Mom Stuns Docs With Extra Baby, Stuns Us With Ambitious Feeding Plans

Madeline Holler — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:24:00 GMT

A California woman expecting septuplets stunned her doctors during the birth of the boys and girls, born nine weeks prematurely. Teams of doctors and nurses had already done a practice run so that the seven babies could be rushed to ventilators and other medical support for their barely one-pound bodies.

After the seventh kid was pulled out, the doctors realized there was yet another baby tucked in there. An eighth! This mom becomes only the second woman in the U.S. to give birth to eight babies in one pregnancy.

Here's another little something-something I think is even more surprising than the surprise baby (at some point, don't you just lose track of the count?): she plans to breastfeed.

Hey, I'm not here to judge or elevate the status of or call crazy or whatever. So just let me say, "wow." Oh, and let me know where I can send her some nipple cream. Damn!

Image: fanpop.com

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Egyptian woman gives birth to septuplets because she wanted a boy

Brett Singer — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:51:00 GMT

Ghazala Khamis (which I think is a really cool name) just gave birth to FOUR BOYS AND THREE GIRLS via c-section. She has three daughters and had undergone fertility treatments because she wanted a boy. Well, now she has four of them.

The septuplets – my heart skips a beat whenever I look at that word – appear to be healthy, as is the mother. Doctors did the c-section in her eighth month because of "pressure on her kidneys." Seven kids? Yeah, I can see how that might cause a little pressure.

The most pregnant woman I've ever seen in person was a woman who was overdue at 9+ months, with triplets. She looked like she was going to give birth to a Buick. I can't even imagine what seven kids looks like.

According to the article, "Egypt's health minister said the babies will get free milk and diapers for two years," which is a nice gesture. Diaper and food bills for seven kids, plus the three they already have? Oy vey. Good luck to all.

Source/photo: Boston.com (thanks to the reader who sent in the tip!)

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