The most weird or stupid news story you heard today.

[exlurker]

A Warm and Welcoming Home

A little weird, but who isn't? --

"The girls are thrilled to have a sister -- and they know that she was conceived at the same time that they were, but has been in the freezer" . . . .

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/eleven-...ry?id=12492208

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Oh.M.Gee.

Four pairs of boots??? How is that even possible!

http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/re...reasts_1475508

I want pictures!!

Originally Posted by exlurker

A Warm and Welcoming Home

A little weird, but who isn't? --

"The girls are thrilled to have a sister -- and they know that she was conceived at the same time that they were, but has been in the freezer" . . . .

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/eleven-...ry?id=12492208

What if they don't use them, and don't donate them? It's a little weird and sad to think about.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by exlurker

A Warm and Welcoming Home

A little weird, but who isn't? --

"The girls are thrilled to have a sister -- and they know that she was conceived at the same time that they were, but has been in the freezer" . . . .

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/eleven-...ry?id=12492208

Originally Posted by nittanygirl

Strange to think about, though if it works for them then all the better. I'm happy for them to have had the chance to have children at all.
But still weird that they have an identical sister 11 years younger than them.
And what if they decide to donate the other 11 eggs? Are there going to be more of them out there that are technically "quadruplets" or more? Very interesting.

They're not triplets, they're a set of fraternal twins and a sibling. Identical twins/triplets/other multiples come from the same original zygote (it splits). Fraternal multiples come from two or more different zygotes and share the womb with one another.

Since the third didn't share the womb with the first two, she's a single. Saying they're triplets would be like saying my older brother and I are fraternal twins.

[nittanygirl]

Originally Posted by agzg

They're not triplets, they're a set of fraternal twins and a sibling. Identical twins/triplets/other multiples come from the same original zygote (it splits). Fraternal multiples come from two or more different zygotes and share the womb with one another.

Since the third didn't share the womb with the first two, she's a single. Saying they're triplets would be like saying my older brother and I are fraternal twins.

ohhh that makes more sense now that I reread it. First I was like, they created that many embryo's with the same genetic-makeup on purpose? *doh* on my part. lol

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by exlurker

A Warm and Welcoming Home

A little weird, but who isn't? --

"The girls are thrilled to have a sister -- and they know that she was conceived at the same time that they were, but has been in the freezer" . . . .

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/eleven-...ry?id=12492208

This sounds out there and made up, but I recently found out that I was one of the first test tube babies. As of 1980 (according to a couple articles I've read about IVF), there were 9 successful IVF babies. I was born in January 1983, so it stands to reason that there couldn't have been too many IVFs between myself and the original 9 the articles I've read cited.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

This sounds out there and made up, but I recently found out that I was one of the first test tube babies. As of 1980 (according to a couple articles I've read about IVF), there were 9 successful IVF babies. I was born in January 1983, so it stands to reason that there couldn't have been too many IVFs between myself and the original 9 the articles I've read cited.

Very cool.

The most interesting thing about my birth is that I was an accident. Maybe I'll start telling this story instead.....

[DSTRen13]

Okay, not a news story per se, but definitely weird -

http://www.grist.org/article/food-20...e-human-cheese

Eugh ...