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#1 User is offline   twinstuff 

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Posted 26 January 2009 - 08:56 PM

Not many details are known yet, but a Bellflower, California mom gave birth to octuplets today, six girls and two boys. The babies weighed between 1 lb, 8 oz and 3 lbs, 4 oz and all are listed in stable condition at Kaiser Permanante Hospital. Obviously when you have babies that small (and we're assumng premature although the story doesn't mention the gestational week), it's going to be a long, uphill battle for these babies to make it.

The only other set of octuplets in the United States, the Houston Chukwu family, turned 10 years old about a month ago. One of those octuplets died a week after birth but the other seven children are healthy and doing well today.

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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:01 PM

Wow! I cannot even imagine having 8 newborns at the same time! I almost went crazy with just 2!!
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:23 PM

Here's the story!


Holy cow! All the babies are reported to be doing well. Amazing!!
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:25 PM

I can't imagine. I hope everything turns out ok with all of them.
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:25 PM

I was just reading that she was only expecting 7 but to everyones surprise there was an 8th.
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:28 PM

Wow, that is a lot. Glad they are doing well.
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:30 PM

Wow! I hope they all do well.

What gestation were they born at?
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:38 PM

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Two physicians who helped in the deliveries said they had planned in advance for the c-section deliveries but were only expecting seven babies. They got six boys and two girls. “My eyes got to be the size of saucers,” Dr. Karen Maples said when it became obvious there was an eighth child. “We just went on and delivered the babies.”


I just read this on the LA Times! I can't find anything about what gestation they were.



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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:41 PM

WOW. I seriously cannot imagine life with 8 newborns at home. Yikes!
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:42 PM

icon_eek.gif Now thatsalottababies!! I hope they all do well.
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:42 PM

Pretty amazing!

The article said they are the world's second-ever octuplets.
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:43 PM

The OP's link says they were born about 9 weeks premature. Thats AMAZING for 8 babies! The largest wasn't that much smaller my 34 weeks. I hope they continue to do well.
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:44 PM

Omg, that is just truly amazing!
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:49 PM

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Pretty amazing!

The article said they are the world's second-ever octuplets.


I read they were the USA's 2nd ever set. But others have been born through out the world. Not many, but some.
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:52 PM

QUOTE(Leighann @ Jan 26 2009, 06:43 PM) View Post
The OP's link says they were born about 9 weeks premature.


laughing.gif I wondered how I missed that information since I was looking all over for it! But that article has changed and more info added just in the past 30 mins. I was thinking i was crazy. smile.gif smile.gif
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 09:54 PM

WOW!!! 8 carseats, 8 cribs, 8 highchairs, 8 swings lol
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 10:09 PM

WOW! I am hoping all will be well. Eight little blessings!


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Posted 26 January 2009 - 10:22 PM

OMG, I can't even begin to fathom that. THe fact that they are all doing good is just super amazing!!!! I had to kind of chuckle on the fact in the article that said they wanted it to remain anonymous and no one would comment if she had been doing any fertility treatments. Now, I think it's safe to assume she was doing some kind of fertility treatment. Either way, I'm still shocked! That's crazy! I can't imagine!
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 10:34 PM

While I do hope all the babies and mom do well, I am sort of sad this type of thing can still happen with the availablity of good fertility treatments, seems irresponible to me.
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Posted 26 January 2009 - 10:41 PM

OMG!! I can't even wrap my brain around taking care of 8 babies!!!! I hope they have LOTS of help! Think how long it would take just to get all of them in carseats and to the vehicle if they all go somewhere at once!!!!! Holy Cow! I certainly hope they all make it and good luck to the parents!

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