A woman gave birth to eight babies in Southern California on Monday, the world's second live-born set of octuplets.The babies, delivered within five minutes, were born Monday were "doing quite well," according to the hospital. The hospital says the mother gave birth to six girls and two boys weighing between 1.8 pounds and 3.4 pounds.The first live-born octuplets were born in Houston in 1998, and one baby died about a week later. The surviving siblings — girls Ebuka, Gorom, Chidi, Chima and Echerem, and their brothers Ikem and Jioke — celebrated their 10th birthday in December.Click here … [Read more...]
Quads In The News
January 21, 2009 By
New to BBA? Sign up for our feed, so you don't miss a thing. :: Quad Born in 1947 Speaks About Losing Mother and All Three Siblings at Birth One of the world's first surviving quads has broken a 60-year silence to talk about how she lost her mother and all three siblings at birth. Their mother delivered all four babies on October 12, 1947, after doctors told her she was expecting twins...:: Speedy Delivery: Georgia Dad Ticketed On Way To Witness Wife Deliver QuadsA Gwinnett County man had to drive 450 miles -- in a hurry -- when he learned his wife was about to deliver quadruplets...Dad did … [Read more...]
Twins Born on Different Day, Month and Year
January 5, 2009 By
A Detroit mother gave birth to twin boys on different days and in different months of different years.Tangernika Woods and her husband welcomed their first twin, Tarrance, at 11:51 p.m., Wednesday, New Years Eve 2008. Their second twin, Tariq, made his entrance 26 minutes later at 12:17 a.m. Thursday, the first day of January 2009. … [Read more...]
Family’s Unusual Twins
January 2, 2009 By
A mixed-race couple welcomes home their second set of incredibly rare twin daughters, one black and one white, defying the odds. … [Read more...]
Quintuplets Born at New York Hospital
January 2, 2009 By
A set of quintuplets was born Saturday at Staten Island University Hospital, spokesman Christian Preston said. He said the four girls, one boy and their mother were doing well.The local newspaper gave their names as Allesia Louise, Amanda Frances, Ella Lilliana, Emily Ann and Matthew Sabatino.The federal government's National Center for Health Statistics tallied 68 quintuplet and higher-order births in 2005, compared to more than 400 quadruplets, 133,000 twins and 4.1 million births overall. … [Read more...]
Breastfeeding Multiples Can Be Done!
November 1, 2008 By
By RachaelBBA Contributor, Mother of TripletsOf course, breastfeeding isn't possible for everyone. Often it is an incredibly personal choice a new mother has to make and it is one that needs full support of family and friends. If you choose to go with formula for your multiples' early needs, there are a lot of wonderful benefits to doing so. But if breastfeeding your multiples is something that you would like to do, it can be done. In fact, I was successfully able to pump for/breastfeed my triplets for 14 ½ months.After a lot of trial and error in the beginning, I realized some very important … [Read more...]
Q&A With Kate Gosselin
October 15, 2008 By
Kate Gosselin, star of the reality series Jon and Kate Plus Eight, answered a few questions over at momtourage.com. Some of the topics include how she balances life, alone time and keeping eight kids on a healthy diet. … [Read more...]
Going Green with Triplets
September 11, 2008 By
By Jennifer JordanBBA ContributorWith Triplets we've had to cut down on our spending. A LOT. It made no sense for me to return to work after having the babies; what I made would have ONLY paid for daycare for Triplets. Living off of one income is hard. Very hard. Money was always an issue, just not a big one. Two miscarriages, TONS of testing, five months of fertility treatments, triplets and one income later, it matters now more than anything.The two miscarriages and fertility treatments really racked up our bills. While looking into how to cut our costs, I found out Going Green was the way … [Read more...]
Surviving the First Year with Triplets
August 28, 2008 By
By RachaelBBA ContributorI am proud to say that we survived our first year with triplets. Although the individual moments were often less than graceful, it has been one incredible and amazing journey. During my pregnancy, I spent four weeks on bedrest at home, then was admitted to the hospital where I spent the remaining eight weeks until delivery day.Needless to say, The Peaches (as we so lovingly call them) were born under an umbrella of fear and apprehension - especially since two of the three were in distress due to complications from Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome. When they made the … [Read more...]
55-Year-Old Gives Birth to Quadruplets
August 22, 2008 By
An Indian woman reportedly gave birth to the Quads in the northern Italian city of Mantua."We have been waiting for this moment for 15 years," the babies' 38-year-old father Pabla Maghar Singh said. "We are really very happy."The four boys, born a week ago, were named Manav, Manmeet, Roshan and Radveer. … [Read more...]
