Gosselin Sextuplets
Sextuplets
Gosselin Sextuplets
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Jon and Kate Gosselin met on October 5, 1997 at a picnic.
Jon was working at a hotel and Kate had just graduated from her nursing program.
According to Kate, "I never believed in 'love at first sight', but this came really close."
They were married on June 12, 1999 in what was described as "a perfect garden wedding with equally perfect weather".
Kate wanted to have children right away, but testing diagnosed her with polycystic ovarian syndrome. (polycystic ovarian syndrome: The principal features are weight problems, lack of regular ovulation and/or menstruation, and excessive amounts or effects of androgenic (masculinizing) hormones.)
Turning to fertility treatments right away, she went through a treatment called intrauterine insemination or IUI. (Artificial insemination (AI) is the process by which sperm is placed into a female's uterus (interuterine insemination) (IUI) for the purpose of impregnating the female by using artificial means)
By February 1999, Kate was pregnant with twins and on October 8, 2000, Cara Nicole and Madelyn Kate were born.
By the time the twins turned one Kate was thinking about getting pregnant again and by October, 2003, Kate was pregnant.
Five weeks later, at the initial ultrasound, the doctor announced that there were seven sacs and began to count how many of these sacs had yolks, or babies, inside of them. According to Kate, "By ‘four’ I was pretty crazy, by ‘five’ I was sobbing. Then they found 'six' and 'seven'. (One baby didn’t develop on its own)".
On May 10, 2004, Kate gave birth to three girls and three boys: Alexis Faith, Hannah Joy, Aaden Jonathan, Collin Thomas, Leah Hope and Joel Kevin.
Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a reality television show about the Gosselin family, consisting of parents Jon and Kate and their eight children, a set of twins (both girls), and a set of sextuplets (3 girls and 3 boys). The show follows the family through their daily lives, focusing on the challenges of raising multiple children.
The show originally aired on Discovery Health but starting with Season 3, airs Mondays at 9:00pm ET/PT on TLC.
The family originally appeared in a one hour special titled Surviving Sextuplets and Twins.
The Gosselin family lives in Central Pennsylvania.
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