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Oct
2008

NY Couple Welcomes Sextuplets

Life will never be the same for Victor and Digna Carpio.
On Oct. 6, the Queens couple welcomed New York’s second-ever set of sextuplets.
The four boys and two girls arrival has been secret while doctors worked feverishly to make sure the infants all lived.
“I’ve watched each of my babies fight so hard to survive,” [...]

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Aug
2008

High Court Rejects Couple’s Plea To Abort 25-Week-Old Fetus

An Indian court on Monday rejected a woman’s petition to abort her 25-week-old fetus with a congenital heart problem, saying the law does not permit such late-term abortions.
Last month, Niketa Mehta, 31, her husband, Haresh, and their gynecologist, Dr. Nikhil Dattar, petitioned the court to allow an abortion.
During the 20 week ultrasound it [...]

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Jun
2008

Bahraini Couple Welcomes Sextuplets

Last night a Bahraini couple 6 babies that are said to be in a “stable and good condition”. The sextuplets, the second reported case of its kind in Bahrain, weigh between 460 grams and 650gms after being born 35 minutes between the first and last baby.
The three boys and three girls, who were born to [...]

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Jan
2008

Mother’s Amazing Sacrifice Saves Son’s Life

Four months into her pregnancy, Lorraine Allard doctors informed her that she was in the advanced stages of cancer.
At that time she was advised to have end her pregnancy and start chemotherapy immediately.
She insisted on waiting longer in order to give her unborn baby a better chance telling her husband Martyn, “If I [...]

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Oct
2007

Flight Attendant Wins Award For Saving 25 Weeker On Airplane

We covered the amazing story of a baby born 30,000 ft in the air, 15 weeks premature last month.
A flight attendant played an integral part of his survival by clearing his lungs with a straw.
The BBC reported today that Carol Miller (pictured, right), the quick thinking flight attendant, has won a [...]

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28
Sep
2007

Micro-preemie defied odds of 1000 to 1

When Kimberly Mueller arrived 15 weeks early weighing just 10oz’s doctors gave her a one in a thousand chance of survival.
After the delivery, the baby was wrapped in plastic and whisked away for the team of doctors to work on her.
She spent 6 months in the hospital and has now been given the okay to [...]

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Aug
2007

25 Week Old Baby Born On Airplane: Still Thriving

No one expected mom-to-be Nicola Delemere to go into labour 15 weeks early on a flight to Crete four months ago. The family is lucky that a stewardess came to the rescue, helping with the delivery and resuscitation of the baby.

Alfie – who later weighed in at just 1lb 1oz – was barely alive [...]

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