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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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
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.
Viva: Good week, bad week . .
D'Arcy had a transcript of a report Snyderman had done for ABC in 1997 about an Iowa woman pregnant with septuplets.
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Season Show 1997-1998 Rewind (comedy starring Scott Baio) 1998-1999 Hollyweird (drama starring Shaun Cassidy) 1999-2000 Manchester Prep (3 episodes made, ultimately repackaged as a direct-to-video sequel to Cruel Intentions) 2000-2001 Schimmel (comedy starring Robert Schimmel); Michael Crichten project 2002-2003 The Grubbs (13 episodes made; comedy with Randy Quaid and Carol Kane) and The Septuplets (drama) 2003-2004 The Ortegas (6 episodes produced); because the season isn't yet over series could possibly still make it to air before the year is over--but not likely.
What happens when pilots crash? 'Ortegas' in limbo as others die quietly
The intense attention the McCaughey septuplets received.
The Harris sextuplets: one year later
They come to her as twins, triplets, and septuplets, whole alphabets swimming inside her.
Heroine & The Drowned Girl. (Two Prose Poems)
An example of in-kind consumption without charge would be baby-care products sent to the parents of septuplets by publicity-seeking manufacturers.
Integrating the tax burdens of the federal income and payroll taxes on labor income
When I sat down to watch the Academy Award nominations in my apartment, I felt as if I was birthing septuplets," Balaban says.
Gosford's spark: actor Bob Balaban bridges the gap in his career between servicing Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy and coming on to Ryan Phillippe in Gosford Park, the Oscar-nominated mystery he also produced. (The Hollywood Issue)
This review focused on the most well-known case of the McCaughey septuplets.
Mothers in the media: blamed and celebrated - an examination of drug abuse and multiple births. (Pedriatics Ethics, Issues & Commentary)
Medical and nursing teams typically practice for unusual but expected situations, such as the birth of septuplets.
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