Triplets’ dad says it’s a miracle

“THEY are miracles sent to us from God and we love them,” declared Ravi Hosein, father of this country’s most recent set of triplets.

Ravi’s wife, 17-year-old Aarita, became, on Wednesday night, the youngest woman in TT’s history to give birth to triplets. The couple, of St Johns Road, St Margaret’s Village, Claxton Bay, have been married for the past three years. They had no idea that they were going to have three babies. However, the young couple said they cannot wait to carry home their precious triplets, who are also the first to be born in the country for the year. The babies — two girls and one boy — were born three weeks before the teenager’s due date of delivery, but doctors at the San Fernando General Hospital have assured that the babies are healthy. They each weighed 1.3 kilogrammes at birth. Yesterday, hospital authorities put restrictions on the number of people who were allowed to see the infants, who were still in an incubator, because they said too many people were visiting and the heavy traffic was becoming a source of tremendous inconvenience.

The beaming mother said she had not yet decided on names for her babies, and would only select names when she goes home. Up to mid-morning yesterday she had not yet been told when she is likely to be discharged from the hospital. So far the visibly excited mother has also not been able to breast-feed her children, although she has been able to hold them. She told Newsday doctors would not permit her to breast-feed until the drips are removed from the babies.  Embracing his wife, Ravi Hosein said he was happy that he was at home when his wife went into labour and he rushed her to the hospital. “I prayed to God that I will be home when it happen,” he said.

The man said he knows it will be tough to care for three babies but he insisted, “It is a blessing and I am leaving everything in God’s hands.” Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dr Jehan Ali, has since called on corporate businessmen to assist the unemployed teenaged mother and her husband, who is a temporary employee at KC Confectionery at Couva. Yesterday Corinne Pulchan, Teddies marketing representative for South, presented the couple with three hampers and a baby bag filled with baby care products. She said her company had decided to provide the couple with three months’ supply of diapers for each of the babies. Pulchan said they made the decision because the parents were young and it would be tough for them to care for three babies.