地球上生孩子最要命的地方(下)
日期:2022-05-19 10:20

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That is how she met a man in his 60s who offered to provide shelter or pay for her school if she would be his girlfriend, essentially.

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Susan found it to be a horrible deal, but she believed she couldn't be pregnant, she could not get pregnant.

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苏珊觉得这是一笔可怕的交易,但她觉得她不可能怀孕,她不会怀孕o0hiS9=vFHBZz]_(

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She'd had a health scare when she was 16 or so.

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她16岁左右的时候经历过一次健康危机,%-8lh#ci.

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A cyst burst on one of her ovaries, and a nurse, she said, just sort of offhandedly said to her, "I'm so sorry. I don't think you'll ever be able to get pregnant."

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她的一个卵巢囊肿破裂了,她说,一个护士漫不经心地对她说,“我很抱歉Wad1kuj_Cfn,WYXc。 我觉得你永远都不会怀孕了P1SO%NV7^Fj4E&~P.。”

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She moved in with him, seeing no other option.

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她觉得没有其他选择,就搬去和他住了)u1!*f6^_%J6Af79#]

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She becomes pregnant, and he, shortly after, dies of hypertension.

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她怀孕了,不久之后,这个男人死于高血压F;H1gLE4ra30.x0~k

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It was just this series of awful events that landed Susan in the maternity ward.

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就是这一系列可怕的事情把苏珊弄进了产房&6iQOn7%ufNl_

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Susan was afraid to go to the hospital, naturally.

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苏珊自然不敢去医院jz0A2ODtYFC

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I don't have anything. And my people also don't have anything. I have struggled.

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I don't want my child to struggle, and I want them to learn.

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我不想让我的孩子挣扎,我想让他们学习P!l!cItPk|XA

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And a lot of people in her community had had experiences where they go in, they're supposed to receive this free health care, but whoever is working that day decides to charge them anyway an informal fee.

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她所在社区的很多人都有过这样的经历,他们本应该得到免费的医疗保健服务,但那天工作的人员却决定向他们收取一笔非正式的费用Jcr0!rdJjIKl)yVl-+]W

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So, Susan's 17. She doesn't have any money. She's pregnant. She's not sure what to do.

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But she met a midwife in her community quite naturally, named Aminata, who would just show up and say, "We're going. We are going to the hospital. Come on. Come with me. In fact, here's some cab money."

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但她很自然地遇到了社区里一个叫阿米纳塔的助产士,她会出现并说,“我们要去Hi]HC!0=I42u[_@f[U。 我们要去医院Qqx9N=Ae)w7T+p。来吧B!sKX]OYlFR5UHY7。 跟我来6EnSzX&pa_.。 事实上,这是一些出租汽车的钱iLF.+7W^UB。”

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With our relationship, she's sort of a mother to me now because all the things she does for me, it's like a mother.

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在我们的关系中,她现在就像是我的母亲,因为她为我做的一切,就像母亲一样f9a[Q(;%-B

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I go through hard times, and she helps me.

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我遇到困难的时候,她会帮助我M]^zg|sg1K!

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And in that way, Susan got so lucky because in situations like this, when you're a broke teen and you're pregnant, attention is the currency of survival.

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Doctors told Susan that she needed a C-section, that her hips were too narrow to give birth naturally.

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医生告诉苏珊,她需要剖腹产,因为她的臀部太窄,无法自然分娩G@w0UhI]e[8fB

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It was something that she only knew because she was going to her doctor's appointments, and she was going at the insistence and support of Aminata.

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这是她唯一知道的事情,因为她要去看医生,而且她是在阿米纳塔的坚持和支持下去的V1Kon8M3U6)xys.ZRFI

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Aminata had advised Susan to check in to the hospital early.

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She said this because they weren't sure of her exact due date.

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她这么说是因为他们不确定她的确切预产期qGQP#Xh&xm

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The hospital's ultrasound machine had been broken.

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She was scared up until the last second because in Sierra Leone doctors often ask women to find a couple pints of blood.

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她直到最后一刻都很害怕,因为在塞拉利昂,医生经常让妇女找几品脱的血液QOvck2|,i@

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