Octuplets Doing "Amazingly Well"

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	Octuplets Doing "Amazingly Well"

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1-28-2009 5:39 PM

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Doctors say the octuplets born in California are a feisty bunch who seem to be 
  doing remarkably well, despite arriving nine weeks premature.
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They ranged in weight from 1lb 8oz to 3lb4oz.
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"We were fortunate that this patient was extremely strong, very courageous and 
  able to handle these births," said Dr Karen E. Maples, who is chief of 
  service for obstetrics and gynaecology at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower 
  Medical Centre and delivered Baby number eight.
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No pictures of the children were released, and at the mother's request doctors 
  declined to reveal her name, any information about her family or whether she 
  took fertility drugs before becoming pregnant, though outside experts said 
  it is almost certain she did.
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The chances of delivering eight babies naturally are "unbelievably rare," said 
  Dr Richard Paulson, director of the fertility programme at the University of 
  Southern California.
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