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'Multiple pregnancies require special care for babies to survive'

Multiple babies survive in developed countries, where hospitals are well-equipped and have special care for such mothers. [iStockphoto]

For most mothers, multiple pregnancies can sound scary. It can be an overwhelming time for a new mother to discover she is carrying not two, but more babies!

Prof Ruth Nduati, a Pediatrician at Kenyatta National Hospital and also a lecturer at the University of Nairobi explains that multiple pregnancies mean that a woman has multiple fetuses developing inside her womb at the same time, with most cases being two or three and with rare occurrences of four, five or more.

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