How Diabetic mother delivers healthy 9-pound, 12-ounce girl a month early - Candida King Bird, 38, the diabetic pregnant mother featured within the Oregonian earlier this month, delivered a healthy 9-pound, 12-ounce lady in Oregon Health & Science University hospital at nine a.m. Thursday.
King Bird, member of the Ojibwe tribe, was included during a story regarding health issues affecting Native Americans within the Portland space. The story was the primary in an occasional series over ensuing 2 months known as "Invisible Nations, Enduring Ills." Upcoming stories can concentrate on diabetes, stress and trauma, maternal health and promising health reforms.
Because of King Bird's diabetes, her baby grew too quick and was delivered four weeks early by C-section. A team of a couple of dozen doctors and nurses attended the mom and baby throughout the delivery.
The baby was place in intensive look after thirty six hours attributable to low-blood sugar, conjointly the results of her mom's diabetes. King Bird, who was obtaining up hours once the delivery to go to her baby in intensive care, is recovering rapidly.
The parents named the baby Mishiike Meteh, which suggests turtle heart in Ojibwe.
"She is that the neatest thing ever," says the daddy, Bruce McQuakay, 30, of the Cree and Tlingit tribes, who attended her birth. "It makes my day daily."
King Bird, member of the Ojibwe tribe, was included during a story regarding health issues affecting Native Americans within the Portland space. The story was the primary in an occasional series over ensuing 2 months known as "Invisible Nations, Enduring Ills." Upcoming stories can concentrate on diabetes, stress and trauma, maternal health and promising health reforms.
Because of King Bird's diabetes, her baby grew too quick and was delivered four weeks early by C-section. A team of a couple of dozen doctors and nurses attended the mom and baby throughout the delivery.
The baby was place in intensive look after thirty six hours attributable to low-blood sugar, conjointly the results of her mom's diabetes. King Bird, who was obtaining up hours once the delivery to go to her baby in intensive care, is recovering rapidly.
The parents named the baby Mishiike Meteh, which suggests turtle heart in Ojibwe.
"She is that the neatest thing ever," says the daddy, Bruce McQuakay, 30, of the Cree and Tlingit tribes, who attended her birth. "It makes my day daily."
