Recently, the experience of a mother in the United States has attracted the attention of many netizens.
Her youngest daughter was just born this year, but the process of conceiving and giving birth to this child by this mother is very strange and difficult...
The mom, Megan Phipps, is 24 years old and is different in that she was born with a double uterus, each with a cervix.
Megan had also had two children before, but with the uterus on the right side. She got pregnant again last year, this time it was special, she was pregnant with twins, and the two fetuses were not in the same uterus on the same side, but one in each womb.
You know, it is very rare for two uteruses like Megan to become pregnant at the same time, and there are more than 100 cases in the world.
So Megan was very careful throughout her pregnancy, but at only 22 and a half weeks pregnant, Megan was still premature.
On June 11 this year, Megan suddenly felt "severe pain" and was immediately admitted to the hospital. Originally, Megan still hoped that the doctor would be able to save the fetus, but in the end he was born prematurely.
On June 11, she gave birth to her daughter, Riley, and the next day, she gave birth to another daughter, Reece.
At birth, both babies weigh less than a pound, or less than 450 grams.
It is well known that the gestation period is usually 40 weeks, and babies born before 37 weeks are considered premature. The two children were born at 24 and a half weeks, which is considered to be extremely premature and the chances of survival are not high.
Doctors made it clear that the survival rate for both children was only 1 percent.
Sure enough, an accident happened when Riley was 12 days old, and because he was too weak, Riley left this world forever.
Another daughter, Reece, was also in a bad condition, but thankfully she survived after 12 blood transfusions and 45 days on a ventilator.
After 144 days in the hospital, Reece weighed 8 pounds, or more than 7 pounds, and her lungs and other organs were more developed, and she survived.
On November 2 this year, she was finally discharged from the hospital.
Mom Megan said in an interview that she hopes that the parents of new students can believe that miracles happen after watching Reece's experience:
"I want to tell moms not to give up all possible hope."
Reece's experience also made many netizens think of a little boy from the United States, Richard Scott William Hutchinson, who was also a premature baby, born more than 4 months earlier than the expected date of delivery, which made him the world's most premature baby.
It is understood that Richard was judged to have a survival rate of 0% at birth, but under the careful care of medical staff and parents, he created a miracle of survival.
Richard's mom, Beth, was due to be due on October 13, 2020. In June 2020, pregnant woman Beth suddenly developed medical complications, and Richard eventually gave birth early at Minnesota Children's Hospital on June 5.
When Richard was born, he was only 21 weeks and 2 days old, which was equivalent to 131 days premature birth. He is only 26 centimeters tall and weighs only 340 grams (one-tenth of the weight of a normal newborn), small enough to fit in the palm of one of his parents' hands.
Born too early, Richard was taken to the intensive care unit as soon as he was born, and the hospital's doctor told his parents that Richard had a 0 percent survival rate based on the medical team's assessment.
Stacy Kern, a neonatologist at the hospital, said: "I knew the first few weeks of Richard's life would be very difficult, but I felt that if he could get through, he would survive. ”
Because of hospital regulations, Richard's parents couldn't spend the night with him, and their rest of the family couldn't see him, which meant Beth and her husband had to cross the state border from their wisconsin home to see him at the hospital every day. Pay attention to the public account and push strange talk every day.
Richard's father, Rick, said: "We make sure we get there to support him. I think that will help him through it all because he knows he can rely on us. ”
The Emperor does not live up to his bitter heart. Richard not only survived the most difficult first few weeks, but also grew day by day and became the "miracle baby" in people's minds.
Last December, Richard was finally admitted to the hospital after six months in the NEO intensive care unit.
That Christmas, the family of three was finally reunited.
Although Richard still needs to go back to the hospital regularly for examinations and relies on some assistive devices to live every day, it is not easy to be discharged smoothly.
For Richard's miraculous survival, dr. Stacy Kern believes that Beth and her husband's efforts play the most important role. Beth advises other parents of premature babies not to give up.
Finally, I hope that this strength and miracle can make every fragile baby survive well and enjoy the colorful world.