Jun 16, 2009 / 03:58 am
A mother of sextuplets in Northern Ireland says that she and her husband rejected doctors’ advice to abort several of her babies, whom she called “a wonderful gift from God.”
All six of Austin and Nuala Conway's children were born 14 weeks early by Caesarean section. They are now in stable health in intensive care.
Mrs. Conway said doctors “more or less” advised her and her husband to abort, according to news reports.
“They told us about the risks we faced if we went ahead with the pregnancy. Doctors gave us a couple of days to think about it, but we knew without discussion what we both wanted.”
The Conways’ six children, who were conceived without in-vitro fertilization treatment, have been named Ursula, Austin, Shannon, Karla, Eogan and Kerrie.