Why do my I messages go to my iPad and not my phone

Why do my iMessages only come up on my iPad and not my phone? It used to until I updated my ipad

Go to settings > Messages and then "Send & Receive".  It will list the phone numbers/email addresses that the phone will respond to .
Check and/or uncheck the appropriate items.

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