No room in the womb?

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"In this case, the woman won the jackpot," said Heather Kowalski, spokesman for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. She was referring to Bobbi McCaughey of Carlisle, Iowa, who is currently awaiting the birth of septuplets.

Understandably, Bobbi and her husband, Kenny, are the talk of Carlisle (population 3,200-and about to be 3,207). The McCaugheys and their neighbors kept the impending births secret for several months, but when the story broke, the multiple pregnancy became international news. After all, medical officials believe there to be no surviving sets of septuplets, though reproductive technologies have increased the occurrence of multiple pregnancies.

Mr. McCaughey, who works as a clerk for a local car dealer, is downright excited about the prospect of caring for seven newborns, a challenge few fathers could fathom. "Right now we know that they're all over two pounds, and the doctors have said 28 weeks is a magic line and after 28 weeks their chances of survival are really, really great."