Masche Sextuplets
Sextuplets
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After two miscarriages and doctors orders for bed rest for three months prior to delivery, Jenny and Bryan Masche (mah-SHAY) of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, consider Bailey, Blake, Cole, Grant, Molly and Savannah a blessing
“The delivery was very emotional for her,” said Bryan Masche, who was by his wifes side when his children, weighing between two pounds and three pounds each, entered the world about one minute apart.
The children were born after 30 weeks, which is considered an acceptable length of development for sextuplets, but about two weeks less than doctors would have liked. During her bed rest period at the hospital, doctors had Jenny eating enormous amounts of food to get her weight and strength up.
“The babies are doing excellent,” said Bryan. “They are breathing room air right now, so none of them have incubation tubes. Also, all of them have had their first meal and also have had their first diaper changed already.”
He added, “I didn’t do that.”
There will be plenty of diapers, late-night feedings, dance recitals and Little League games in Bryan and Jenny Masches’ future. For now the couple is just savoring the wonderment of becoming new parents.
They are also thankful that Jenny made it through the delivery, despite some unexpected complications.
“Jenny, having six babies, had an expanded blood volume that is about double the normal adult blood volume,” Masche’s physician, Dr. John Elliott, explained Tuesday on TODAY. “We didn’t lose enough blood during the surgery to help her afterward. The blood that was going to the babies ended up going to her other organs, so we had some difficulty with her heart.”
Doctors say she’s expected to be fine.
Because of their size and premature delivery, the children are expected to remain hospitalized about eight weeks.
The Masche sextuplets entered the world about 10 hours after another set of sextuplets were delivered in Minnesota. The Morrison sextuplets.
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