Better watch out, Kate Gosselin! Sounds like it might be time to hand over the "I had a whole mess of babies at once" crown: A woman in Mexico named Karla Vanessa Perez is reportedly pregnant with nine -- count 'em, nine! -- babies. Nine babies!!! Is there even a word for that??
Hey, there is: Nonuplets. (Thanks, Google!)
So Karla Vanessa Perez, who had fertility treatments, is expecting nonuplets on May 20. Whew! Good thing she sounds like the grounded type; when asked about possible names, she replied:
"It's very early to think of names for the babies. First I hope that everything goes well."
I hope so too, of course. And if the delivery is a success, it will go down as one of the the "highest multiple births ever recorded."
(Hear that, Kate? I bet TLC is already knocking on this lady's door!)
I can't even begin to imagine how Perez is feeling physically right now -- I'm still scarred by Gosselin's gruesome account of the final phases of her pregnancy with the septuplets. (Which is why I don't fault the TV mom for her "glamorous" new look, incidentally. The physical torture that woman endured!! So what if she wants a spray tan? She earned it!)
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Perez is carrying six girls and three boys, which would be a pretty cool ratio (those brothers would have an awful lot on their plates, though, when it came to fending off boys and the like).
Personally, I think Kate Gosselin should take a proactive stance here and befriend Perez. Be a sort of mentor figure. There's enough room for both women in the spotlight! Imagine: Kate and Karla Plus 17. Throw a few more in and they'd even have the Duggars beat!
Have you ever heard of a woman giving birth to nine babies?
Image via Stephanie Hawver/Flickr


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I'm more shocked that she has managed to stay pregnant for so long. It seems like ladies with more than twins seem to give birth around the 30 week mark.
No. I'm glad she's from Mexico though so we won't have to hear about it nonstop.
I'm glad that she will finally have a baby after fighting with infertility but this just makes me sick. The human body was not designed for this many multiples and publicizing it only makes more women try to 'break the record' without a thought about all the health issues these babies can have when born.
The doctor that did this should have his license revoked. Humans were not made to have litters.
I don't know how woman can carry so many kids @aidenmomplus4 WOW! That's really cool since prior to fertility treatment only 1 in 3 sets of twins were identical! I think we can assume they implanted more than 2 or even 4. IMO you shouldn't implant more than a person can carry (in your case quadruplets while rare are still in the realm of possible w/o medical intervention. What's sad is some woman implant 3-5 embryos planning to abort all but 1 if they take. (yeah yeah her choice and all but don't try to conceive 5 unless you are willing to birth 5! It's not an accident! I realize its expensive and it increase the chance of having any implant but still - it just doesn't sit right.)
Kate had SEXtuplets...that's six, not SEPtuplets...which is seven. Crimminey, get your facts straight!!