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06-13-2007, 03:23 PM
One hell of a long URL (http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=and-then-there-were-12%26method=full%26objectid=19287436%26siteid=6663 3-name_page.html)AND THEN THERE WERE 12
By Chris Kahn
TWO sets of sextuplets have been born in the US just hours apart.
Brianna Morrison, 24, who used fertility drugs, gave birth just before midnight on Sunday in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
About 10 hours later, Jenny Masche, 32, who used artificial insemination, had her six babies in Phoenix, Arizona.
The chances of spontaneously conceiving sextuplets is one in 4.7billion - but fertility treatment slashes the odds.
Doctors yesterday said multiple births are becoming increasingly common as more couples seek help to have kids.
Dr. F. Sessions Cole, a pediatrics professor at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, said: "It is something that we're going to be dealing with more and more unless doctors learn how to reduce the risk of women having four or more babies."
Brianna's four boys and two girls were premature, delivered after just 22 weeks.
Doctors at Children's Hospital said they were in a critical condition, with weights ranging between 11oz and 1lb 3oz.
Dad Ryan said: "The babies arrived sooner than we'd hoped for but we are optimistic."
They have been named Lucia Rae, Cadence Alana, Bennet Ryan, Tryg Benton, Lincoln Sean and Sylas Christopher.
The Masche sextuplets - three boys and three girls - were almost 10 weeks premature and all but one weighed less than 3lb. Five of the six are on ventilators to help them breathe.
Dr Jordan Leonard of Phoenix Children's Hospital, said: "Their tiny lungs are underdeveloped."
The children were named Bailey Elizabeth, Savannah Jane, Molli Grace, Cole Robert, Blake Nickolas and Grant William.
The Morrisons spent more than a year trying to conceive before agreeing to fertility drugs. Doctors had advised the couple to cut the number of foetuses to two.
But they said on their personal website: "We knew right away that this is not an option for us.
"We understand that the risk is high but we also understand that these little ones are much more than six foetuses.
"Each one of them is a miracle given to us by God."
In Arizona, Jenny Masche used artificial insemination and medication to stimulate her ovulation cycle.
Dad Bryan Masche, 29, said the couple were terrified when they learned in December they were going to have six babies.
But he added: "We're blessed and excited."So this is cool and good news but it just adds to my hated of bible bashers...
"Each one of them is a miracle given to us by God." No! God didn't want you to have kids but you went for the fertility treatment and the babies are miracles given to you by doctors!
It's like when actors get an Oscar and thank God for there years of Drama School and years of struggling to get an acting job.
I hope all the little kids make it, they are all so young and so small. But, can you imagen six little six year olds running round your house screaming there little lungs out, it's like a nightmare!
By Chris Kahn
TWO sets of sextuplets have been born in the US just hours apart.
Brianna Morrison, 24, who used fertility drugs, gave birth just before midnight on Sunday in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
About 10 hours later, Jenny Masche, 32, who used artificial insemination, had her six babies in Phoenix, Arizona.
The chances of spontaneously conceiving sextuplets is one in 4.7billion - but fertility treatment slashes the odds.
Doctors yesterday said multiple births are becoming increasingly common as more couples seek help to have kids.
Dr. F. Sessions Cole, a pediatrics professor at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, said: "It is something that we're going to be dealing with more and more unless doctors learn how to reduce the risk of women having four or more babies."
Brianna's four boys and two girls were premature, delivered after just 22 weeks.
Doctors at Children's Hospital said they were in a critical condition, with weights ranging between 11oz and 1lb 3oz.
Dad Ryan said: "The babies arrived sooner than we'd hoped for but we are optimistic."
They have been named Lucia Rae, Cadence Alana, Bennet Ryan, Tryg Benton, Lincoln Sean and Sylas Christopher.
The Masche sextuplets - three boys and three girls - were almost 10 weeks premature and all but one weighed less than 3lb. Five of the six are on ventilators to help them breathe.
Dr Jordan Leonard of Phoenix Children's Hospital, said: "Their tiny lungs are underdeveloped."
The children were named Bailey Elizabeth, Savannah Jane, Molli Grace, Cole Robert, Blake Nickolas and Grant William.
The Morrisons spent more than a year trying to conceive before agreeing to fertility drugs. Doctors had advised the couple to cut the number of foetuses to two.
But they said on their personal website: "We knew right away that this is not an option for us.
"We understand that the risk is high but we also understand that these little ones are much more than six foetuses.
"Each one of them is a miracle given to us by God."
In Arizona, Jenny Masche used artificial insemination and medication to stimulate her ovulation cycle.
Dad Bryan Masche, 29, said the couple were terrified when they learned in December they were going to have six babies.
But he added: "We're blessed and excited."So this is cool and good news but it just adds to my hated of bible bashers...
"Each one of them is a miracle given to us by God." No! God didn't want you to have kids but you went for the fertility treatment and the babies are miracles given to you by doctors!
It's like when actors get an Oscar and thank God for there years of Drama School and years of struggling to get an acting job.
I hope all the little kids make it, they are all so young and so small. But, can you imagen six little six year olds running round your house screaming there little lungs out, it's like a nightmare!