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WHEN Caroline Finnerty included twins in her debut novel, she little knew that she would experience it all first hand. She’d had no pregnancy symptoms at all when, during a fateful scan she was told there were two babies and not just one.

“It was a terrible shock,” says Caroline. “I didn’t sleep for four nights, because there was so much to get my head around. I worried about finance, about how we’d cope, about whether Lila, my three-year-old would be jealous, and about all the added complications around the birth.”

Fortunately, all went well. Tom and Bea, were induced at 39 weeks, and were healthy enough to join their mother in the ward.