Word: birthed
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...world clearly agreed. Within minutes after the birth, the Iowa Methodist Medical Center and Blank Memorial Hospital for Children in Des Moines and the McCaugheys' tiny nearby hometown of Carlisle had become the focus of intense international attention. President Clinton phoned to congratulate the new mother. "You know," he said, "when those kids all go off to school...you will be the best-organized manager in the U.S." (Her reply: "That, or I will be in a straitjacket somewhere...
...wean the babies off their breathing tubes and IV infusions, and then start them on breast milk and formula to get their tiny digestive systems working. All the while, the doctors and nurses will be watching carefully; they're well aware that in the only other live septuplet birth, to a Saudi woman in September, three of the babies died a month later. They'll be giving the parents as many chances as possible to touch, hold and care for their children. On Friday, Bobbi and Kenny held Kenneth for the first time. "It was incredible," said Bobbi...
Fertility experts are worried that all the attention being paid to the birth of seven healthy septuplets against monumental odds will convince others that such births are safer and less tragic than they so often turn out to be. Nevertheless, while she never set out to have septuplets, Bobbi has no doubt that she did the right thing...
...other families, health problems have been the chief concern. In 1985, Patti Frustaci of Orange, Calif., gave birth to septuplets; one was stillborn, and three died within 19 days. Cerebral palsy and retardation had been diagnosed by the time the three survivors reached age 3. Ultimately, the family won a $2.7 million settlement against the clinic and the doctor who prescribed fertility drugs for Frustaci. She came back for further treatments, however, and this time gave birth to robust twins. She has since left her family; the children are being raised by their father...
Before the McCaugheys, the most famous multiple births--by far--were the Dionne quintuplets, five identical girls born to a French-Canadian farmer and his wife in Corbeil, Ont., on May 28, 1934. The media got wind of the event when the father called the local newspaper to ask whether a birth announcement for five babies would cost the same as one. An enterprising journalist filed a wire-service report, and the quints--Annette, Emilie, Yvonne, Cecile and Marie--became global celebrities. Three Hollywood movies were made of their lives; in the midst of the Depression, sales of Dionne dolls...