tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38732840631137111282024-03-13T19:01:14.534-07:00Remarkable BabiesOmo Francahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602656256699309246noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873284063113711128.post-32852934253813024052016-04-07T23:44:00.000-07:002016-04-07T23:55:27.337-07:00Doctors stunned by rare twins born more than five weeks apart<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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contractions began when Kristen Miller was attending a February church service.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: medium;">By the
time she got home, the Jefferson City, Tenn.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">, her water had broken and she knew her baby
was in trouble.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">Miller
was only 22 weeks pregnant at the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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gave birth to twins more than five weeks apart. The brother and sister survived
a risky procedure known as a delayed interval delivery.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "franklinitcprolight" , serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"She called me hysterical," her husband, Ian Miller, reported.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Doctors were able to hold off delivery for more than two weeks, allowing
baby Micah to remain unborn beyond 24 weeks, the
earliest that doctors say a premature baby can survive outside
the mother's womb. Surrounded by a small army of hospital staff, Micah arrived
on Valentine's Day and weighed just over a pound.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">He was born one day past the 24-week mark.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">A premature birth would have been stressful enough on the Millers, but
there was another serious complication to consider: Micah was not alone. He had
a twin sister nestling inside his mother's womb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Kristina Shumard, an obstetrician at UT Medical Center specializing
in maternal-fetal medicine, knew that the longer she could keep Micah's
twin sister, Madelyn, inside her mother's womb, the healthier and safer the
baby would be. And yet, when Micah was born, Shumard knew the odds weren't
in Madelyn's favor. She expected Madelyn to arrive within an hour of her
brother's birth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The doctor was determined to delay Madelyn's birth as long as
possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"Just because we're having one [baby] doesn't mean we have to have
the second or the third," Shumard said. "But it's hard to find the
person who's a really good candidate."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Delayed interval deliveries are rare and complicated affairs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Babies born about 24 weeks into a pregnancy have a survival rate of
about 50 percent and those who do survive are at risk for
complications, <a href="https://www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/News-Events-Media/News/Web/Delayed-Interval-Delivery.aspx"><span style="color: #2e6d9d;">according
to Sabrina Craigo</span></a>, the chief of maternal-fetal medicine at Tufts Medical
Center. Craigo, a Tufts Medical Center <a href="https://www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/News-Events-Media/News/Web/Delayed-Interval-Delivery.aspx"><span style="color: #2e6d9d;">news
release</span></a> explains, was involved in the birth of a pair of twins born 24 days
apart in 2014. The release explained some of the challenges faced by the
mother, the children and the doctors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"This rare technique can only be performed with fraternal twins who
have their own amniotic sac and don’t share a placenta. Additionally, it’s
vital that the mother’s contractions subside following the birth of the first
baby for delayed interval delivery to be successful. 'I've seen two others in
my career thus far, I think<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">the longest interval between deliveries has been seven days at most,'
Neonatalogist Gina Geis, MD said in an interview with WHDH-7."<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The release noted that Tufts doctors said that in most cases, only a few
days separate delayed interval deliveries. Referring to the case in 2014, Errol
Norwitz, chairman of the obstetrics department at Tufts, said it was the third
case of a delayed interval birth he had seen in 25 years of practicing
medicine. In the previous two pregnancies, he said, the first baby did not
survive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The Millers faced some of the same challenges, but luckily their twins
had separate sacs and placentas. Doctors say that every single day of delay
counts for a baby about 25 weeks old and that even one solid week can
offer the child valuable health benefits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"We said, 'Yes, if there's anything you can do to keep one of them
in longer, we want to do that,'" Ian Miller said. "They all said,
'Yes, it's possible,' and hinted that it was unlikely."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Doctors demanded that Kristen Miller get strict bed rest and forbade her
from even holding her newborn son for three weeks, according to WBIR.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Knowing that the odds were stacked against the Millers, UT Medical
Center's director of obstetrics told the station, doctors cautiously
attempted to provide the family with realistic expectations for success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">And yet, to everyone's surprise, director Kimberly Fortner said the
mother "kept doing better each day."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"And we just kind of all looked at each other and said, 'Okay,
another day it is,'" Fortner said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Five and a half tense weeks later, Madelyn was born, WBIR reported.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Doctors told the couple that theirs was the longest interval
delivery they could remember at UT Medical. The world record — twins born 87
days apart — was set in Ireland in 2012, <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/safe-delivery-of-twins-87-days-apart-is-truly-extraordinary-says-master-of-rotunda-1.1376959"><span style="color: #2e6d9d;">according
to the Irish Times</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"I don't know that we've broken national records, but it certainly
felt like such a coup for all of us," Fortner said. "It's been
amazing and exciting!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia";">The
Miller family will spend the next two months at the hospital as their twins grow
healthier. Madelyn is breathing on her own and remains in the same room as her
brother.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">“We feel so blessed to be here,” their mother said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"The only thing that's gotten me through this... is to say, 'God is
in control,'" she noted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Omo Francahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602656256699309246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873284063113711128.post-57871953791045471342016-01-05T10:37:00.002-08:002016-01-05T10:37:52.162-08:00Identical Triplets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;">HOUSTON -- </span></strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;">Parents of a rare set of identical
triplets are welcoming the babies home, a month after the three little girls
were born at a Houston hospital, <a href="http://www.khou.com/story/news/health/2016/01/04/rare-identical-triplets-finally-head-home/78290810/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #202022;">CBS affiliate KHOU</span></a> reports.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The triplets are named
Addison, Savannah and Kinsley and their parents are still a bit overwhelmed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Just triple of
everything," said Stephanie Harris, the children's mom. "They sit
there. They make the same noises. They do the same thing. They have their own
language."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"We are
prepared," new dad Brad Harris said. "I'm just way outnumbered
now."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">During an early ultrasound,
the doctor initially said they were expecting twins.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"And they were in the
same placenta, and so she automatically knew that they were going to be
identical," Stephanie Harris said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A few weeks later, she came
back for a follow-up ultrasound. That's when the<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">doctor
delivered the unexpected news, telling Stephanie she was having triplets.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stephanie's mother Lynn
Sweatt was with her during that appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"And when she said
that there was a third, her arm went over her head and I'm saying, 'It will be
OK. It will be OK,'" Sweatt said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The girls were born on Dec.
1, 2015, 10 weeks premature, weighing about three pounds each. Their parents
have come up with a color-coded system to help tell them apart.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"We got ankle
bracelets, and we're going to color coordinate them," Stephanie Harris
said. "Hopefully, we don't get them mixed up."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While </span><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/identical-triplet-girls-two-conjoined-born-in-texas/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #202022; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">identical triplets</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> are extremely rare -- doctors say about
one in a million births -- these girls do have some company. At least four
other sets of identical triplets were born in the U.S. last year, in </span><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rare-identical-triplets-born-in-baltimore/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #202022; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Maryland</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, </span><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mother-gives-birth-to-rare-identical-triplets-new-york/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #202022; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">New York</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, Pennsylvania, and </span><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rare-identical-triplet-set-born-in-montana/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #202022; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Montana</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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</span>Omo Francahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16602656256699309246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873284063113711128.post-23489840004144415692015-12-30T17:08:00.000-08:002015-12-30T17:08:05.888-08:00‘Smallest Surviving Baby’ Born 14 Weeks Premature Headed Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">E’Layah Faith Pegues was born on Sept.
23 and weighed just 10 ounces. On Dec. 29, her original due date, her parents
held a news conference at the Carolinas Medical Center’s Levine Children’s
Hospital, where the now 3-month-old holds the record for the smallest surviving
baby born at the hospital. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Story: </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/how-one-miracle-baby-beat-the-odds-after-being-152416308.html"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #324fe1;">How One ‘Miracle’ Baby Beat the Odds
After Being Born at 25 Weeks</span></span></i></b></a></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“E’Layah is our miracle baby girl,”
the preemie’s mother, Megan Smith, told the </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/health-family/article52034435.html"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #324fe1;">Charlotte Observer</span></span></i></a></span><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. </span></i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Story: </span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/powerful-photos-show-how-far-premature-babies-have-191110545.html"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #324fe1;">Powerful Photos Show How Far
Premature Babies Have Come</span></span></i></b></a></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now weighing in at 3 pounds 10.7
ounces, E’Layah is doing so well that Smith and her fiancé, Eric Pegues, expect
their very little girl will be able to leave the neonatal intensive care unit,
where she has been living, and go home in the next week or two.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s a truly
remarkable New Year’s gift for the Charlotte, N.C., couple, who have been
concerned about their daughter’s health since before she was born. Smith
suffered two strokes, high blood pressure, and rough morning sickness while
pregnant with E’Layah. And when Smith’s obstetrician observed in August that
the baby wasn’t growing, the doctor put the mother-to-be on bed rest. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A month later, after E’Layah had
stopped moving, doctors decided it was time for an emergency cesarean section
delivery and prepared Smith and Pegues for the worst. “[But] we just weren’t
taking it,” Smith told </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://myfox8.com/2015/12/30/carolinas-medical-center-celebrates-smallest-surviving-baby-ever/"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #324fe1;">Fox 8</span></span></a></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. “We said, we have to have faith, and that’s
when we made her middle name Faith, because we weren’t going to give up on
her.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">That’s why today they are so thrilled
to report that thanks to a combination of formula and breast milk, and NICU
doctors’ care, E’Layah is not just surviving but thriving. And instead of
hoping for her to pull through, Smith said, “We pray for her strength.”</span></span></span><br />
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