I had a experience similar to the mother with the twins several times when my baby was young. I would "wake" in the night terrified I had forgotten he was in my bed and had smothered him, or lost him somehow in my bed. The feeling passed quite quickly as I woke up properly and could ascertain that he was safe, but was vey scary. The amount of love I felt for my baby was enormous and unexpected. Nothing had prepared me for the intensity of feeling. There was absolutely no question that I would lay down my life for him. I did not know I was capable of so much love. I was also aware of his total, absolute dependency on me and a huge feeling of responsibility. All this was overwhelming and frightening at times, and I believe led to these nocturnal experiences when combined with disturbed sleep. I put them down to my love and concern as a mother. With twins, I would expect the extra fatigue, and having to mentally track two babies instead of one, would probably amplify this situation. Love is not finite and halved with twins, it is probably doubled. She must love them a lot to have such intensity of feeling and concern. As an aside, I have wondered if these same feelings are so frightening to some mothers that they seek to distance themslves and reduce the dependency by bottlefeeding. For me it was a major highlight of my life, but for others feelings like this could be very scary. Ros Escott BAppSc IBCLC Tasmania, Australia