Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
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| Born | May 25, 1993 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Other name(s) | Dilley Siblings |
The Dilley Siblings (born May 25, 1993) are a set of sextuplets born to Becki and Keith Dilley in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are, in birth order;
The siblings were the first surviving sextuplets to be born in the United States. All but one of the babies were able to go home after a little while; Adrian suffered a congenital hernia, but eventually recovered following an operation.
The parents of the sextuplets, Becki and Keith Dilley, met as co-workers at Wendy's restaurant in Indiana. They married and attempted to conceive for a year without results. Follwing consultation with a doctor, they were told they had little chance of concieving naturally. Follwing several more years of trying to concieve, they underwent fertility treatment using the drug Pergonal. The sextuplets were concieved as a result of this.
Throughout the pregnancy, all ultrasounds showed five babies, and a crew hired to film the delivery shut off the camera after the fifth baby was born. The doctor reached in to retrieve the placenta and grabbed a foot instead, and said, "There's a sixth baby." Everyone initially thought she was kidding, but she wasn't, and the children themselves have said, "Adrian was hiding."
The sextuplets currently attend Bellmont High School in Decatur, Indiana.
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