PA Woman Gives Birth To Sextuplets

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Penn. Woman Gives Birth To Sextuplets
3 Boys, 3 Girls Born Last Week; Remain In Critical Condition
By the CNN Wire Staff

Posted: Monday, June 6, 2011
Updated: 4:29 pm CDT June 6, 2011

(CNN) -- A Pennsylvania woman has given birth to sextuplets in what she described Monday as a "miracle." Stacey Carey and her husband, Brendan, welcomed three girls and three boys -- Emma, Samantha, Olivia, John, Patrick and Connor -- at Abington Memorial Hospital, in Abington, Pennsylvania, last week. The infants remain in critical condition.

"We also have a 16-month-old daughter, so our family of nine is now complete," the mom told a roomful of reporters, eliciting laughs. "We weren't expecting a family this big, but we're happy now." The babies were conceived with the help of fertility specialists and were delivered through a cesarean section at just 27 weeks, doctors said. All are receiving ventilator and IV support and continue to be at very high risk for complications.

"They are in no way out of the woods," said Gerard Cleary, a neonatologist, adding he thought it was too early to make any predictions with respect to a prognosis. About 60 people were involved in the babies' delivery and doctors said they had planned and practiced what they would do on the big day. "They did what they do every day, but they did it six times. So it was pretty spectacular," said Barbara Wadsworth, the hospital's senior vice president and chief nursing officer.

Pennsylvania is home to perhaps the world's most famous set of sextuplets. Jon and Kate Gosselin -- stars of the reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" -- welcomed their six children in 2004 at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

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[catlover79]

I saw that on the news last night. God bless them.

[OH Nuts!]

God Bless her as well. But I can't resist being tongue in cheek when I say "sounds like she's trying to get a running start up on the Duggars lol"

[PZelda]

Every time I hear a story like this one, I can't help but think about how ENORMOUS the mother was before she gave birth. Like Kate Gosselin when she was pregnant with her sextuplets back in 2004. She was so huge, she had to keep her tummy covered up in clingwrap (that's what you see in that picture) so it would stay moisturized with the stuff she was putting on her tummy - 6 babies inside one person's body is gonna wreak havoc on one's tummy!

That said, good for her. But oh lord. Six diapers to change, six babies to put to sleep, etc... I don't envy her.

[Janice]

Wow, that's a whole lot of diapers. So much work, but decades from now when they're coming over for Thanksgiving with their kids in tow, it will all be worth it. And Allison, that picture of Kate with the clear wrap, just WOW!