Triplets

So, as it turns out, having 3 babies is hard! About a week ago I started helping with a set of triplets born to a mom from one of the outlying villages. Three little girls! Aside from the fact that triplets survived, were born relatively close to term, and were delivered via normal delivery without any prenatal care, mom had no idea she was having triplets. Can you imagine? Going to deliver your baby and having not one, not two, but THREE babies come out? I'm thinking I wouldn't be so happy about that one.

Mom and babies are doing so well though! They seem as though they are slowly gaining weight. They generally feed pretty well, except for the biggest which is a total pain in the butt and refuses to suck her bottle with any vigor, but overall they are thriving.

The first couple nights I stayed there with them, sleeping my teeniest girl on my chest. I use the word "sleeping" loosely as it turns out that trying to fall asleep while you have a tiny human life tied to your body is a bit difficult. I also got about 30 mosquito bites that night, so if I end up with malaria next week we'll know why. The second night that I was with them there were a total of 3 Ugandan women sleeping in the room with me. I'm not sure if you knew this, but Ugandan women are loud! Actually, this entire country is loud. They talk and laugh and cough and do everything you can imagine to make sleeping in the same room incredibly unpleasant... this, of course being, because they can sleep through anything! Boy how I wish I'd managed to develop that trait.

But mama is doing well. Feeding her babies, cuddling them, and helping them to grow big and strong.

It's been such a blessing to be apart of these small ones lives. Hopefully a redemptive story, a second chance after Lokute. A chance to help 3 little ones thrive and grow. 

I love how God redeems what was once lost, how he makes new what I thought was beyond repair. He is a God of redemption, and for that I am thankful!