Tom CarneyHomeA pair deals seven of a kind: educational preparation and poise result in historic delivery – Black female physicians participate in delivery and media coverage of septupletsDes Moines, Iowa You could feel the surprise and excitement. Not just because medical history had been made with the birth of the first known surviving septuplets, but because of the people who sat down behind the two desk signs — “Dr. Paula Mahone” and “Dr. Karen Drake.”July 11, 2007Page 1 of 1