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"They implanted much less than eight embryos, but they multiplied," Angela Suleman said. -- (link)

Posted by mara Jan 30 '09, 19:09

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It's a miracle! (www.whittierdailynews.com)

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someone needs to gag this woman. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:06
"as a side effect, the sharks got smarter" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 30, 19:14
So within the Fraternal 8, there are sets of identicals? -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 19:13 7
- amazing! -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:07 6
  - Really? Is this common? I really don't know. -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 20:08 5
    - Actually, it's a little more common than I thought it was, but still uncommon. "That she carried eight fetuses does not necessarily mean eight embryos - mara Jan 30, 20:13 4
      - I actually know a set of triplets where two are identical. But for it to happen more than once in once set of octoplets (as grandma suggests) would be - loosilu Jan 30, 20:21 2
        
        1 in 400 for it to happen twice, seems like. -- nm - TFox Jan 30, 20:23 1
        
        which would still mean they implanted six, which is seriously unethical. -- nm - loosilu Jan 30, 20:25
      - Weird. That's gotta be strange to be a fraternal octoplet AND an identical twin. -- nm - TWuG Jan 30, 20:20

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