''Half a Dozen Babies'' (also known as ''Life's Little Struggles'') is a 1999

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. It stars Scott and

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Plot

A young couple have been struggling to have a baby for years, unsuccessfully. Then, suddenly, one day, they find out that they are having sextuplets. The movie is based on the true story of Keith and Becki Dilley and the

Dilley sextuplets The Dilley sextuplets (born May 25, 1993) are the United States' first set of surviving sextuplets, born to Becki and Keith Dilley in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. They are, in birth order: Biography The siblings were the first surviving ...

, born in 1993.

Cast

* Scott Reeves as Keith Dilley *

as Becki Dilley *

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as Doris Stauffer *

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as Lee Dilley *Kate McNeill as Becki's Doctor

External links

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hollywood.com entry
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