Munich Mother Dies After Giving Birth to Sextuplet Girls, Boys
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MUNICH, West Germany — A Munich woman died shortly after giving birth to sextuplets--three boys and three girls--hospital officials said today.
Officials at Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital said the woman, whose name was not made public, died Monday night of a lung embolism.
The babies, in the 30th week of gestation, were born about noon Monday. They are in guarded condition. “Doctors will try to pull them through,” a hospital spokesman said.
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