Compiled by JAROD LIM, DIVYA THERESA RAVI and R. ARAVINTHAN
A WOMAN in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China who is pregnant with nine babies, had to go through foetal reduction surgery in stages to ensure her safety, China Press reported.
Sharing her experience in a social media post, she said she followed the doctor’s advice to remove seven foetuses as the pregnancy was taking a toll on her health.
The doctor recommended a two-stage reduction procedure as removing seven foetuses at once would result in a high risk of miscarriage for the remaining babies.
The woman’s husband also shared his worries in the social media post.
“Seeing my wife unable to eat and too weak to even speak breaks my heart. Over the past two weeks, she hasn’t been able to absorb much nutrition and has had to rely on hospital-administered nutritional drips to sustain the pregnancy,” he said.
Experts note that the likelihood of conceiving multiple babies is extremely low. For instance, the probability of naturally conceiving twins is about one in 89, while triplets occur at a rate of approximately one in 8,000 to 10,000.
> A man from Hubei, China has successfully completed a 3,500km rafting journey along the Yangtze River, China Press reported.
The 34-year-old reached Chongming Island in Shanghai on Saturday, marking the end of his adventure, which began in Jinsha River waters of Panzhihua, Sichuan.
The journey was completed in three stages, traversing multiple provinces and cities, including Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing and Hubei.
According to Chinese media reports, the man, who is an adept swimmer and runs his own business, had always dreamed of rafting down the Yangtze River. He decided to make this dream a reality this year by starting his solo expedition on an inflatable boat.The journey came with challenges as his boat capsized in Baihetan Dam’s icy river due to rough downstream waters. He struggled for an hour and suffered from hypothermia before self-rescuing and reaching the shore.Sun said his plans to work in rafting-related fields in the future, advocating for the protection of the Yangtze River.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
