Six Little Miracles: The Heartwarming True Story of Raising the World's First Sextuplet Girls

Six Little Miracles: The Heartwarming True Story of Raising the World's First Sextuplet Girls

by Janet Walton
Six Little Miracles: The Heartwarming True Story of Raising the World's First Sextuplet Girls

Six Little Miracles: The Heartwarming True Story of Raising the World's First Sextuplet Girls

by Janet Walton

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Overview

Janet had been told she couldn't have children, so she and her husband Graham were overjoyed to find out she was pregnant. Then they told it was not just one baby, but six!

On 18 November 1983, Janet Walton gave birth to the world’s first all-female sextuplets: Hannah, Lucy, Ruth, Sarah, Kate and Jennie.

Janet takes us through the reality of parenting six children of the same age – the extreme sleep deprivation, the bottle-feeding, and later the chaotic routine of getting six girls to school on time. As they grew up, Janet learned to keep a sense of humour through the teenage tantrums and boy trouble, and she watched her little girls blossom into individual, confident young women. She has loved every minute.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781473503236
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
Publication date: 02/12/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 352
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

Janet Walton is the mother of the world’s first all-female sextuplets. With her husband Graham, she had been trying to have children for a number of years when she finally fell pregnant after her thirteenth fertility treatment. She gave birth on 18 November 1983.
Janet still lives in Wallasey, Liverpool, and is glad that at least one daughter – Hannah – still lives at home. She was the administrator of The Newborn Appeal at Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust for over 20 years.

Table of Contents

Prologue 1

1 Bedtime Stories 5

2 The Bowling Green 8

3 Nanny Fox 10

4 Grammar School 17

5 The Problem 25

6 The Bank 32

7 Meeting Graham 37

8 The Gazelle 47

9 Telling Graham 57

10 The Wedding 64

11 The Annual Check-Up 71

12 Early Treatment 76

13 The Fertility Clinic 80

14 Adoption 87

15 Sickness 96

16 Telling the Parents 104

17 The Royal Liverpool 108

18 Liverpool Maternity Hospital 117

19 Too Soon 127

20 The Day Arrives 137

21 The Operation 144

22 After the Birth 152

23 Making the News 155

24 The Morning After 158

25 Meeting the Girls 165

26 Headline News 172

27 The Tiniest Patients 178

28 Registering the Births 182

29 Were Going to Need a Bigger House 187

30 Coming Home 195

31 The New Routine 202

32 The Christening 207

33 Six Buggies 225

34 Mishaps, Accidents and Illnesses 236

35 Assessments 249

36 Stars of the Show 253

37 Going to School 262

38 The Multiplying Masses 272

39 The Caravan Years 279

40 Going Places 288

41 Parent-Teacher Evening 297

42 Teenage Kicks 307

43 Leaving the Nest 316

44 New Opportunities 325

45 Six Little Miracles 332

Epilogue 343

Acknowledgements 346

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