Oklahoma initiative targets optional early births Updated: Thu, Apr 28, 2011 An increase in the number of early Cesarean deliveries and induced labor without a medical cause is a factor in Oklahoma’s high infant death rate, medical experts said at a news conference Thursday. Health Commissioner Terry Cline said inducing labor or scheduling Cesarean births before 39 weeks of gestation... Read More

One now, one later Published: Tue, Jan 4, 2011 Illinois woman gives birth to one twin in 2010, one in 2011 Read More

Woman gives birth to own grandchildren Updated: Mon, Oct 1, 2007 SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- A 51-year-old surrogate mother for her daughter has given birth to her own twin grandchildren in northeastern Brazil, the delivery hospital said. Rosinete Palmeira Serrao, a government health worker, gave birth to twin boys by Caesarean section on Thursday at the Santa Joana... Read More

Blanchard family adds 3 without fertility drugs Updated: Fri, May 26, 2006 A Blanchard couple on Thursday added triplets to their family, which also includes twin girls and a son. In baseball terms, that's almost hitting for the cycle - a single, double, triple and home run. For Graham and Deborah Fishburn, it's a hit regardless. "We didn't see ourselves with this many children in 10... Read More

Even changing diapers a 'wonderful experience' for quads' parents Updated: Thu, Apr 27, 2006 Heidi Peebles changed her quadruplets' diapers Thursday morning for the first time and beamed while describing the event. "It was a wonderful experience," she said, holding a diaper about the size of an adult palm, "because I got to feel like a mom." The 28-year-old Midwest City woman and her 29-year-old husband,... Read More

Couple celebrate birth of healthy quadruplets Updated: Thu, Apr 27, 2006 A Tinker Air Force Base couple are celebrating the safe arrival of their quadruplets. Heidi Peebles, 28, gave birth to quadruplets Tuesday morning at OU Medical Center. She went into labor Monday evening, and the babies were delivered by Cesarean section. Husband and father Daniel Peebles, 29, said Wednesday the... Read More

'C-section murders' investigated Updated: Fri, Nov 18, 2005 It's a disturbing new trend murders being committed by women who desperately want to be mothers. A case in Hughes County is part of a growing number of what some are calling c-section murder, and it may soon be the subject of a book. Gan Matthews heads a NEWS 9 investigation into these Desperate Mothers. Read More