The story of the rare birth of
septuplets has gone viral on social media, with pictures of the babies shared widely on social media - wishing them a happy and healthy life.
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septuplets' mum on joy of being able to have kids
Doctors had suggested that it would be impossible for the
septuplets, who were conceived after their mum took a fertility drug, to survive past their first birthday.
Ali's wife, Ghazala Khamis, gave birth to the
septuplets at a hospital in the Egyptian Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Saturday.
EGYPT: A woman has given birth to a set of
septuplets in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, in what doctors termed C[pounds sterling]a miracleC[yen].
One of the current favourites is Sir William No Mates, who is clearly rather grand and is either one of identical
septuplets or has simply never missed a meeting in living memory.
On its December 1, 1997, cover, Newsweek glamorized Bobbi McCaughey, the Iowa mother of
septuplets, by straightening her teeth.
BOBBI McCaughey gave birth to the first set of surviving
septuplets when her four boys and three girls were delivered by Caesarean in Iowa in 1997 after she had IVF treatment.
Regularly the news is filled with stories: first surviving set of
septuplets! Woman gives birth to two sets of identical twins!
What's in between--roughly 2,900 miles--is flyover country: jigsaw-puzzle pieces scattered with thousands of dots that make news only when rivers overflow, twisters spin out of control, or shy Iowa seamstresses deliver
septuplets.
In 1997, on "Good Morning America," when Snyderman was ABe News' medical correspondent, during an interview with a mother of
septuplets she mentioned a procedure called selective reduction, or the abortion of one or more embryos in multiple pregnancies, a procedure often carfled out to improve the chances the others will be born healthy.
SEVEN SUPER
SEPTUPLETS The world's first surviving
septuplets made medical history in November 1997 when they were born to Iowa parents Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey.