All Posts Tagged With: "Multiple birth"

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Nov
2009

Preemie Profile: 26 Week Twins Peyton and Marc

November is Prematurity Awareness Month. In honor of this, some parents who have had babies prematurely have offered to tell their stories to create awareness about his important cause.
Our first story is a pair of super twins, who arrived under some very unique circumstances.

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Oct
2009

Identical Triplets Born at 33 weeks, on Third Anniversary

If having identical triplets wasn’t amazing enough, a Pennsylvania couple welcomed them at 33 weeks gestation on their third anniversary.

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Sep
2009

Surviving Nigerian Sextuplets To Be Placed In An Orphanage

Just 7 months after their amazing entrance, the 3 surviving Nigerian sextuplets are being handed over to an orphanage tomorrow.

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Aug
2009

Expert Panel: Ontario Should Pay For In Vitro Fertilization

An expert panel on infertility and adoption, appointed by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty last summer, is recommending that the Ontario government should provide funding for up to three cycles of in vitro fertilization for women under the age of 42.

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Aug
2009

Set Of Quads and Quints Enrolled in Same Kindergarten Class

One Colorado kindergarten class has an incredibly rare and unique characteristic about them – they have two sets of multiples in the same class!
The two sets of multiples – the Denny quintuplets and the Langenbahn quadruplets – make op nine of the 25 children at the Prairie Hills Elementary School.

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Aug
2009

UPDATE: Amanda and Thomas Stansel Welcome Their Sextuplets

More news to report on the Stansel Sextuplets this evening. Earlier today a Houston newspaper reported the six were “very critical but stable at this time.”

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Aug
2009

Amanda and Thomas Stansel Welcome Their Sextuplets

This morning at 7:30am Texas couple,Amanda and Thomas Stansel welcomed their sextuplets.
Very few details are available about the babies right now. The couple posted this statement on their website:

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Jul
2009

UPDATE: Indonesian Twins Born In Single Body With 2 Heads

Sad news… The set of conjoined twins with two heads, but just a single body have died in Indonesia five days after their birth.

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Jul
2009

Oldest mother, Maria Carmen del Bousada, Looses Cancer Battle Leaving Twins Behind

Sad news today…The Spanish woman who became the world’s oldest mother when she welcomed her twins in 2006 at the age of 66 has lost her fight with cancer, leaving the babies orphaned.

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Jul
2009

Tennessee Couple Welcomes Quintuplets

Last night Tennessee mom Vergie Davis welcomed quintuplets at Johnson City Medical Center in northeast Tennessee.

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Jul
2009

German Mother Welcomes Identical Triplets

A 34-year old German woman has given birth to identical triplets, an event thought to occur in less than one in a million births.

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Jun
2009

Houston Hospital Delivers 3 Sets Of Triplets In One Day

While having triplets used to be a rare occurrence, fertility treatments have made them much more common. In fact, this week, a Houston hospital welcomed three sets in one day.

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