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| Baby boom! Octuplets' births surprise California doctors |
| 2009-01-27 |
| A woman in California delivered what may be the nation's second live-born set of octuplets on Monday morning, surprising doctors who expected seven babies. . . . The six boys and two girls -- ranging in weight from 1 pound 8 ounces to 3 pounds 4 ounces -- were generally doing well in incubators following their Caesarean-section delivery at Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower, California, doctors said. . . . . Doctors initially believed the mother -- whom they did not identify -- was pregnant with seven fetuses. . . . Over a seven-week period, a team of 46 physicians, nurses and other staff prepared for the births. When they started the delivery Monday -- more than nine weeks before the babies would be full term -- they were in for a surprise. "After we got to Baby G, we were surprised by the discovery of a Baby H." . . . Preliminary research indicates this is the second set of live-born octuplets in the United States, according to the hospital. . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #2 Oct-tuplets? God help them all. How soon before they get their own show on The Learning Channel? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-27 20:44 |
| #1 I am reminded of the joke headline by Rita Rudner. "Woman gives birth in hurricane three times." |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-01-27 20:28 |