Italian has second octuplet

Milan - An Italian woman gave birth yesterday to the second of the octuplets she was carrying, four days after giving birth to…

Milan - An Italian woman gave birth yesterday to the second of the octuplets she was carrying, four days after giving birth to the first, doctors said.

The second child was a boy, named Michele, who weighed about 500 grams (1.1 pounds), about the same as his sister, Margherita, who was born last Wednesday.

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