A New Year's Day Miracle...Mother Delivers 'Triplets' in an Ultra-Emergency Situation

Massive hemorrhage due to 'Uterine Rupture' at 31 Weeks 3 Days Pregnant
Mother in Critical Emergency
Safe Delivery Thanks to Medical Team's Skilled Response
Daughters 2 and Son, Triplets Born on New Year's Day

A mother pregnant with triplets faced an emergency situation called 'uterine rupture,' but thanks to the medical staff's swift response, she safely delivered the triplets on New Year's Day.

Exterior view of Ewha Mokdong Hospital. Provided by Ewha Womans University Medical Center

According to Ewha Mokdong Hospital on the 2nd, Ms. A, a 31-week pregnant mother expecting triplets, felt labor pains around 4 a.m. on the 1st and was admitted to the Maternal and Child Center through the emergency room of Ewha Mokdong Hospital.

The mother's blood pressure suddenly dropped, and massive bleeding occurred, leading to uterine rupture. However, the medical staff at Ewha Mokdong Hospital, who have extensive experience in delivering multiples including twins, responded closely and performed an emergency cesarean section. At 6:14 a.m. that day, they delivered a 1510g female infant, a 1410g female infant, and a 1870g male infant.

Professors Ryu Jae-hwi, Hwang Hye-su, and Kim Ho, specialists in pediatrics and neonatology, provided emergency care to the low-weight newborns and transferred them to the neonatal intensive care unit for intensive treatment. The radiology vascular intervention team stood by to immediately respond to any bleeding that might occur after surgery.

Mother A, the triplets' mother, was an infertile patient who had undergone surgery for endometriosis. She conceived monochorionic triamniotic triplets through in vitro fertilization and had been under the focused care of Professor Jeon Jong-gwan of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Ewha Mokdong Hospital, well known as an expert in multiple births. Professor Jeon is known to have delivered more than 25,000 newborns, including twins, triplets, quadruplets, and quintuplets, over 35 years.

Professor Jeon said, "It was an ultra-emergency situation where both the mother and the triplets' lives were at risk, but thanks to the experienced response of Ewha Mokdong Hospital's medical staff specializing in high-risk mothers and newborns, we were able to start 2025 with hope." He added, "The mother is currently recovering, and Ewha Mokdong Hospital celebrates and congratulates the precious birth of the mother and her triplets who safely delivered in this urgent emergency situation."

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