is based on ovulation, not LMP), 1 twin goes through typical third trimester development at a time and so Lisa goes into labor and gives birth to her first twin. The contractions stop after that placenta(if it is in fact DiDi twins or fraternal twins) comes out or if it is MoDi or MoMo(For MoMo twins, the amniotic sac heals up with the baby inside, even faster if that tear in the amniotic sac on the side rather than the bottom) is , that placenta stays there and contractions stop with an intact placenta still in the uterus. If something goes wrong, in particular the tear in the amniotic sack being at the bottom and both twins coming out, a full term baby and a micropreemie are born as twins.
Alma, Lisa's firstborn, is 18 years old at this point. She is still an adolescent because adulthood in this species is not reached until the humanoid is 26 years old(This is kind of like a compensation for conception to 5 years being the gender neutral stage(where you can only tell via genetic testing if it is male or female)).
Alma uses the interplanetary communicator Robin and Lisa got years before(1 year before Lisa became pregnant for the first time) and asks about inducing lactation and adopting the other twin when it is born.
Planetary Leader 1 teleports Alma a kit for adoption and inducing lactation. Here is what is in the kit:
Lisa recommends that Alma uses her breast pump while Lisa is nursing the first twin. That way, once 3 months have passed and the second twin is born, she will have an ample milk supply for the baby.
The way I wrote it in the first edition, once the second twin was born(which 5 years later is found out to be a girl), Alma put on the clothing and sling for nursing, found an area to build her home, met another woman who has had children before, lives with that woman for a year while her home is built, and then moves into her home, connecting it to Lisa and Robin's home.
Now I asked my momma about this adoptive mom/sister relationship and she said that typically twins stay together so if 1 goes, both go. But Lisa just can't handle twins. 1 baby is enough for her. And Alma has never been pregnant so it is better for her to have 1 baby as well. This leads to the twins being separated.
So if the newborn twin is separated from the 3 month old twin minutes after it is born, is that a problem? Is it a problem not feeding a newborn colostrum because it was pumped out months ago? Basically, will this work, Alma being both a sister and an adoptive mom of the younger twin?
Because of fetal diapause at 6 months pregnant(this is based on ovulation, not LMP), 1 twin goes through typical third trimester development at a time and so Lisa goes into labor and gives birth to her first twin. The contractions stop after that placenta(if it is in fact DiDi twins or fraternal twins) comes out or if it is MoDi or MoMo(For MoMo twins, the amniotic sac heals up with the baby inside, even faster if that tear in the amniotic sac on the side rather than the bottom) is , that placenta stays there and contractions stop with an intact placenta still in the uterus. If something goes wrong, in particular the tear in the amniotic sack being at the bottom and both twins coming out, a full term baby and a micropreemie are born as twins.
Alma, Lisa's firstborn, is 18 years old at this point. She is still an adolescent because adulthood in this species is not reached until the humanoid is 26 years old(This is kind of like a compensation for conception to 5 years being the gender neutral stage(where you can only tell via genetic testing if it is male or female)).
Alma uses the interplanetary communicator Robin and Lisa got years before(1 year before Lisa became pregnant for the first time) and asks about inducing lactation and adopting the other twin when it is born.
Planetary Leader 1 teleports Alma a kit for adoption and inducing lactation. Here is what is in the kit:
- Breast pump
- Nursing bra
- Nursing shirt(loose fitting blouse)
- Chest sling(to hold the baby in the cradle hold, as close to the breast as possible, while in public
Lisa recommends that Alma uses her breast pump while Lisa is nursing the first twin. That way, once 3 months have passed and the second twin is born, she will have an ample milk supply for the baby.
The way I wrote it in the first edition, once the second twin was born(which 5 years later is found out to be a girl), Alma put on the clothing and sling for nursing, found an area to build her home, met another woman who has had children before, lives with that woman for a year while her home is built, and then moves into her home, connecting it to Lisa and Robin's home.
Now I asked my momma about this adoptive mom/sister relationship and she said that typically twins stay together so if 1 goes, both go. But Lisa just can't handle twins. 1 baby is enough for her. And Alma has never been pregnant so it is better for her to have 1 baby as well. This leads to the twins being separated.
So if the newborn twin is separated from the 3 month old twin minutes after it is born, is that a problem? Is it a problem not feeding a newborn colostrum because it was pumped out months ago? Basically, will this work, Alma being both a sister and an adoptive mom of the younger twin?