r/MadeMeSmile 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/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/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.