Doctors at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston are calling it a medical first, Nkem Chukwu and her husband, Iyke Louis Udobi, became parents to Octuplets (8 babies) beginning with Ebuka who was born on December 8, 1998. The seven remaining children were delivered by Caesarean section on December 20, 1998.
The babies were transported to Texas Children's Hospital, also in Houston, shortly after birth.
The babies names are Ebuka, Gorom, Ikem, Echerem, Chidi, Chima, and Jioke. Odera, a little girl, who at birth weighed only 10.3 ounces, passed away December 27 due to heart and lung failure. The babies were given Ibo tribal names from the couple's native Nigerian heritage.
On March 3, 1999, three of the seven children were discharged from the hospital as Ebuka, Echerem and Jioke were allowed to go home.
On April 8, 1999, Chidi and Chima joined their brothers and sisters at home and were discharged from Texas Children's Hospital.
On April 26, 1999, the youngest of the babies, Gorom, was discharged from the hospital and allowed to join her brothers and sisters at home.
On June 25, 1999, the last of the octuplets to remain in the hospital, the first-born boy, Ikem, was also released from Texas Children's Hospital, as all seven surviving babies were reunited for the first time since they were born.
The Chukwu/Uwobi family moved into a new 5,200 square-foot home in League City, Texas in September, 1999. The home has six bedrooms and is located on a cul-de-sac in a quiet neighborhood about 15 minutes from the hospital where the octuplets were born.
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