Septuplets

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Septuplets--seven fetuses
While multiples account for only a small percentage of all births (about 3 percent), the multiple birth rate is rising.

Septuplets - A multiple birth in which seven babies are born from one pregnancy.

birth is twins (two babies), but cases of triplets (three), quadruplets (four), quintuplets (five), sextuplets (six), septuplets (seven), octuplets (eight), and nonuplets (nine) have all been recorded with all siblings being born alive.

Two babies born at a time are twins; three are triplets, four are quadruplets, five are quintuplets, six are sextuplets, seven are septuplets and eight are octuplets.

Twins get a lot of attention - though not as much now that there are quads, quints, and even septuplets wandering around news magazines on a regular basis.

However, while quadruplets, quintuplets, and septuplets may make headline news, around 95 percent of multiple pregnancies are still twins.

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The McCaughey septuplets were in a pyramid configuration. As the babies get bigger, it's harder for them to move much to get into the proper birthing position.

This is considered a great recommendation by many health care professionals, an asset to all women and babies. Even Bobbi McCaughey, the mother of the septuplets, expressed breast milk for her seven children.

See also: Multip, Pregnancy, Multiple Pregnancy, Identical twins, Pregnant