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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 ...
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.
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.
The first born, Ebuka, was delivered on December 8, 15 weeks premature. The remaining 7 octuplets were born by caesarean section on December 20, 13 weeks premature. The smallest of the octuplets, Odera, died on December 27, a week after birth. She was the lightest of the 8 babies, weighing just over 300 grams (11 ounces).
The Tolvers conceived four babies at once without reproductive assistance, an occurrence that happens in just 1 in 677,000 births, according to a 2018 study. "It's totally understandable that ...
According to Dr. Nathan Sundgren, associate medical director of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) who treated the babies, the sisters are now all between 6.5 to 7 pounds, and "doing great."
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] "
Then, Terri gave birth to six more babies in seven years. In her 43 years as a mother, Terri has been both a terrified 15-year-old mother and a 30-something who unabashedly put the size of her ...