The story goes that this young lady came in fully and pushing... she made it to the bed and shortly thereafter birthed her first little girl. But something was amiss.... the mother's fundal height was 37 (considered large in this country) but the little girl was small (only 5 lbs). They noticed the fundus was still pretty large and so they checked for heart tones and what do you know another little one was still inside!
No one knew she was carrying twins. She had never had an ultrasound (not routinely done for cost reasons). Her sister was born a few minutes later. Both of them were born head first (PTL!) which is perfect because we have not done the lesson on breech deliveries yet. The second twin was IUGR (or growth restricted) due to a smaller umbilical cord and only weighed a little more than 3 lbs.
The mother didn't do so well in the postpartum period. She went into shock due to the blood loss and was transported to the hospital after vomiting several times. She had to have a blood transfusion and yet she couldn't take her twins with her! They were so small they would run the risk of getting ill. But God is an amazing provider! The classmate who caught the babies is a breastfeeding mother herself and she and her husband loved on these twins for about a week while their mother recuperated. She took them to see their mother everyday and helped them to establish solid breastfeeding patterns! They sure can eat!
The first little girl is named Shweety (but we called her Bean Sprout) weighed 5 lbs at birth
The second tiny girl is named Cutie (but we called her Sweet Pea) weighed 3 lbs at birth
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HI, I have been enjoying your blog. I will be spending the summer at newlife as an intern, I am wondering about the texting you all do, do you have local plans?
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ReplyDeleteLooking forward to meeting you too. As for texting if you have a triband phone just bring it with... you might need to buy a local number (aka: chip) but after that you can buy cards for the number. It's the way things are done here. you can get 300 texts for about 6 dollars. It goes quite a long way,.. unless you get someone who is really chatty and loves to text with you. We have a classmate who sends about 300 texts a day! i have to admit... it's pretty addictive. hopes this helps... and that you can read this...:-)
steph
Love that your classmate nursed these babies. Our bodies are wonderous things. Hope the twins are doing well!
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