An unnamed 59 year old Frenchwoman, of Vietnamese origin, gave birth to triplets on Saturday night. After seeking in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Vietnam, the woman delivered two boys and a girl by cesarean at a Paris hospital. According to a spokesman, ‘everything went smoothly.’ The babies are healthy, weighing between 4 lbs 9 oz [...]
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As a mom of twins, I always try to keep myself updated on the latest news about multiples.
American researchers gathered data on multiple births in 2004 and reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology the following statistics:
139,494 babies were born of multiple pregnancies
132,219 babies were born as twins
6750 babies were born as triplets
439 [...]
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The court (and the DNA test) has spoken. A set of triplets born 10 years ago in Cape Town, South Africa, was fathered by 2 different men. After a decade long legal battle and paternity tests, a cab driver finally found out that he fathered only 1 and not all the 3 babies of his [...]
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Only 17 and she has already brought 7 children into this world. Her name is Pamela Villarruel and she lives in Argentina.
Pamela delivered her first child, a boy, at 14. She got pregnant again a year later and delivered 3 girls. Another pregnancy followed and she again delivered 3 girls just days before her 17th [...]
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Allison Penn, of Manhasset, NY gave birth to identical triplet boys last Wednesday. The boys were conceived through in vitro fertilization. Dr. Victor Klein implanted only one embryo which split in two, followed by one half splitting again. This is the first instance of such an occurrence known in the history of American medicine, according [...]
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