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The Couple Whose Twins Survived Birth at 22 Weeks
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Shakina’s pregnancy had been textbook. Then at 21 weeks and five days gestation, she awoke in pain. She didn’t know it at the time, but she was in preterm labor. She shares what happened next.

. She couldn’t wait to tell Kevin about hearing their baby’s heartbeat; he wasn’t allowed to go in with her due to COVID-era visitor restrictions. It was spring 2021.

Yet three months later, the couple discovered Shakina was pregnant again. “I remember the ultrasound technician being very quiet, which made me even more nervous. I looked at her and kept asking, ‘Is there a heartbeat?’ recalls Shakina. “And then she looked at me. She didn’t say anything; she just put two fingers up.” Shakina was pregnant with twins. She broke the happy news to Kevin in the car. “It was just this delirious moment of excitement,” he says.

Not long after that, a nurse came in holding this silver bedpan, and she said, “I’m going to put this in the toilet, because when you go to pee, your babies might fall out, and we want to make sure that you don’t accidentally flush them down the toilet.” I couldn’t process it. I was shocked.I’m in extreme pain at that point. I’m having contractions like every three or four minutes. The nurses tried to help. They said, “Walk around the room, keep moving.

I don’t know how to care for a baby who’s blind. I don’t know how to care for a baby who’s in a wheelchair

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