Family affection is the warmest force in the world. Every parent will do their best to protect their children, and they are even willing to go to the trouble for the sake of their children. Li Canjun is such a parent, he has six children, five of whom are quintuplets, which puts a huge burden on him.
However, he still feels happy and fulfilled because he is able to spend time with his children every day. Now, his quintuplets are 17 years old, how is their family life, and how did they bring up the quintuplets?
Let's take a look at their stories.
On November 21, 2004, the Henan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital heard an exclamation, a man nervously held on to the hospital bed, and said in a hurried voice: "The amniotic water has broken, the contraction symptoms are very strong, and it must be born!" ”
His name is Li Canjun, and he is the husband of Zhang Xiaomin, a pregnant woman lying in a hospital bed. Watching his wife being wheeled into the delivery room, his heart was filled with worry because his wife was pregnant with quadruplets.
In the traditional Chinese concept, the more children you have, the happier you are, so in ancient times, there were many examples of families having many children.
In fact, multiple births do not necessarily have a "happy" birth experience. There is a high risk of having multiple births, which can lead to poor fetal growth, illness, and even difficult birth.
Li Canjun anxiously paced outside the delivery room, facing the hospital wall with a reverent heart and praying that his wife and children would get through this difficult time. Similarly, Zhang Xiaomin, who was in the delivery room, was very nervous, although she had already given birth to a child once, but this was the first time she had given birth to more than two children at a time, and she listened intently to the surprised or frightened voices of the doctors.
When the doctor announced that he had successfully given birth to the "Four Golden Flowers", Zhang Xiaomin's heart couldn't help but hang a stone. However, the good news didn't last long for her to be happy, when another doctor exclaimed, "There is another one!
Fast! Prepare your fifth set! "It turned out that it was a rare pair of quintaplets, four girls and one boy, but because they were born more than two months prematurely, they are now in danger.
Looking at the doctor who came out of the delivery room, Li Canjun hurriedly rushed up to inquire about the situation. The doctor told him that although his wife was in good condition, all four children were in danger and had been admitted to the intensive care unit.
Hearing the news, Li Canjun's heart also hung up, and his hand tightly held the critical illness notice, hoping to find a solution as soon as possible.
Zhang Xiaomin, who was originally expected to give birth at 40 weeks, is now in her 31st week of pregnancy, but she has five little lives in her belly. These five children share the nutrients of their mothers, and the nutrition ** must be insufficient, so the weight at birth is 1 to 1Between 5 kg, it is a very low weight premature baby.
Faced with the life crisis of his five children, Li Canjun held the critical illness notice in his hand, not only worried about the safety of the children, but also felt the pressure of medical expenses. Although they knew the risk of multiple births as early as the beginning of pregnancy, they still chose to take risks because of Zhang Xiaomin's words.
Why would they take such a risk?
Li Canjun and Zhang Xiaomin, the love story of the two began with the introduction of the matchmaker. Although Li Canjun's family conditions are not particularly good, he and Zhang Xiaomin have a good impression of each other and fall in love at first sight.
After getting to know each other for a while, they decided to start a relationship officially. A year later, they were married. Their personalities are very compatible, and despite not living well, they still live well.
At the end of 2001, their first child was born, a very cute girl named Li Ying. Their family is happy and full of love and harmony.
After much deliberation, the couple decided to have another child. However, this decision has made their lives very busy and stressful. Around April 2004, they got the good news: Zhang Xiaomin was pregnant.
The couple, who had had had had a fertility experience, were both excited and confused, and it was not clear why this pregnancy was acting differently than before. In Zhang's first pregnancy, her belly did not bulge significantly in the first few months, and it began to appear after four or five months.
Zhang Xiaomin was only one month pregnant, her belly was bulging like a ball, and in the second month, it was so swollen that it couldn't be ignored, and the vomiting reaction was extremely strong. Li Canjun was so worried that he couldn't even concentrate on the work at the coal mine, so he immediately decided to take her to the hospital for a check-up.
The doctor looked at it and said, "Everything is normal, you are pregnant with quadruplets." Li Canjun's heart was relieved a little, but when he heard the doctor's second sentence, he immediately became nervous.
Recalling that moment, Li Canjun said that he and his wife felt as if they had been blown apart, and they were even more confused by the doctor's advice that followed.
Doctors warn them that the risk of having multiple births is extremely high and may even threaten the life of the pregnant woman. Therefore, doctors recommend that they consider reducing the fetus to ensure the safety of the pregnant woman.
The news made them feel even more anxious and returned home with trepidation. Faced with his wife Zhang Xiaomin's resolute attitude, Li Canjun felt very entangled.
On the one hand, he worries about the safety of his wife and children, and on the other hand, he is difficult to give up his own flesh and blood. However, Zhang Xiaomin had already made a decision in her heart, and she firmly stated that they must give birth, and no one should be missing.
She told Li Canjun: "Every child in the womb is our flesh and blood, and I will feel reluctant to lose one." ”
The two are rock-solid in their determination to welcome the birth of all their children, even though Li understands that this decision can be risky. However, when he really faced this challenge, he still felt panicked, and his previous psychological defenses and preparations collapsed the moment he heard that the child was critically ill.
However, fortunately, God favored this loving couple, and things began to slowly improve.
At the critical moment when his wife gave birth and the child's life was in danger, Li Canjun was under unprecedented pressure. He originally thought that his savings of thousands of yuan would be enough to cope with the cost of childbirth, but the reality made him have to face the high medical expenses of more than 100,000 yuan.
As an ordinary absentee master, his salary is meager, and the weight of life makes him breathless. However, he could not choose to give up because his wife and children needed his treatment.
Despite the difficulties, he still firmly believes that as long as he perseveres, he will be able to overcome the difficulties and protect the happiness of his family.
Li Canjun anxiously contacted relatives and friends, and with great difficulty, he raised ** million yuan, barely paid the medical expenses, and the remaining more than 20,000 yuan had to be temporarily owed to the hospital.
Fortunately, after this depressing and dangerous period, the children's conditions gradually improved, and Li Xiaomin's health was basically **, and it didn't take long for him to be discharged from the hospital.
The family has become one of the few quintuplets in our country. After discussion, they named the five children Li Ke, Li Zhan, Li Ning, Li Chang and Li Yan. Looking at the smiles on the faces of the five babies, Li Canjun and Zhang Xiaomin's hearts were full of love, and they secretly vowed to let the children live a happy life no matter how difficult the future was.
Li Canjun's family life is full of challenges, and it takes a lot of time for them to distinguish between the five children who look almost identical. Except for the fifth child, who is easy to distinguish between boys, it is indeed a difficult task to distinguish the other four sisters.
Breastfeeding is also a tedious task, and they have to buy milk powder due to Zhang's lack of milk. Li Canjun often can't tell which child he is feeding after feeding a child, and as a result, there are often situations where one child does not drink a mouthful of milk, and the other child drinks milk several times.
Despite the many difficulties they faced, they tried to take care of each child.
In order to cope with this chaos, Li Canjun had no choice but to put labels on the children's heads to distinguish them. Whenever he recalls that time, Li Canjun always said with a smile: "At that time, the days were like a war, physically and mentally exhausted, even harder than going to work, but the hard work was also full of happiness." ”
Now, 17 years have passed since the birth of the children, what is the state of their lives now?
The quintuplets family has always attracted attention because of its rarity, and their bits and pieces at all stages of life have been concerned by netizens. Especially when children are just starting school, they are under great financial pressure.
Although the children regarded him as a hero, he was just an absentee, and in order to support the family, he had to work day and night to maintain the stability of the family.
Li Canjun pays for his family, even if the salary is meager, but he never complains. He is convinced that even if life is difficult, children cannot be deprived of the opportunity to go to school. The children are very sensible when they see their father's hard work, and Li Ying, an old college student, was able to take care of his younger siblings and help with household chores when he was six years old.
As children grow, they are not only sensible, but also excellent at learning.
This year, the quintuplets have entered high school and are about to face the college entrance examination. Their eldest sister is an excellent role model and is in her junior year at Xinxiang Medical College while also preparing for the graduate school entrance exam.
When it comes to Li Canjun's day and night work, he only remembers the happy life now, and has no memory of the bitterness of the past. The couple was very happy that God had given them six children and were proud of the decision that "no one should be left behind".
They plan to stick with it for another two years, send their children to college, and then slowly enjoy the family fun ahead.