I dislike multiple births. Some people are concerned about global warming but I'm concerned about world overpopulation. At least, though, these people conceived without fertility drugs.
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So... it's been... what, like a year that I've had this signature? Did anyone get that it says: I hear, I see, I learn? :(
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A 35-year-old Canadian woman has given birth to rare identical quadruplets, officials at a Great Falls, Mont., hospital said Thursday.
Karen Jepp of Calgary delivered Autumn, Brooke, Calissa and Dahlia by caesarian section Sunday afternoon at Benefis Healthcare, said Amy Astin, the hospital's director of community and government relations. The four girls were breathing without ventilators and listed in good condition Thursday, she said.
"These babies are doing grand," said Dr. Tom Key of Great Falls, the perinatologist who delivered the girls.
The babies were born about two months early and were conceived without fertility drugs, he said. They weighed between 2.6 pounds and 2.15 pounds.
Jepp and her husband, J.P., declined to be interviewed by The Associated Press.
"The parents have been a little bit shy about the press. . . . We agreed to handle it in a way they were comfortable with," Astin said.
The couple have a two-year-old son, Simon.
The chances of giving birth to identical quadruplets is about one in 13 million, Key said.
"This is a very big medical event," he said. "Identical quadruplets are extremely rare."
Medical literature indicates there are fewer than 50 sets of identical quadruplets, said Dr. Jamie Grifo, director of the NYU Fertility Center in New York.
The Jepps drove more than 500 kilometres to Great Falls for the births because hospitals in Calgary were at capacity, Key said.
"The difficulty is that Calgary continues to grow at such a rapid rate. . . . The population has increased a lot faster than the number of hospital beds," he said.
Two of the girls were to be transferred to a Calgary hospital later Thursday. The other two could be moved Friday if their conditions remain favourable, Key said.
An evening with that family, 3 weeks from now, should be a lovely thing to be a part of. To smash your head against the wall for.
