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T&T to get its first sextuplets First-time mom expected to give birth at Mt Hope complex
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Friday, February 8, 2013
Geisha Kowlessar
History will be created within a month when a 28-year-old woman is expected to give birth to sextuplets. Members of the media were allowed to speak to the expectant first-time mother for a few minutes at the Eric Williams Medical Science Complex, Mt Hope, yesterday. Another mother who is expecting quadruplets had her first clinical appointment yesterday at the same hospital. She is expected to be admitted at a later date.
Appearing shy at first, the soon-to-be mother of six whose name was not released by hospital administrators said she was anxious but overjoyed about the prospect. With pillows placed to support her back and on her growing abdomen, the woman smiled and said: “I am doing pretty well considering the amount of babies I am carrying.” Some of the names were already chosen but final decisions were yet to be made for the others.
With excitement increasing at her home in central Trinidad, the woman said family members were already putting measures in place when the babies arrived home. Asked whether she would have more children after the sextuplets she said: “You never know.” Prior to leading the media to the maternity ward, Dr Shahnaz Mohammed, chairman of the North Central Regional Health Authority assured that staff has been already placed on stand-by if the woman went into premature labour.
He added: “What we are promoting is teamwork and it helps to foster more holistic relationships among staff members. “We have put policies in place, especially with complicated conditions. It is the senior people who come out not just the consultant and the head nurse. “All of us take part, even head of engineering and transport, to be able to make sure all of the services are rendered properly.” Mohammed said the woman tried unsuccessfully to conceive but after using the fertility drug Clomid she become pregnant.
Professor Bharat Bassaw of the hospital’s obstetrics and gynaecology unit said the sex of the babies were not yet determined. However, he said, not only was it the first time in the country such a delivery would be performed but also in the entire Caribbean. “This is an uncommon condition because when this happens most of these pregnancies would end long before, due to miscarriages. Currently we are just under 27 weeks of gestation. In this country viability by law is considered 28 weeks,” he added.
Bassaw said the patient was “doing fine and was comfortable” and the pregnancy was also coming along well. “In this field there is nothing like 100 per cent but I think at this point we can say we are optimistic in terms of both mother and the foetal outcome.”
Three Ministries pledge support to expectant sextuplets
February 14, 2013:
Three Ministries have committed to assisting with the care and welfare of this country's first sextuplets expected by a 28-year-old Central Trinidad woman.
These are the ministries of Health, People and Social Development and Gender, Youth and Child Development.
Health Minister, Dr Fuad Khan recently stated that the babies will be "well taken care of" after delivery. He assured also that he would be checking on them before, during and after the young woman gives birth.
The anticipated birth of the six babies would be done by elective caesarean section on March 14 and is the first of its kind, both nationally and regionally.
"The babies would receive post delivery care at the Wendy Fitzwilliam Pediatric Hospital and the Post-natal Clinic at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex," said Khan.
The facilities, he noted, has all the necessary equipment to properly care for the children.
Meanwhile, the Gender Ministry has assured its assistance in any way possible and the Minister of the People, Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh stated that grants will be offered to the family. The young woman, who has been warded at the Mount Hope Women’s hospital since January 25, is said to be in a stable condition. According to reports, the entire staff at the health institution is on standby, should the woman go into labour.
Her identity has not yet been revealed.
...Hope Moms Have A Nice Delivery!... Sure She Making Papers... Kamla Coulda Ward De Woman In A Private Hospital Or Something... -Roach- wrote:Wow!...
hustla_ambition101 wrote:-Roach- wrote:Wow!...
Believe it or not Mt Hope is the best, they have all the required equipment and staff just in case or emergency, and with such an event, lots of advanced preps were made
pugboy wrote:kamla will make an appearance
Sacchetto Boutique wrote:have babies been born yet?
*$kїđž!™ wrote:was she on fertility pills ?...of is she just trying to get an HDC house?.......
whyteliver wrote:correct...preganacy and preperation is one thing..but when u see them in person reality hits u like a ton of bricks...milk,pampers.schooling,college...jaaaah....god bless him.
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