RedWine
06-12-2007, 01:42 PM
All six sextuplets born at an Arizona hospital Monday are in good condition. Their mom is still in the intensive care unit, but is expected to be fine.
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The sextuplets were born ten weeks pre-mature, and all but one weighed less than three pounds. All are doing well.
"They're breathing on room air right now so none of them have an intubation tube right now. They've also had their first meal and had to have their first diaper changed already," says father Bryan Masche.
Doctors at Banner Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix are well known for delivering multiples and despite the high risk, the delivery went smoothly.
"It was a textbook. You would not draw it up any differently. Lot of things that we were worried about, [but] nothing happened," says Dr. John Elliot.
32 year-old Jenny Masche and her 29 year-old husband Bryan said they were terrified when they learned in December there were six babies.
Jenny was put on bed rest early in her pregnancy and took medication to help prevent pre-term labor.
The couple had tried for years to conceive naturally before turning to fertility treatments which resulted in their new family.
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Calling it a "surreal moment," Bryan Masche said Tuesday both he and his wife had tears of joy as their six babies were born.
"I really can't put into words how I felt at the time, " Masche said on NBC's "Today" show. "It was unbelievable. The team was just incredible. Everyone moved like a symphony, an orchestra. Really amazing. I almost felt like I was outside of my own body - looking in on the entire thing. It was amazing."
Masche said the three girls and three boys were doing excellent, and that the neonatogists "have assured me that all the babies are doing really well."
After being born Monday morning by Caesarean section, five of babies were placed on ventilators to help them breathe.
However, Masche said the babies were breathing Tuesday on their own.
"They've also had their first meal and had to have their first diapers changed already," he said.
The babies will be named Bailey Elizabeth, Savannah Jane, Molli Grace, Cole Robert, Blake Nickolas and Grant Williams, but Masche and his wife, Jenny, had yet to decide who gets which.
The sextuplets were almost 10 weeks premature and weighed between 2 pounds, 1 ounce and 3 pounds.
The Masche sextuplets were one of two sets of sextuplets born in different states less than a day apart, a rare occurrence but one that fertility experts say could become increasingly common as more couples seek artificial methods of conceiving babies.
Brianna Morrison, 24, who used fertility drugs, gave birth just before midnight Sunday in Minneapolis. About 10 hours later, Jenny Masche, 32, who used artificial insemination, gave birth in the first successful sextuplet delivery in Arizona.
"It is something that we're going to be dealing with more and more," unless doctors learn how to reduce the risk of women having four or more babies, said Dr. F. Sessions Cole, a pediatrics professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
Sextuplets born in what their father called a surreal moment were breathing on their own Tuesday after five were removed from ventilators.
New dad Bryan Masche, 29, said he and his wife, Jenny, 32, had tears of joy as their three girls and three boys were delivered by Caesarean section at a Phoenix hospital.
"It was unbelievable," Masche said on NBC's "Today" show. "The team was just incredible. Everyone moved like a symphony, an orchestra. Really amazing. I almost felt like I was outside of my own body -- looking in on the entire thing. It was amazing."
The sextuplets were almost 10 weeks premature and weighed between 2 pounds, 1 ounce and 3 pounds. The couple, who used artificial insemination, had the first successful sextuplet delivery in Arizona.
Five of the babies were immediately placed on ventilators to help them breathe for their first day. The doctors "have assured me that all the babies are doing really well," Masche said.
"They've also had their first meal and had to have their first diapers changed already," he said.
The babies will be named Bailey Elizabeth, Savannah Jane, Molli Grace, Cole Robert, Blake Nickolas and Grant Williams, but Masche and his wife, Jenny, had yet to decide who gets which.
The Masche sextuplets were one of two sets of sextuplets born in different states less than a day apart, a rare occurrence but one that fertility experts say could become increasingly common as more couples seek artificial methods of conceiving babies.
Brianna Morrison, 24, who used fertility drugs, gave birth just before midnight Sunday in Minneapolis, about 10 hours before the Masche babies were born.
"It is something that we're going to be dealing with more and more," unless doctors learn how to reduce the risk of women having four or more babies, said Dr. F. Sessions Cole, a pediatrics professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
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The sextuplets were born ten weeks pre-mature, and all but one weighed less than three pounds. All are doing well.
"They're breathing on room air right now so none of them have an intubation tube right now. They've also had their first meal and had to have their first diaper changed already," says father Bryan Masche.
Doctors at Banner Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix are well known for delivering multiples and despite the high risk, the delivery went smoothly.
"It was a textbook. You would not draw it up any differently. Lot of things that we were worried about, [but] nothing happened," says Dr. John Elliot.
32 year-old Jenny Masche and her 29 year-old husband Bryan said they were terrified when they learned in December there were six babies.
Jenny was put on bed rest early in her pregnancy and took medication to help prevent pre-term labor.
The couple had tried for years to conceive naturally before turning to fertility treatments which resulted in their new family.
Play Video :http://www.wcsh6.com/video/news/player.aspx?aid=20420&bw=
Calling it a "surreal moment," Bryan Masche said Tuesday both he and his wife had tears of joy as their six babies were born.
"I really can't put into words how I felt at the time, " Masche said on NBC's "Today" show. "It was unbelievable. The team was just incredible. Everyone moved like a symphony, an orchestra. Really amazing. I almost felt like I was outside of my own body - looking in on the entire thing. It was amazing."
Masche said the three girls and three boys were doing excellent, and that the neonatogists "have assured me that all the babies are doing really well."
After being born Monday morning by Caesarean section, five of babies were placed on ventilators to help them breathe.
However, Masche said the babies were breathing Tuesday on their own.
"They've also had their first meal and had to have their first diapers changed already," he said.
The babies will be named Bailey Elizabeth, Savannah Jane, Molli Grace, Cole Robert, Blake Nickolas and Grant Williams, but Masche and his wife, Jenny, had yet to decide who gets which.
The sextuplets were almost 10 weeks premature and weighed between 2 pounds, 1 ounce and 3 pounds.
The Masche sextuplets were one of two sets of sextuplets born in different states less than a day apart, a rare occurrence but one that fertility experts say could become increasingly common as more couples seek artificial methods of conceiving babies.
Brianna Morrison, 24, who used fertility drugs, gave birth just before midnight Sunday in Minneapolis. About 10 hours later, Jenny Masche, 32, who used artificial insemination, gave birth in the first successful sextuplet delivery in Arizona.
"It is something that we're going to be dealing with more and more," unless doctors learn how to reduce the risk of women having four or more babies, said Dr. F. Sessions Cole, a pediatrics professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
Sextuplets born in what their father called a surreal moment were breathing on their own Tuesday after five were removed from ventilators.
New dad Bryan Masche, 29, said he and his wife, Jenny, 32, had tears of joy as their three girls and three boys were delivered by Caesarean section at a Phoenix hospital.
"It was unbelievable," Masche said on NBC's "Today" show. "The team was just incredible. Everyone moved like a symphony, an orchestra. Really amazing. I almost felt like I was outside of my own body -- looking in on the entire thing. It was amazing."
The sextuplets were almost 10 weeks premature and weighed between 2 pounds, 1 ounce and 3 pounds. The couple, who used artificial insemination, had the first successful sextuplet delivery in Arizona.
Five of the babies were immediately placed on ventilators to help them breathe for their first day. The doctors "have assured me that all the babies are doing really well," Masche said.
"They've also had their first meal and had to have their first diapers changed already," he said.
The babies will be named Bailey Elizabeth, Savannah Jane, Molli Grace, Cole Robert, Blake Nickolas and Grant Williams, but Masche and his wife, Jenny, had yet to decide who gets which.
The Masche sextuplets were one of two sets of sextuplets born in different states less than a day apart, a rare occurrence but one that fertility experts say could become increasingly common as more couples seek artificial methods of conceiving babies.
Brianna Morrison, 24, who used fertility drugs, gave birth just before midnight Sunday in Minneapolis, about 10 hours before the Masche babies were born.
"It is something that we're going to be dealing with more and more," unless doctors learn how to reduce the risk of women having four or more babies, said Dr. F. Sessions Cole, a pediatrics professor at Washington University in St. Louis.