Baby Xixi's Angels

On Wednesday, my staff member Dove called me at 5:30 pm. She was with the unwed mother XiaoXia, who we have been helping in the past two months at the maternity hospital.

“They say her fluids are almost depleted and although she is in danger, they will not admit her to the hospital... they have no beds available." Her voice was trembling.

I started frantically began calling everyone I knew that might help me get Xiaoxia into a hospital. I called a celebrity who I met last year at a charity event. She has a beautiful face and seems very sincere in her heart to help orphans. I remembered she knew the owner of Wuzhou Maternity Hospital, Mr Huang. Liuzi is her name.

She answered the call and after realizing the mother was outside the hospital door, she quickly agreed to call and help. I waited only ten minutes to get her return call with a positive answer and the phone number of Mr. Huang. Wow! What a relief!

I called Dove to halt her panic and headed to the hospital on third ring road. I then called Mr. Huang to thank him and ask him about the fees. He told me, it would be charitable. I was so thrilled. Later Dove told me the hospital staff quoted her the cost at $10,000 Yuan, an employee price versus the $35000Yuan for the c-section.


At 9:05 pm, two hours after Xiaxia was admitted to the hospital, a healthy baby girl was born! She weighs 3360g. It was just less than four hours after I received the phone call from Dove.

On Friday night, 10:30pm, after a long day of work for both Liuzi and myself, we finally met up and went to visit the new mom and baby. We brought fish soup and a drink so that Xiaoxia would have milk for her baby. Her husband Liuhao went with us.

The hospital seems very nice and clean. Xiao Xia is calm and happy. She is proud of her new baby. She told us the baby was indeed in danger when she came to the hospital. She was sent to the OR immediately after she was admitted.

Liuzi is a natural encourager. She showed no judgment toward the mom. By the time we left, it was 11:34pm. In the car, Liuzi and her husband told me they wanted to help pay the hospital bill.

I looked at Liuzi, thinking her like a beautiful angel. How wonderful of her to answer my call and help us.

Dove brought Xiaoxia to Beijing in response to an emergency email. She spent two days and nights by her bedside helping the new mom and the baby. She is their angel, too.

Sister Pamela provided a room for Xiaoxia. She helps to take care of unwed mothers and babies at their home, cooking for them and teaching them parenting skills. She doesn't speak Chinese as she is from the US, but Xiaoxia told me, she is an angel to them, too.

Welcome little Xixi! Even though you went through so much with your mother before you were born, you had angels helping all along the way! May your life be filled with love and care, and many more loving people.

PS> Xiaoxia came to us 8 months pregnant from Hainan Island. She and her boyfriend dated for over 6 years before she had the baby. The boy's mother is against their marriage. The last time she saw her boyfriend was at the apartment of several months. The mother came and yelled outside the building nonstop. Xiaoxia let him go with his mom and never saw him again. She knew he also wanted the baby so she decided to get our help and give birth to the baby herself. Now that the baby is born, Xiaoxia wants to get in touch with her boyfriend, and wants us to help her find income and a stable job.

We are in need of $1500 to help one more unwed mother who is waiting in Dalian and due to give birth within the next two months. This money is difficult to raise in China as the existing prejudice against unwed mothers is quite high.

You can donate by clicking the Give Now button below and designating, "Unwed Mothers" in the additional information box. Thank you!!