Mom Shocked To Learn She Was Pregnant With Triplets So She Created A Fundraiser To Help Cover The Crazy Costs Of Her Newborns
El Paso, Texas. On December 12th of last year, Miriam Skeen was surprised to discover that she was pregnant and expecting a child with Andrew Font, her significant other.
Although Miriam’s initial reaction was that of surprise, her reaction got upgraded to sheer shock when she went in for her eight-week ultrasound.
Miriam thought she just had one baby on board, but it turned out, she was carrying triplets!
Preparing for triplets doesn’t come cheap, as Miriam and Andrew have had to buy three of every single thing you normally need for a baby.
“The costs that are piling up already from medical bills, loss of wages due to needing to reduce hours, next big purchase a new vehicle to fit us all in, and of course buying 3 of everything has been tough,” Miriam explained on a GoFundMe page.
GoFundMe; pictured above Miriam and Andrew reveal they are expecting triplets
Additionally, Miriam was then left with no choice but to go on maternity leave when she hit 23 weeks into her pregnancy, as she had to keep the babies as safe as possible.
“We couldn’t imagine our lives before this big surprise but the load of stress it carries is hard,” Miriam acknowledged in a pregnancy update.
On July 22nd, Miriam delivered all three babies at only 35 weeks, after one baby was diagnosed as having IUGR; also called intrauterine growth restriction.
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IUGR causes a baby to not develop and grow properly, and the baby that Miriam had that was diagnosed with IUGR ended up having to spend several weeks in the NICU.
GoFundMe; pictured above are two of the triplets
On top of only being able to take 2 of her 3 babies home and worrying about how the 3rd one would develop in the NICU, Miriam then got some more bad news.
“Recently I was re-admitted into the hospital and was treated for preeclampsia and a blood clot scare,” she said.
“For some reason, my insurance denied the claim and even denied the appeal stating it wasn’t necessary for me to be admitted.”
“I was very ill and from my understanding had I not been admitted I could of suffered organ failure, a stroke, seizures, and even death.”
GoFundMe; pictured above is the baby that had to stay in the NICU
“So now we are preparing again for big medical bills coming our way. On top of trying to save money for a down payment for a third-row vehicle. Currently, we can only have either all 3 infants with us or 2 infants and my significant other’s daughter.”
Miriam decided to create a GoFundMe page in hopes of being able to get some support. If you would like to donate to help Miriam’s triplets, you can do that here.
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