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So the sextuplets in AZ were born yesterday at 30 weeks gestation according to the Today Show this morning. During the show, Meredith mentioned another set of sextuplets born (I forget where) at 22 weeks. All I can say is Ugh...

I haven't seen anything more than triplets. I can't imagine being in the OR for anything more, our ORs are so small!

I wonder, assuming the last little boy lives, if he will ever be able to fully grasp largeness of the fact that he was one of SIX. He won't even have the experience of growing up with another multiple now. So sad.

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It sickens me that neonatologists are striving to resuscitate 22 weekers. Even 23 weekers don't have a great chance. Can't they still refuse? They used to. We had one come in right after that one in Florida and I'm guessing they resuscitated because parents were throwing a fit to save him. We had to use a 2.0 to intubate and at that we had nothing small enough to pass through it for suctioning - we used an umbilical catheter rigged up to suction and a paperclip for a stylet. Needless to say he didn't make it. But why allow such suffering in the first place? And where are the ethics in these fertility docs?

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Anybody heard an update lately on the remaining sextuplet?

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Anybody heard an update lately on the remaining sextuplet?

There is an update on this page (family friend):

http://noemiphotography.com/blog/category/sextuplets/

Amazingly it sounds as though he is doing ok and may be going home sooner than planned...who knows what his long term outcome will be.

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