The story of Chervonne and Martin Magua was no different from the stories of other families. The couple met in 2007. They were soon married. After five years of marriage, their first child was born, the boy was named Tanner. The couple wanted more children, but they could not conceive. Have tried IVF. And – hurray! – everything went well. Screening showed that Chervonne and Martin will have triplets. The couple were genuinely happy and began to prepare for such a solid replenishment.
But Chervonne faced what doctors call an obstetric disaster. She developed amniotic embolism, a complication that occurs in one case in 50 pregnancies. In women, at the same time, premature detachment of the placenta begins, and amniotic fluid, which contains embryonic cells, hair, fetal waste, enters the mother’s bloodstream.
A catastrophe – because in half of the cases, the embolism ends in the death of the mother. And that was the end of the happy story of the Magua family. Chervonn died in childbirth. Martin was left alone with the triplets and the eldest son in his arms.
Fortunately, Martin was not alone for long. No, he did not bring a new woman into the house. He had many more helpers than he could have hoped for. More than 50 people came to him to help take care of the triplets, were on duty next to the babies in shifts from 6 in the morning until late at night, helped with money (they collected more than 70 thousand dollars for the needs of the babies), clothes and formula for feeding.
“Every day, babies need to be fed, washed, diapers changed and whatever they do with newborns. All parents do this. I just have three kids, which means I have three times more work, ”says Martin.
The helpers of a large dad did an excellent job with feeding and diapers. And they also kept a journal where they recorded the height, weight and other changes in the condition of the babies. The only difficulty was with sleep. Volunteers strove to carry the babies in their arms all the time, very reluctantly putting the babies in their cribs.
The twins are now five months old.
“Children are healthy, they are growing. They are happy, so we are happy. We have nothing to complain about, ”Martin said. – We still cannot come to terms with the fact that our mother is no longer with us. But we have to live on. “