The Region : Test-Tube Triplets Reported Doing Well
A La Habra couple became the parents of test-tube triplets born five weeks prematurely through Caesarean section in Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center. The babies, as yet unnamed, weighed 3 to 4 pounds. They were reported in good health in the neonatal intensive care unit. A hospital spokeswoman said Nick and Eleni Anas had been trying to have children for 13 years. According to the hospital, the babies are the first triplets in the country born through in vitro fertilization administered by a private physician--Dr. William Karow of Los Angeles.
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