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Suleman carried the babies to 31 weeks. Doctors anticipated seven babies, so the eighth came as a surprise. [4] Born over the course of five minutes, all eight babies were immediately reported in stable condition; though two required intubation and a ventilator, and another required extra oxygen. [5]
The smallest of the octuplets, Odera, died a week after birth. [138] A set of octuplets was born between 13–16 September 2000, in Milan, Italy, to Mariella Mazzara and Giovanni Pierrera of Trapani. One died immediately after birth; two within a few days of birth; and the oldest, Margherita, died a month later on 10 October. [139] [140]
In the early morning hours of April 1, the day she would bring home the seventh octuplet, vandals threw a baby seat through the back window of her Toyota minivan. [36] [37] [38] As of April 14, 2009, all of the children were home with their mother and grandmother. The octuplets celebrated their first birthday on January 26, 2010.
Natalie Suleman is one proud mom. Suleman, who became known as "Octomom" in the tabloids after she made headlines for her pregnancy with 8 babies, is marking the kids' 11th birthday with cake and ...
After being told by doctors that eight babies were in her womb, Gosiame Thamara Sithole ended up giving birth to 10 babies, potentially setting a new world record.
Terri Paige raised her first son between high school and college classes and gave birth to her final of eight children more than 20 years later. 6 babies in 7 years. 8 kids total.
[23] [24] In 2019, all 8 children celebrated their 10th birthday. [25] Multiple births of as many as 9 babies have been born alive; In May 2021, the Cissé nonuplets were born in Morocco to Halima Cissé, a 25-year-old woman from Mali. [26] As of May 2023, [27] two years since their births, all 9 are still living and reportedly in good health.
The birth attracted significant media attention, both positive and negative, including a feature in Time magazine in December 1997. [5] " In the beginning, for every ten letters we would get that were happy for us, we'd get one letter accusing us of exploiting the kids and being selfish to waste the world's resources on a family this big," said Bobbi in a 2007 interview. [11] "