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*i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/HEALTH/08/16/egypt.septuplets.birth.ap/art.sept.born.jpgA 27-year-old Egyptian woman gave birth to septuplets early Saturday in the coastal city of Alexandria, family members and the hospital director said.
Nurses attend to the septuplets at a the El-Shatbi Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt.
Ghazala Khamis was in good condition after having a blood transfusion during her Caesarean section because of 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 hospitals that have special premature baby units, he said.
"This is a very rare pregnancy, something I have never witnessed over my past 33 years in this profession," Darwish said.
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