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Baby boom! Octuplets' births surprise California doctors
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 2009-01-27 |
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