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发信人: trichloride (RubberCandy), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: Redwood City 华人四胞胎！
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jan 12 02:00:24 2011, 美东)
自然四胞胎。华人里不多见吧。
A Redwood City woman performed a rare feat recently when she gave birth to
naturally conceived quadruplets at Stanford University's Lucile Packard
Children's Hospital, a hospital spokesman said today (Tuesday).
New mom Samantha Weng gave birth to the four baby girls on Oct. 21 and is
now getting ready to take them home, hospital spokesman Robert Dicks said.
Two of the babies are identical twins, which makes the quadruplets all the
more unique.
"It's hard to know the exact odds, but it's at least one in a million,"
obstetrician Jane Chueh said.
It's too early to determine whether the other two girls are also identical
twins. If they are, the odds would be closer to one in eight million, Dicks
said.
"If all four girls are identical, the odds would be one in 11 million or
more," Chueh said.
The babies' father, Wayne Wang, and Weng have been preparing their home for
Audrey, Emma, Natalie and Isabelle's homecoming, Dicks said.
"You can never plan for something as big and wonderful as this," Wang said.
"No matter how much we try to map everything out, we expect the girls to
throw us a lot of curves."
After a high-risk pregnancy, the girls were born 14 weeks early, said Chueh,
who performed the cesarean section on Weng.
"It's normal for them to be premature, most high-order multiple births are
premature but to varying degrees," Dicks said.
Weighing less than two pounds each, the girls were transferred to Packard's
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
"I was really worried about them," Weng said. "It was pretty shocking, even
though we knew what to expect. They were so tiny and with all those tubes."
Now, after three months in intensive care, the girls are happy, healthy and
are getting ready to head home, Dicks said.
"It was a very emotional experience for everyone, and we're thrilled with
the outcome," Chueh said.
— Bay City News Service
发信人: trichloride (RubberCandy), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: Redwood City 华人四胞胎！
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jan 12 02:00:24 2011, 美东)
自然四胞胎。华人里不多见吧。
A Redwood City woman performed a rare feat recently when she gave birth to
naturally conceived quadruplets at Stanford University's Lucile Packard
Children's Hospital, a hospital spokesman said today (Tuesday).
New mom Samantha Weng gave birth to the four baby girls on Oct. 21 and is
now getting ready to take them home, hospital spokesman Robert Dicks said.
Two of the babies are identical twins, which makes the quadruplets all the
more unique.
"It's hard to know the exact odds, but it's at least one in a million,"
obstetrician Jane Chueh said.
It's too early to determine whether the other two girls are also identical
twins. If they are, the odds would be closer to one in eight million, Dicks
said.
"If all four girls are identical, the odds would be one in 11 million or
more," Chueh said.
The babies' father, Wayne Wang, and Weng have been preparing their home for
Audrey, Emma, Natalie and Isabelle's homecoming, Dicks said.
"You can never plan for something as big and wonderful as this," Wang said.
"No matter how much we try to map everything out, we expect the girls to
throw us a lot of curves."
After a high-risk pregnancy, the girls were born 14 weeks early, said Chueh,
who performed the cesarean section on Weng.
"It's normal for them to be premature, most high-order multiple births are
premature but to varying degrees," Dicks said.
Weighing less than two pounds each, the girls were transferred to Packard's
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
"I was really worried about them," Weng said. "It was pretty shocking, even
though we knew what to expect. They were so tiny and with all those tubes."
Now, after three months in intensive care, the girls are happy, healthy and
are getting ready to head home, Dicks said.
"It was a very emotional experience for everyone, and we're thrilled with
the outcome," Chueh said.
— Bay City News Service
