I was in a railway station with my baby when I suddenly thought, "Why didn't anyone ever notice that this baby has two heads?" Two lovely heads, with golden-red hair and blue blue eyes, but still: two heads. I wondered, "Why didn't they pick that up on the ultrasound? Did I forget to take her for a well-baby exam? It's lucky that the birth went as smoothly as it did with such a complex presentation. Maybe that's why the pushing was harder this time."
I kept thinking. "We should have named each head separately -- two brains, two souls, right? It's going to be really frustrating for them when they start walking and each head wants to go in a different direction."
When I looked more closely I saw that in my arms I had two babies, joined at the hip but otherwise separate. I gently jiggled the spot where they were conjoined and it separated with a slight metallic click and only a bit of resistance, like those magnetic building blocks.
I cradled one baby, smaller and limper, so that I could not see her face. The bigger baby Stella took my finger and toddled off with me down the steps toward the trains. I was a mother of twins and I never even knew it! I was going to have to tell Elwood that I separated our conjoined twins all by myself.
Then the alarm went off.
Even your dreams are interesting. I'd be interested in hearing anyone's interpretations of this one!
Posted by: Sarah | November 06, 2009 at 12:30 PM
I zink zat, in your dream, ze babies represent your responsibilitiez. Ze modest increaze from 1.0 babiez to 1.25 babiez (dependink on ze size of ze second head), zis is a terrible aberration. But ze further increaze to two complete babiez, zis is less oppressive, becauze each baby is zomethink you already know.
Obviouzly you are dealink mit your worries about your zezis by writink zomethink simpler on zis blog.
Posted by: Herr Dr. Freud | November 06, 2009 at 05:29 PM
I think you're separating from Stella as she grows into independent personhood.
Posted by: Maria | November 06, 2009 at 08:16 PM
What a funny dream!
Posted by: Erin | November 07, 2009 at 07:55 AM
I think you are just ever so slightly thinking about the fact that she is getting older, and another baby might, someday, take her place as THE baby.
Posted by: Renee | November 07, 2009 at 08:14 AM
Ooh, another baby! Why didn't I think of that?
Posted by: Maria | November 08, 2009 at 10:22 PM