Pregnant Singapore woman holidaying in Vietnam develops serious complications, delivers baby weighing just 720g
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A couple returned from their Vietnam vacation with one more precious «cargo'» — their baby girl, born prematurely at 27 weeks and one day.Their extraordinary birth journey was shared by the Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children in a Facebook pPregnant Singapore woman holidaying in Vietnam develops serious complications, delivers baby weighing just 720g
A couple returned from their Vietnam vacation with one more precious «cargo'» — their baby girl, born prematurely at 27 weeks and one day.Their extraordinary birth journey was shared by the Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children in a Facebook post celebrating their discharge from the hospital on Monday (June 22).According to a handwritten note penned by the new father, identified only as Chen, he and his pregnant wife had travelled to Vietnamese city of Da Nang for a «short holiday» on March 10 before returning to Singapore «to wait for the arrival of our princess girl».But his wife began experiencing discomfort the night before their flight home and was admitted to the hospital.She was diagnosed with severe preeclampsia, a serious complication where the mother experiences high blood pressure, leakage of protein in the urine, and/or other signs of organ damage. It can affect her life as well as the baby's.«Our life changed, tone switched 180 degrees,» Chen's letter read.«Suddenly, we have to face life and death in a foreign country and communicating using only Google translate.» Read more














