百慕大“奇蹟雙胞胎”出生時間相隔8天
據美國媒體12月10報道，百慕大一對雙胞胎的出生時間相隔了8天，並且健康狀況良好，被稱爲“奇蹟雙胞胎”。
報道稱，埃多娜•比恩懷孕初期一切正常，“但是孕中期情況急轉直下”。18周時，雙胞胎A（埃米爾）的羊膜囊破裂，埃多娜被迅速送往醫院。據她回憶，醫生認爲雙胞胎活下去的希望渺茫。急診科醫生說：“我們把希望放在雙胞胎B（埃塞）身上吧，因爲A活不了。”
埃多娜在家休息了3周，隨後被送到加拿大專攻高危妊娠的IWK健康中心。11月25日，在埃多娜入院兩週後，埃米爾出生，體重只有1.8斤左右。
接着埃多娜的宮縮減弱了，埃塞似乎很喜歡待在媽媽的子宮裏。“他放鬆地玩耍，讓自己盡情享受多出來的空間。真的很奇妙。” 據米希爾•範霍夫醫生說，這段時間非常珍貴。“對嬰兒來說，在26或27周時，每一天都有價值。實際上那額外的8天對嬰兒非常有益。”
醫生擔心把埃米爾的胎盤留在子宮內會使埃多娜感染，於是決定進行剖宮手術。12月3日，在孿生哥哥出生後8天，埃塞出生了，體重約2.2斤。
創造這一奇蹟的大功臣是埃塞，很有可能是他挽救了哥哥埃米爾的生命。埃多娜說，“實際上，是埃塞撐起我的子宮，讓埃米爾可以繼續成長。在沒有羊水的情況下，他堅持了8周。”
目前，這對雙胞胎還在新生兒重症監護室裏，狀況良好，預計將在明年3月初出院。
Bermuda couple Edonna and Ryan Bean’s newborn fraternal twins were delivered eight days apart. Dubbed ‘miracle twins,’ boys Emyr and Esai, are doing well despite the rare premature delayed interval births. Their mother, Edonna, told Global News, “To have two live births and thriving as they are. Just shocking doctors, shocking nurses. ’s rare.”
Edonna’s pregnancy began well, however as she told CTV, “My second trimester is when things spiraled downhill.” During the 18th week of pregnancy, twin A’s (Emyr) amniotic sac ruptured, so the soon to be mother was rushed to the hospital. Doctors had little hope for that twin’s likelihood of survival as Edonna recalled, “The emergency department in Bermuda were like, ‘Let’s focus on twin B, because twin A’s not going to survive.’ And I was saying to myself you know, ‘How can they say that when he’s still breathing. His heart’s still going,’ and, but, I said to him, ‘You know as long as you’re fighting so am I.’”
It was in part because of that fighting spirit that the twins continued to grow in Edonna’s womb. It’s believed that twin B (Esai) may have saved twin A’s (Emyr) life. “Twin B, Esai, actually kept my uterus up enough to allow Emyr to still live as long as he did. He lasted 8 weeks without amniotic fluid,” said their mother.
After resting at home for three weeks, it was clear to doctors that at any point, Edonna could give birth. The Bermuda hospital could not accommodate the Bean’s twins so the mother was airlifted to IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, which specializes in high-risk pregnancies.
On November 25, Emyr was born at just 1 pound, 15 ounces, two weeks after Edonna was admitted. After that, the new mom’s contractions subsided and twin B (Esai) appeared to be happy staying put. “He was relaxing you know playing and just having himself a good old time with the extra space. It was wonderful,” Edonna explained to CBC. It was valuable extra time according to Dr. Michiel Van den Hof who said, “When you’re at 26 or 27 weeks every single day counts and so that extra period of time, a week, 8 days, that actually was extremely beneficial for that baby.”
Doctors suspected that Edonna could have an infection from keeping Emyr’s placenta in her womb. The medical team decided to proceed with a caesarean section and Esai was born weighing 2 pounds, 7 ounces, eight days after his twin brother on December 3. The twins are reportedly doing well in the IWK neonatal intensive care unit and are lying facing each other in incubators placed side-by-side. Doctors cannot say when the babies will be able to leave and return to Bermuda, but preemies tend to stay in the hospital until after their due date which would be in early March. The new parents are incredibly appreciative of the hospital and staff who helped with the births and Edonna said, “When doctors in Bermuda said, ‘No.’ God said ‘Yes,’ and when I sit back and I think about my sons I’m just so grateful.”
Delayed interval births like the Bean twins are a rare occurrence and theirs is only the second case at IWK Health Centre in 25 years. Guinness World Records indicates that the record holder for ‘longest interval between the births of twins,’ is Maria Jones-Elliot for her twins Amy and Katie of Waterford, Ireland who were born 87 days apart. Still other unofficial records site Simone Keys and her twins Timothy and Celeste of New Orleans who were born in different years (1994 and 1995) 95 days apart.
