A pregnant quadruplet in the Chinese city of Jining, Shandong province, gave birth to two of her babies prematurely on different days, and the others continued to conceive in her womb.
According to the South China Morning Post newspaper, the first of them was born on March 22 at the age of 25 weeks and 6 days; and four days later she had the second birth.
Ma Yuyan, a doctor at Shandong University Hospital, where the young woman is being treated, said both were newborns stay in incubators while doing whatever it takes to allow their siblings to complete the normal pregnancy process inside his mother, 22 years old.
Long delivery intervals in fetuses from multiple pregnancies are generally a rare situation worldwide. However, the premature birth of one may delay the birth of the other.
In the 22nd week of pregnancy, the young woman went to the clinic for treatment cervical problem and then underwent emergency surgery tighten your cervix.
After the birth of their first baby, who weighed 700 grams, doctors repeated the procedure to try to prevent his expansion before the end of the pregnancy, but four days later the second baby was born, weighing 800 grams.
As the father of the little ones revealed, his wife was initially informed would have triplets, because the fourth fetus was not discovered during the controls. Later, when they confirmed the news of the quadruplets, they considered the possibility of one embryo reduction —selectively interrupting the development of one or more fetuses— but it was already too late since it is performed in the first trimester of pregnancy.
According to Ma, this procedure is recommended in certain cases of multiple pregnancies due to the high incidence of premature birth and serious maternal health problems such as hypertension and diabetes. However, the specialist clarified that it is recommended “based on a rigorous assessment” and emphasized that in general it is “relatively safe to have twins”. (RT News)