Khamis Septuplets 2008
Septuplet Multiple Births
Khamis Septuplets
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A 27-year-old Egyptian woman gave birth to septuplets early Saturday, August 16, 2008 in the coastal city of Alexandria, the second largest city in Egypt, and known as "The Pearl of the Mediterranean", family members and the hospital director said.
Ghazala Khamis, the mother, was in good condition after having a blood transfusion during her Caesarean section because of bleeding, said Emad Darwish, director of the El-Shatbi Hospital where she gave birth.
The newborns, four boys and three girls, weigh between 3.2 pounds and 6.17 pounds and are in stable condition, Darwish said. They have been placed in incubators in four hospitals that have special premature baby units, he said.
"This is a very rare pregnancy, something I have never witnessed over my past 33 years in this profession," Darwish said.
Darwish did the Caesarean section at the end of Khamis' eighth month of pregnancy due to the pressure on her kidneys. Khamis, already a mother of three daughters, took fertility drugs in an effort to have a son.
Khamis, the wife of a farmer in the northern Egyptian province of Beheira, was admitted to the hospital two months earlier, Darwish said.
"From the initial checkup, I say that none of the babies have any sort of deformities or incomplete organs," Darwish said.
The woman's brother, Khamis Khamis, said that even though his sister was trying to conceive more children so she could have a son, the family was astonished when they found out she would give birth to septuplets.
Egypt's health minister announced that the seven babies will receive free milk and diapers for two years.
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