septuplets


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septuplets

Obstetrics Seven babies born at the same time to the same mother. See Higher multiple pregnancies.
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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.
Photos: Woman gives birth to 7 babies in Iraq
It felt like a gift from God julie erickson septuplets' mum on joy of being able to have kids
OUR LUCKY 7; SEPTUPLETS BORN 9 YEARS APARTWON IN RAFFLE
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.
World's first surviving septuplets celebrate turning 13
Ali's wife, Ghazala Khamis, gave birth to the septuplets at a hospital in the Egyptian Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Saturday.
Father adopts names for septuplets from Egyptian president's family
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].
Mum has seven kids
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.
The 'hot', the 'not', and the workshy; This wonderful sport
On its December 1, 1997, cover, Newsweek glamorized Bobbi McCaughey, the Iowa mother of septuplets, by straightening her teeth.
Distorted picture: thanks to Photoshop, it's awfully easy to manipulate photographs, as a number of recent scandals make painfully clear. Misuse of the technology poses a serious threat to photojournalism's credibility
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.
MAMAZING ..BUT TRUE! MARK MOTHER'S DAY WITH OUR INCREDIBLE FACTS How Elvis slept in his ma's bed..plus more you never knew about mums
Regularly the news is filled with stories: first surviving set of septuplets! Woman gives birth to two sets of identical twins!
Breeder reaction: does everybody have the right to have a baby? And who should pay when nature alone doesn't work?
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.
The new pioneers: Rural America is hemorrhaging its native population, clearing the way for newcomers who see in its wide open spaces and plentiful menial jobs a land of opportunity. And small-town life is changing forever
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.
The right to choose: orthodoxy may be the big winner in the furor over the selection of commencement speakers at catholic universities in the United States
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.
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