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Aug
2008

55 year-old Mom Welcomes Quadruplets

It is being reported that a 55-year-old Indian woman gave birth to quadruplets in Italy last week.
The woman, who lived in Suzzara, Italy, was artificially inseminated in India, La Gazzetta di Mantova said.
“We have been waiting for this moment for 15 years,” the babies’ 38-year-old father Pabla Maghar Singh said. “We are really very happy.”
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May
2008

Nigerian Mom Welcomes Unusual Quads: 2 identical girls, 2 fraternal boys

A Nigerian woman has given birth to an unusual set of quadruplets in Baltimore.
Officials at Sinai Hospital say 40-year-old Nelly Itula delivered the babies on Friday. The quads include identical twin girls and fraternal twin boys.
The babies were delivered by Caesarian section. The girls, Freda and Pauletta weighed slightly more than two pounds, and [...]

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May
2008

The Jepps Talk About Raising Their Identical Quads

Last Summer we introduced to your to an amazing couple that drove 325 miles to Great Falls for the births of their quadruplets because hospitals in Calgary were at capacity.
After spending just a few days in the US hospital 2 of the quads were healthy enough to be transferred leaving Karen, their mom, [...]

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Apr
2008

Maryland Mom Welcomes Amazing Quads: 3 Identical, 1 Fraternal

I have been covering mega multiples for a couple years now because the whole subject amazes me.
In that time we have seen a mom have triplets twice, a mom have two sets of identical twins at the same time, 2 moms welcome sextuplets on the same day, identical triplets, identical quadruplets and the [...]

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Mar
2008

Rare New Brunswick Quads Going Home One at A Time

One of the quads born in New Brunswick is scheduled to go home today after spending 8 weeks in hospital growing and getting stronger.

Abigail Lidia, Eli Rocco, Cara Ella and Dominic James arrived in January, in that order, 11 weeks early, weighing just under 2 pounds, 6 ounces.
Cara Ella will be first to come [...]

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Feb
2008

Nova Scotia Couple Welcomes Rare Quadruplets

I am always amazed at the unbelievable things that happen during conception.A mom in Nova Scotia has given birth to a set of quadruplets that are made up of a set of identical boys and a set of identical girls.
The babies, which were conceived through IVF, are a rare medical phenomenon because only two [...]

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Dec
2007

New Orleans Hospital Delivers Triplets and Quadruplets Within 24-hour Period

If you read our site on a regular basis, you will know that multiples births are definitely on the rise over the last few years. This year alone we have reported on 4 sets of sextuplets, 6 sets of quints, 1 sets of identical quads and 3 sets of identical triplets.
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Nov
2007

Quads Shocker For UK Parents

A couple in Derbyshire found out they were expecting quadruplets – four days before her boyfriend was due to get snipped.
Daniel Morley, 32, had booked in for a vasectomy as he and Dawn Tilt, 31, already had three children, reports the Daily Mirror.
They discovered she was pregnant four days before the op but [...]

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Sep
2007

Same Sex Couple Adds Quadruplets To A Family Of 7 Kids

You always hear that a family just wanted 1 more child when they do fertility and end up coming away with 4, 5 or 6.

This family already has 7 kids (2 natural and 5 adopted) so one would wonder why they would need more?

The new babies — two boys and two girls — arrived [...]

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Sep
2007

Cow Has Quadruplets

I guess the multiple boom is not just happening to humans, but animals too. A month back a tiger had triplets and yesterday it was reported that a cow in Ontario had quadruplets.

After giving birth to twin calves two years ago, an eastern Ontario cow has really raised some eyebrows in the agricultural community [...]

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Aug
2007

UPDATE: Calgary Couple’s Identical Quadruplets All In Canada

A set of Calgary quadruplets born in Montana have been reunited. Two of the newborns flew home with their mother Friday night, joining their siblings who were transported back a day earlier.

Medical staff at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, Mont. prepared Karen Jepp, the 35-year-old mother of the rare identical quadruplets, for the [...]

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Aug
2007

Calgary Woman Delivers Identical Quadruplets

Last week I thought it was it exciting that a women in Austria gave birth to rare identical triplets until I saw this story.

A 35-year-old Canadian woman has given birth to rare identical quadruplets, officials at a Great Falls hospital said yesterday. Karen Jepp of Calgary, Alberta, delivered Autumn, Brooke, Calissa and Dahlia by [...]

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