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sanford health fargo cares for natural, identical triplets
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aving natural, identical triplets is literally a one in 2 million shot. But for Terri and Pete Pazdernik from Twin Valley, MN, it’s part of their new normal.
Dr. VanEerden be my Internet and not to Google things that are just going to scare me. And he is brilliant and really the best resource we could have.”
“We were really excited and a little scared when we found out,” says Pete. “But I also knew that together we could handle it.”
a quick arrival A C-section was scheduled for the 36-week mark in the hopes of allowing the babies plenty of time to grow. But the girls decided to arrive a little ahead of schedule at 32 weeks and four days.
“You never know what’s here until you need it. And having this level of expertise and the NICU at Sanford was such a blessing.”
—Terri Pazdernik
Terri, Pete, their 4-year-old son, Ben, and their 2-year-old daughter, Evie, welcomed Hannah, Natalie and Elise to the family on New Year’s Eve. And after a little less than a month in the NICU, the girls are now doing well enough to go home.
“You never know what’s here until you need it,” says Terri. expert care close by “Having this level of expertise and the NICU at Sanford And there to help them handle it was Peter VanEerden, was such a blessing for our family. MD, the only maternal fetal medicine physician in North Dakota and trained to handle high risk pregnancies like Terri’s. “You just get nervous about what could happen,” says Terri. “But a nurse told me the best advice. She said to let