Tunisian Woman To Give Birth to 12 Babies (Duodecaplets)
Posted Aug 17, 2009 by Lindsay Britney
It seems the world is to have a shocking, crazy and unprecedent record in the history of humankind’s reproduction. Daily Mail is reporting a Tunisian woman is conceiving 12 babies (duodecaplets) after in vitro fertility treatment, and she will go to the labor as soon as within this month. From Daily Mail:
A mother is set to give birth to 12 babies this month, breaking the record set by U.S. mother Nadya Suleman who delivered healthy octuplets.
The teacher from Tunisia is expecting six boys and six girls, after undergoing fertility treatment.
The woman – who is yet to be named – and her husband of two years turned to IVF after suffering two miscarriages.
She said she was now looking forward to hugging her babies.
Despite the risks of a multiple-pregnancy, the family who live in Gafsa, southwest of Tunis the capital, said it was an ‘amazing and wonderful miracle’.
Commenting on the news, a reader called herself Jen expressed her concerns:
They seem to naively think that they will end up with 12 healthy babies at the end of this. Nadia Suleman was VERY lucky that all of her 8 babies survived. The fact that it was massive news across the world is because having multiple pregnancies ending well is so rare. ‘Octomum’ was huge by the end of her pregnancy and although they were very well sized considering, the babies were still tiny and needed special care.
Horribly pessimistic but there is no way that a woman’s body could cope with the massive strain of carrying 12 babies and the babies simply won’t be able to develop fully enough in the womb for them to have a chance when they are born. It’s disgustingly irresponsible that any doctor would implant so many embryo’s in the first place. Sadly I cannot see this story having a happy ending.
What Jen said can’t be more true!
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