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Octuplets Sound Alarm Bells for Fertility Experts

Jan 28, 2009 8:45 AM CST

Octuplets Sound Alarm Bells for Fertility Experts

Docs can avoid high multiples, and try hard; babies' risk is huge

(Newser) - After Monday’s birth of octuplets in southern California, fertility experts are raising concerns that the mother’s doctors went ahead with procedures that could result in such a high-order multiple birth. It’s not hard to avoid fertilizing so many eggs at once, and the danger for both mother...

Octuplet Babies Doing 'Amazingly Well'

Jan 27, 2009 6:34 PM CST

Octuplet Babies Doing 'Amazingly Well'

(Newser) - The mother who gave birth to eight babies is expected to be able to touch them tonight for the first time since delivery, the Los Angeles Times reports. The newborns are kicking and "doing amazingly well," said a doctor who helped in Monday's delivery. The six boys and...

Mom Delivers 8 Babies

Jan 27, 2009 5:03 AM CST

Mom Delivers 8 Babies

Octuplets born in LA area hospital

(Newser) - A woman using fertility drugs has given birth to octuplets in a Los Angeles area hospital, reports the Los Angeles Times. It's only the second time in US history that eight babies have survived a multiple delivery. Doctors only expected seven babies and were surprised by the eighth. “My...

Lisa Marie Has Twin Girls

Oct 11, 2008 6:45 PM CDT

Lisa Marie Has Twin Girls

Presley and producer hubby welcomed twins Tuesday

(Newser) - After months of fat jokes, Lisa Marie Presley has given birth to twin girls. While the names were not released, the girls, who were delivered via C-section Tuesday, came in at 5 pounds, 15 ounces and 5 pounds, 2 ounces. Presley's publicist said the "babies and mom are happy...

Brangelina
Welcomes
a Boy and Girl

Jul 13, 2008 6:57 AM CDT

Brangelina Welcomes a Boy and Girl

Jolie gives birth to Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline in France

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, last night at a hospital in Nice, France, People reports. As partner Brad Pitt looked on, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline were born by Cesarean section. “The babies are doing well. The operation went just perfectly,” said...

Twins Born
to 70-Year-Old

Jul 7, 2008 9:16 AM CDT

Twins Born to 70-Year-Old

To produce male heir, scrounges to afford IVF procedure

(Newser) - A 70-year-old Indian grandmother of five has become the world’s oldest mom after giving birth to twins, the Sun reports. Omkari Panwar and her husband, a retired farmer, mortgaged their land, sold off their buffaloes, and took out loans to finance IVF treatment so they could produce a male...

Lifelong Issues Plague Preemies

Mar 26, 2008 7:48 AM CDT

Lifelong Issues Plague Preemies

Fewer graduate high school, have children

(Newser) - More babies are surviving premature birth than ever before, but new research has found they suffer lifelong problems. Preemies face health challenges into adulthood and are less likely to graduate from high school or to have children of their own, reports USA Today. Those who do have children are more...

J. Lo and Marc Welcome Twins

Feb 22, 2008 1:49 PM CST

J. Lo and Marc Welcome Twins

Girl and boy born just after midnight

(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony brought two new faces into the world early this morning: a girl (5 pounds, 7 ounces) and a boy (6 pounds), People reports. The twins, born just after midnight, are J. Lo’s first children, and Marc’s fourth and fifth. “Jennifer and Marc...

And Baby Makes ... Too Many?

Feb 19, 2008 12:01 PM CST

And Baby Makes ... Too Many?

Docs want to cut number of multiple births from fertility treatment

(Newser) - Fertility doctors are beginning to wonder whether they're too successful. With in vitro fertilization prompting a 70% increase in the rate of multiple births since 1980, some are espousing a switch to single-embryo transfer. The procedure lowers the success rate but also lowers the rate of multiple births, with their...

UK Women Limited to
One Embryo

Apr 2, 2007 8:42 AM CDT

UK Women Limited to One Embryo

Agency will ration IVF to stem problematic multiple births

(Newser) - British women trying to get pregnant via In Vitro Fertilization will be limited to having one embryo implanted at a time, in a move by the government to stem the surge of problematic multiple births, the Guardian reports. Only women with particularly low chances of conception will still be allowed...