Having 7 Babies: The Challenge of Pregnancy With Septuplets
The fear and joy of carrying Seven babies at once.
When Meryl Peters was on bed rest for two months, awaiting the birth of her Septuplets in an Arizona hospital, the Olympics were on television almost constantly during the first three weeks of her stay. As her belly grew (somewhat lopsided, by the way), she said he began to see making her pregnancy last 34 weeks as her own sort of Olympic challenge.
“It’s just determination,” Peters said. “If you decide this is what you want, you’ve got to give it all you have.”
Most Septuplets are born between 24 and 28 weeks into pregnancy, sometimes causing them to be born with underdeveloped lungs, cerebral palsy, and sight and hearing deficiencies. So it was crucial for Peters to keep her babies inside as long as possible to give their tiny bodies more time to grow. Full-term pregnancy is typically about 38 weeks.
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