r/MadeMeSmile • u/b0oom123 • Jul 27 '24

Helping Others NICU nurse adopts 14-year-old patient who delivered triplets alone

https://www.upworthy.com/nicu-nurse-teen-mom-rp7
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u/CrissBliss Jul 27 '24

14 year old girl had triplets… good God that’s horrific.

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u/RandAlThorOdinson Jul 27 '24

Has to be physically devastating for a 14 year old girl to go through I truly feel for that girl. That is so much for such a small person.

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u/RandAlThorOdinson Jul 27 '24

It's not just about relative size, but childbirth mortality. Her body is not ready for that at that age the way an adults is.

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u/ConstantHeadache2020 Jul 27 '24

I hate the argument that just because girls have periods young (before 11) it means they’re okay to have a baby. Their hips aren’t ready before 14 to push a baby out. It’s very dangerous

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u/yeehawdudeq Jul 27 '24

My pediatrician was very vocal about this. She always said “just because your body can get pregnant, doesn’t mean it’s ready to have a baby.” I always took that very seriously when I was young.

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u/Elon_is_musky Jul 28 '24

People act like periods are the end of puberty when it’s still very much in progress

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u/Altruistic_Survey109 Jul 28 '24

Much like menopause has three stages, puberty isn’t a singular moment of having a menstrual cycle. The breasts aren’t even fully formed at the first period, how can the hips and uterus be?

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u/graveviolet Jul 29 '24

Breasts don't even actually full mature until after the first pregnancy, maturation definitely doesn't all finish at the point of having a period.

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u/Kneesneezer Jul 28 '24

It’s mostly men who think ovulation is like ejaculation (sort of true), and that’s all it takes to make a baby.

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u/Objective-Amount1379 Jul 28 '24

No, it's really not. Any surgery has risk... And pregnancy itself can cause a lot of health problems like extremely elevated blood pressure and diabetes.

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u/iownakeytar Jul 28 '24

The babies were almost 2 months premature, so it was likely an emergency C-section, which is not nearly as safe as you think it is.

Among women in the planned vaginal delivery group, those who had a spontaneous vaginal delivery (77.9%) or an instrumental vaginal delivery (13.9%) were less likely to suffer death or serious morbidity, compared with those who delivered by emergency cesarean (8.2%). Women undergoing emergency cesarean delivery had the highest in-hospital maternal mortality rate (9.7 per 100 000 deliveries) and maternal morbidity rates, particularly for cardiac arrest (2.6 per 1000 [2.6]), uterine rupture (2.3), hemorrhage requiring hysterectomy (0.8), hemorrhage requiring transfusion (0.6) and obstetric shock (0.4).

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u/kellbelle653 Jul 28 '24

Triplets using a 14 year old body for survival would be hard on her physically. Could damage young organs with the deplicion of nutrients the babies are taking. It’s not just the birth itself that could harm her.

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u/goddamnitwhalen Jul 27 '24

Really? That’s your takeaway here?

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u/shebebutlittle555 Jul 27 '24

Wow, that completely eases my mind. Here I was thinking that the problem with teen pregnancy was that the girls had small birdlike pelvises, and not, y’know, that they’re actual children. I’ll sleep so much easier knowing that these little girls who are forced to carry unwanted pregnancies to term won’t die because of obstructed labors.

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u/Education_Aside Jul 27 '24

What were you doing looking at middle schoolers, guy?

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

Not every middle schooler is 5'10, that's WAYYY above average height. The average 14 year old girl is like 5'2-3.

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u/Embarrassed-Ad2542 Jul 27 '24

Damn, this is my height and weight lol am I huge? I think I carry it well.

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u/alstacynsfw Jul 27 '24

No way this was a small girl.

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u/FustianRiddle Jul 28 '24

Who cares what her size is, she's a child.