Egyptian woman gives birth to septuplets

Four boys, three girls delivered by Caesarian section; mom OK

	Egyptian nurses tend to newborn septuplets at the el-Shatbi hospital in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria, Egypt, on Saturday.
Tarek Fawzy / AP

Mideast/North Africa video

MORE VIDEO

Iran accuses U.S. hikers of espionage
Nov. 9: As a senior Iranian prosecutor accused three Americans detained on the border with Iraq of espionage, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the spying charges were baseless. Msnbc's David Shuster and Tamron Hall report.

Iran accuses 3 captured Americans of spying

Clinton’s road block to peace?

NBC World Blog

NBC News correspondents and producers around the globe share their insight on news events.

Breaking news alerts (about 1 per day)
Click here to sign up or text NEWS to MSNBC (67622).

Find more alerts at alerts.msnbc.com

updated 1:43 p.m. ET Aug. 16, 2008

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - An Egyptian woman gave birth to septuplets early Saturday in the coastal city of Alexandria, a hospital director said.

Ghazala Khamis, 27, was in good condition at the hospital after having a blood transfusion during her Caesarean section due to bleeding, said Emad Darwish, director of the El-Shatbi Hospital where she gave birth.

The newborns, four boys and three girls, weigh between 3.2 pounds and 6.17 pounds and are in stable condition, Darwish said. They have been placed in incubators in four different hospitals that have special premature baby units, he said.

Story continues below ↓

advertisement | your ad here

"This is a very rare pregnancy — something I have never witnessed over my past 33 years in this profession," Darwish said.

Darwish decided to carry out the Caesarean section at the end of Khamis' eighth month of pregnancy due to the pressure on her kidneys.

Khamis, the wife of a farmer in the northern Egyptian province of Beheira, already has three daughters. She was admitted to the hospital two months ago.