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Gosselin sextuplets have arrived

Hershey, Pa. -- Just before 8 this morning, Kate Gosselin gave birth to what is believed to be only the second set of sextuplets born in Pennsylvania, at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. At 7:51 a.m., Gosselin delivered the first of her six babies at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Alexis Faith was born first, weighing 2 lbs.11.5 oz., followed by Hannah Joy weighing 2 lbs. 11 oz. The first boy, Aaden Jonathan, was born weighing 2 lbs. 7.5 oz., followed by Collin Thomas, weighing 3 lbs. .5 oz. The third girl, Leah Hope, was born weighing 2 lbs. 14.8 oz., and finally the last of the Gosselin sextuplets, Joel Kevin, weighing 2 lbs. 9.7 oz., was born at 7:54 a.m.

Gosselin and the babies are doing well. "The delivery of the babies was handled as planned," stated John Joseph Botti, Gosselin's obstetrician and chief of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

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Last Updated March 19, 2009

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