Author: Hunter

Amaпda Thomas, 34, gavҽ 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 to twiпs Harpҽr aпd Gυппҽr, пow oпҽ, almost thrҽҽ moпths ᴘʀᴇᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇʟʏ at Moпmoυth mҽdical cҽпtrҽ iп Nҽw Jҽrsҽy oп 18 Dҽcҽmbҽr 2019. Harpҽr aпd Gυппҽr wҽrҽ borп almost thrҽҽ moпth ᴘʀᴇᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇʟʏ iп Dҽcҽmbҽr, 2019. Crҽdit: SWNS. Harpҽr wҽighҽd a tiпy 2lbs 10oz, whilst Gυппҽr was jυst 2lbs 11oz. “Whҽп I saw thҽm for thҽ first timҽ thҽy wҽrҽ all ʜᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ υp oп ᴡɪʀᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴄʜɪɴᴇs. (Harpҽr) wasп’t growiпg or fҽҽdiпg propҽrly so thҽy thoυght it was somҽthiпg ᴡʀᴏɴɢ with hҽr ɪɴᴛᴇsᴛɪɴᴇs. Iпstҽad thҽy foυпd shҽ had a ʜᴏʟᴇ iп hҽr ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ aпd shҽ had to…

Rare identical triplets born to UK couples. Bouncing baby girls Ffion, Maddison and Paige are now home for the first time after spending six weeks in intensive care. And the girls are only here thanks to proud parents Karen and Ian Gilbert who claim they rejected doctors’ calls to ᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇ the ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ twice. Medical professionals ꜰᴇᴀʀᴇᴅ the rare birth – ᴄᴀᴜsᴇᴅ by a single egg sᴘʟɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ into three – could see the babies take each other’s fluid and space potentially k.illing one another. But amazingly Ffion, Maddison and Paige – born weighing just 3.8lbs, 3.5lbs and 3.4lbs – have defied…

In fact, during the last two decades, twinning rates have increased tenfold. Experts estimate that ɪɴꜰᴇʀᴛɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛs cause 30 to 50 percent of all twin ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄɪᴇs. Not only that but there are a slew of other startling statistics concerning twin ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ. Here’s a list of 10 such facts: Vᴀɴɪsʜɪɴɢ twin sʏɴᴅʀᴏᴍᴇ Studies show that 10 to 15 per cent of singleton births start as twins. But often one is ʟᴏsᴛ in the early ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ in the phenomenon called ‘Vᴀɴɪsʜɪɴɢ twin sʏɴᴅʀᴏᴍᴇ’ (one twin can ᴇᴀᴛ the other). Twins can have different fathers This can happen when a woman releases two…

A mum of triplets has revealed her incredible body transformation just five months after giving birth – and puts it all down to the sᴛʀᴀɪɴ of looking after three kids. Ramie Snodgrass, 35, from Tacoma, Washington, went from having a huge sᴡᴏʟʟᴇɴ stomach to a sᴛᴜɴɴɪɴɢ bikini bod without dieting or working out. She attributes taking care of babies Anna, Connor and Justin along with the incredible ‘strength of the body’, as the reason behind her phenomenal physique. From regularly lifting them out of their cribs to carrying large boxes of diapers, pushing their huge stroller and more, helped her…

Many women dream of becoming a mum, but that dream was almost taken from one woman who thought she’d never be able to start a family. But now, Satu Nordling Gonzalez, from Sweden, is a proud mum of ten having spent the last 14 years of her life Pʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ. Satu, who is a stay-at-home mum, was reportedly 21 when she first fell Pʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ but it ended ᴛʀᴀɢɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ in a ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ. According to a local Swedish publication, Satu was left with sᴄᴀʀʀɪɴɢ on the ᴜᴛᴇʀᴜs and falling Pʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ again proved difficult. Due to sᴛʀᴇss, ᴏᴠᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ then stopped entirely for Satu who…

Tracy and Peter – A couple always wishes to have a big family, with beautiful children. 30, Tracy gave birth to her first child, Hunter, now 12, who was ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇᴅ naturally in October 2006. So, she was desperate for a second child but s.truggled to Cᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴠᴇ naturally. Tracy and her husband Peter, 42, from New York due to their busy careers, were ɴᴏᴛ in any ʀᴜsʜ to have another child. 10 year later however, they both started to realize the clock was ticking and they were desperate to have another child to keep Hunter company. However, after trying for a…

The parents of “miracle” triplets born prematurely earlier this year were celebrating their first Christmas in their new family home. Laura Donegan, 39, from Reading, gave birth to Scarlett, Max and Troy on June 26, 2019 after her fourth attempt at ⒾⓋⒻ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ. The trio were born six weeks and four days early by an elective Cᴇsᴀʀᴇᴀɴ, with Mrs Donegan requiring a ᴛʀᴀɴsꜰᴜsɪᴏɴ after ʟᴏsɪɴɢ more than two-and-a-half litres of ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ. Despite their ᴘʀᴇᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ birth, the triplets and their mother were able to leave St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London, after just six nights and without needing to spend any…

Heather Carroll is an awfully small woman to carry six babies, especially all at once and in her belly. But Carroll was on bed rest at Brookwood Medical Center awaiting the birth of sextuplets, hoping to hold out for about another week — although on any given day she might change her mind. “I’m ready to quit,” sighed Carroll, who at 5 feet, 2 inches and usually 115 pounds had packed on 35 extra pounds and didn’t have much room for more. She said she could feel one baby sitting in each hip, three down low in her pelvis and…

It’s a well known fact that women find it ᴅɪꜰꜰɪᴄᴜʟᴛ to give birth to large babies ᴠɪᴀ ᴠᴀɢɪɴᴀʟ ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀʏ. As a result, the obstetrician will usually recommend giving birth to a big baby through a ᴄᴀᴇsᴀʀᴇᴀɴ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ. However, an amazing story has emerged from Germany where a mother gave birth to a whopper of a baby – weighing 13.47 pounds – ᴠɪᴀ ɴᴏʀᴍᴀʟ ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀʏ! To give you some perspective, the average weight for a newborn baby is around 7.8 pounds. Maria’ belly was large and she even sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇᴅ to walk because of the weight of it. Talk about making a…

A couple who had to leave one of their premature triplets in hospital due to a ᴄʜʀᴏɴɪᴄ ʟᴜɴɢ ᴄᴏɴᴅɪᴛɪᴏɴ are thrilled to finally have them all reunited at home. First-time mum Lauren, 28, and Jack Mountain, 29, hit the headlines in January when they defied the odds of “200 million to one” to welcome among the most premature sets of identical triplets ever to be born in Britain. The couple, from Bewdley, welcomed River, Leo and Beau at the height of the ᴘᴀɴᴅᴇᴍɪᴄ and when the babies were no more than 29 weeks. Despite the ʜɪɢʜ-ʀɪsᴋ ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ, they arrived six…

New Zealand’s first set of quadruplets born in 20 years have been introduced to the world after photographer Cassandra English unveiled a series of heartwarming and stunning portraits. The three girls, Quinn, Indie and Molly and boy, Hudson, were born at Christchurch Women’s Hospital on the August 15, at 28 weeks and four days, to parents Kendall and Joshua MacDonald. They also have a three-year-old brother, Brooklyn. The fraternal and identical set of twins are believed to be New Zealand’s first set of quadruplets since the 1990s. The chances of having ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴏᴄᴄᴜʀʀɪɴɢ quads is ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ɪɴ 729,000, and…

Japanese monkeys, the same macaques that became famous for taking hot baths in their snowy habitats, live in a rather interesting relationship with sika deer. A female Japanese macaque on the back of a male sika deer. Image credit: Noëlle Gunst Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata yakui), also known as macaques, have often been observed riding on top of sika deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae). The two species live together peacefully in the forests of Japan. This close relationship is beneficial for both parties involved: the deer eats the seeds and fruits dropped by the macaques in exchange for the monkeys to…

As we have documented so many times on our Earthly Mission, the weirdest things in life occur in nature, and Romania is no different in this regard. Some extraordinary rocks there called trovants grow, move and even multiply, creating spectacular formations. Image credit: Harta Romaniei The small town of Costesti is home to some really peculiar geological manifestations – the growing stones of Romania. The bulging bulbous boulders have long intrigued locals, inspiring myths about the stones’ ability to grow and move – rather like living beings. Turns out, those legends are actually true. Researchers suspect the irregular spheroid shapes…

Some mums can’t wait to leave the hospital with their newborns, while others are more than a little hesitant (no more midwives – eeks!). Whichever you are, your first night at home with your bundle of love is one to remember. To hold that cute little cherub in your arms, and welcome her home is a feeling that words cannot do justice to. But, the entire gamut of emotions you’re going through, can sometimes leave you confused, and indeed irritated. And, if you’re a first-time mom, things may get difficult. But before you panic, read our post below. Here we…

A mother of three gave birth to her fourth baby in the bathtub, unassisted, while broadcasting everything live. Just 35 minutes away, a beautiful and healthy baby girl was born. The process of childbirth is not a spectacle for the faint of heart. The mother of three children decided to tickle the nerves of YouTube users and filmed the birth of her fourth baby, showing it live. From the beginning of labor to the birth of the girl, subscribers watched with bated breath how the miracle of the appearance of a new life was happening. What prompted the mother of…

Large families are commendable and enviable. That is why, when we meet parents with more than two or three children, we admire their courage and dedication. Especially when we see families with ten children, or when we see parents like Emma and Spencer, who were told by doctors that they couldn’t have children… When the couple met and fell in love, they never imagined for a moment that they would end up many years later with a large family. Emma and Spencer Gayle were devastated when doctors told them they would never be parents. However, two days before their wedding,…

Soon-to-be moms often wonder what their labor is going to be like. And, during pregnancy concerns related to how the pain is going to be and whether or not the experience will match up to the expectations might often cross your mind. Given the amount of curiosity around it, we asked several new moms about their ʟᴀʙᴏʀ experiences. Reading about their personal experiences might help you have a better understanding of how things might be during the ʟᴀʙᴏʀ. Not That Bad! Rubina: “Personally, I felt that the labor was not as scary as I had made it out to be.…

Irish couple couldn’t believe it when the three babies were born on the exact day their ᴅᴇᴀᴅ child was due. When Ali had a ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ at the end of November, their arrival helped to ease the ᴀɢᴏɴʏ of ʟᴏsɪɴɢ a child. Alison O’Leary was pregnant with her second baby when she had a ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ. She and her husband Chris Deasy, both 32, live in Ireland and have gone through the sᴀᴅᴅᴇsᴛ time of their lives. What they didn’t know was that two months later, Alison would become pregnant with triplets. “When I ʟᴏsᴛ the baby, we were absolutely ᴅᴇᴠᴀsᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ. I…

“In 2016, I was a stay at home mom taking care of my five-year-old son and my four and two-year-old daughters. I was also pregnant with our fourth child. I often joked with my friends that giving birth to this baby would be like going on a vacation. Family and friends would take over my exhausting parenting duties. I, on the other hand, would be in the quiet hospital room, being served meals with no dishes or laundry taunting me with their endlessness. My husband Chris went with me to my twenty-week anatomy scan. We found out our baby was…

“Perfection is not dependent on how many chromosomes you have. Beauty is not dependent on how many chromosomes you have. Health is not dependent on how many chromosomes you have. Happiness is not dependent on how many chromosomes you have. All of these things coexist. Everyone, and at the same time, no one, is perfect. All babies are beautiful. Health is a luck of the draw, something to be thankful for, and a privilege if you have it. It’s certainly not entirely linked to chromosome count. Happiness is for everyone. Lots of us who have children with Down Syndrome are…

Foundations Of Kindness “I was raised in a very strict home. We had tight boundaries and were expected to be our best versions of ourselves, everywhere we went. I think the most valuable lesson we learned was from watching our mom. She didn’t take bull from anyone, but she was the kindest woman I’ve ever known. She still is. She had compassion and love for everyone. We were the house where the local gang could get a cold glass of Kool-Aid on a hot day, where the child whose parents were not around had a warm place to sleep and…

“I wasn’t ready for children when my husband was VERY ready. Pregnancy seems to come easy for us. Once we decided to have a baby, I conceived right away. My pregnancy was going well and I only had headaches and heartburn. When I was 5 months pregnant, I was heading out to a wedding and I just happened to check my answering machine. The message was from a Children’s Hospital in central California. I was told I needed to call them back the following Monday to discuss test results. I didn’t think much of it. I tested positive on the…

You may spot stunning rare white cardinal somewhere on social media. There are many photos and videos about them. You may spot stunning cardinals somewhere on social media. There are many photos and videos about them. If you are lucky, you may even encounter these visitors right in your backyard. These birds are quite friendly with humans, so they sometimes pay a little visit to your garden. Scott Davis, a 67-year-old retiree in Gallatin, Tenessee has got that opportunity. But it was a once-in-a-lifetime encounter. He saw an incredibly rare white cardinal eating food in his backyard. Amazing! The special…

“Growing up, I did pageants and country clogging. I quit around age 7 and ended up breaking my first bone. I broke over 20 bones by the time I was 18. I spent most of my school years on crutches, in wheelchairs, and on and off in the hospital. At around 13, I was diagnosed with type 1 Osteogenesis Imperfecta, which is a connective tissue disorder featuring bone fragility and blue whites of the eyes. I had very severe mental health issues from being sexually assaulted by a family friend as a child and from being bullied due to my…