2 August, 2010
Areli wrote this post about a family she saw for prenatal care. I translated to English and reposted it.
"At our clinic in Nueva Santa Catarina that we do each month, we almost always see a lot of pregnant women for prenatal care. Some of them later come back with their baby in their arms and there are always several new pregnancies.
This week we saw about 8 pregnant women. Among them were a mother and her two daughters who were all pregnant. The older daughter said that she didn’t know when her last menstrual period was and the ultrasound showed 19 weeks and 6 days. I (Areli) later asked her if she had any other children. She said she had only one who was born with a cleft lip and was concerned that the same could happen to this baby. So I told her not to worry and the God was going to take care of this baby. Her first son did receive surgery and now looks like he was never born with a cleft lip.
After I finished with her, she said that she thought her 42 year-old mother was pregnant. She was! She was expecting her 12th child. She didn’t know her last menstrual period either but the ultrasound showed 18 weeks and 2 days. We gave them both vitamins and then they said the other daughter came with them and wanted to know if she was pregnant. She was! She didn’t know her last menstrual period either but the ultrasound showed 9 weeks and 6 days.
Finally everyone had their vitamins and their pregnancy cards. We congratulated them that they would have three new babies in the family. We’ll see who delivers first--the mother or the oldest daughter.
What a wonderful blessing to meet them and help them with what we could."