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...Patti Frustaci, a high school English teacher, added 70 lbs. to her 115-lb. frame while carrying the septuplets. Surprised by her large size early in her pregnancy, doctors scheduled an ultrasound examination that detected three fetuses. A later sonogram revealed seven babies in her womb. The Frustacis were dazed. Recalled Sam: "I said to Patti, 'Dogs have litters...
...when Patti began having trouble breathing (the seven babies were pressing against her diaphragm) and her blood pressure shot up, doctors decided to deliver the infants. Later, the father for several minutes held his stillborn 15.5-oz. daughter, who doctors think died several days before the birth. Said Sam Frustaci, who like Patti is a devout Mormon: "The Heavenly Father had alternative plans for her. She gave up her life for the sake of others...