During the fertilization process, the couple was warned that there was a chance they could have a “multiple” pregnancy, and Bobbi said she was mentally ready to have 2 more children.
But her guesstimate was a little off. Kenny remembers the day when he called his wife and asked her what the ultrasound scan showed. His wife’s voice was strange and Kenny was trying to get a clear answer from her about how many. She answered, “7.”
From that moment, all they could think of was how they were going to feed all these children and get them everything they needed.
Bobbi admits that she will always remember the day when she found out about the septuplets. “It wasn’t like ‘Woohoo!’ There were so many doubts.” Doctors didn’t know what to do and they insisted on removing at least some of the fetuses which would give a chance to the other kids to survive.
The future mother was completely against this option and she decided she would go ahead and try to have the children. The Kaplans at a press conference 2 days after the birth of their septuplets on November 21, 1997.
According to an estimate by experts, even when a woman is pregnant with triplets, the chances of having a healthy child (without neurological or physiological problems) is 50%.