By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer
Sat Aug 16, 10:45 AM ET
CAIRO, Egypt – A 27-year-old Egyptian woman gave birth to septuplets early Saturday in the coastal city of Alexandria, family members and the hospital director said.
Ghazala Khamis was in good condition after having a blood transfusion during her Caesarean section due to 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 different 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 told The Associated Press by phone from the hospital.
Darwish decided to carry out the Caesarean section at the end of Khamis’ eighth month of pregnancy due to the pressure on her kidneys. He said Khamis, who already has three daughters, took fertility drugs in an effort to have a son.
Khamis, the wife of a farmer in the northern Egyptian province of Beheira, was admitted to the hospital two months earlier, Darwish said.
“From the initial checkup, I say that none of the babies have any sort of deformities or incomplete organs,” Darwish said.
The woman’s brother, Khamis Khamis, said even though his sister was trying to conceive more children so she could have a son, the family was astonished when they found out she would give birth to multiple babies.
“We thought about an abortion, but then we felt it’s religiously forbidden. So we said ‘Let God’s will prevail,’” he told the AP by phone.
Egypt’s health minister announced that the seven babies will receive free milk and diapers for two years, the brother added.

Is anybody else irritated by the fact that when you get the free diaper bag w/ samples at the hospital that you get what ever formula they use not necessarily the kind you’ll use?

Hospital Birth Advantages
•Safer in Emergency Situations
•Free Diapers, Wipes, Pacifiers, Etc.
•Free Birth
•Birth Certificate & Social Security Handled
•Pain Medicine During/After Birth
•Free/Pre-Cooked Meals of My Choice
•No Need to Clean up After the Birth
Hospital Birth Disadvantages
•Not Allowed to Eat During Labor
•Lack of Control/Choices
•Baby’s 1st Bath by Nurse
•Cord Cut While Pulsating
•Pushy Breastfeeding Team
•Have to Stay for 3 Days/Nights
•C-Section More Likely
•Vacuum/Forceps Extraction More Likely
•Artificial Rupture of Membranes Imminent
•Baby Whisked Away for Evaluation/Weighing
•Unnecessary Tests for Jaundice Levels
•Likelihood of Formula Supplementation
•Higher Infant Mortality Rates
•Katana Cannot Be Present
•Babysitter Required for Katana
•Room Full of Medical Personnel
•Baby Comes into Bright Light & Loud Noises

It depends upon the hospital, and the funds they have available at the time. I had both my children at the same hospital, but received different items each time.
For the first, I was given a diaper bag with some diapers, formula, and a couple bottles, as well as samples of various diaper rash ointments and wipes.
For the second, I was given all the above, but was given more of each, plus a newborn car seat. The car seat was nice, since it was the type that could be carried, and the one we had purchased was the sort that was too heavy to be easily carried.

Eh, I’m bored so i decided to ask some dumb fun questions.
So, did the hospital give you any ‘free gifts’ on your stay after you gave birth to your baby?
Mine did with my son. (Other than the oh so fun water bottle washer thingy, the Tucks, anti-sting spray and the jumbo pads). The first thing we got from them was a little baggy with crocheted booties and a hat that we got to pick out from a big ol box. Then before we left the nurse gave us some extra formula, diapers, let us take home all the baby blankets in the room and the little onsie things he was wearin, the gauze pads and alcohol pads. Then they even gave us a cool little backpack that doubled as a cooler/diaper bag from Nestle and it had some powder formula in it along with a few other little goodies.
If i had known they gave all this stuff away i would have brought an extra bag! I thought it was so cool tho, i didn’t think we would be bringing anything home other than our beautiful baby boy.
So, come on tell me, wutcha get?

Eh, I’m bored so i decided to ask some dumb fun questions.
So, did the hospital give you any ‘free gifts’ on your stay after you gave birth to your baby?
Mine did with my son. (Other than the oh so fun water bottle washer thingy, the Tucks, anti-sting spray and the jumbo pads). The first thing we got from them was a little baggy with crocheted booties and a hat that we got to pick out from a big ol box. Then before we left the nurse gave us some extra formula, diapers, let us take home all the baby blankets in the room and the little onsie things he was wearin, the gauze pads and alcohol pads. Then they even gave us a cool little backpack that doubled as a cooler/diaper bag from Nestle and it had some powder formula in it along with a few other little goodies.
If i had known they gave all this stuff away i would have brought an extra bag! I thought it was so cool tho, i didn’t think we would be bringing anything home other than our beautiful baby boy.
So, come on tell me, wutcha get?

I plan on using a midwife and my husband and i plan on having our baby at the midwife’s clinic. Its not a hospital so its not the situation where we are going to be getting alot of free stuff, so i’m wondering how much i should pack for our baby. How many onesie’s, diapers, wipes, that sort of thing, plus blankets etc……..? I have no idea since this is my first.

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Also, do we get any free stuff like diapers or formula from the hospital?

i basically have everything i need for my baby…..but im young and this is my first one, and all babies are different so like…maybe my baby wont like the diapers i use, or rash cream…stuff like that…so i would like to sample different things and see what works best without having to buy a whole bunch of different products that do the same thing (i have one of each thing so far)
i know all hospitals are differetnt, but what did yours send you have with?

You know, like one of those enfamil diaper bags that they have