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[cousin it]

Woman gives birth to octuplets in SoCal hospital
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON, Associated Press Writer – Tue Jan 27, 4:29 am ET

BELLFLOWER, Calif. – A woman gave birth Monday to eight babies, only the second time in history octuplets have survived more than a few hours, doctors said.
The mother gave birth to six boys and two girls weighing between 1 pound, 8 ounces, and 3 pounds, 4 ounces, doctors at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center said. The hospital had scheduled a Caesarean section for seven babies, but doctors were surprised when an eighth came out at 10:48 a.m.
"My eyes were wide," Dr. Karen Maples said, explaining her reaction to the last birth.
Doctors said the babies were born nine weeks premature but are in stable condition. Two newborns were placed on ventilators and a third needs oxygen.
Hospital officials would not release any information about the mother, including her name, condition or whether she used fertility drugs. They did, however, say she planned to breast feed all of them.
"She's a very strong woman, so she probably will be able to handle all eight babies," said Dr. Mandhir Gupta, a neo-natologist who cared for the infants.
The mother checked into the hospital in her 23rd week of pregnancy and gave birth seven weeks later. All eight babies will probably remain in the hospital for at least two months and the mother should be released in a week, Maples said.
The world's first live octuplets were born in March 1967 in Mexico City, but all the babies died within 14 hours, according to Encyclopedia Britanica.

[Macker]

God man... I'd have to run away. I really would go insane.

[Mr. Roboto]

You couldn't raise those kids without some serious financial help. They better book a date on Oprah asap.

[cousin it]

I'm thinking that eight at once is grounds for a divorce.

[Mr. Roboto]

Have fun with that child support....

[cousin it]

I thought about that after I posted.

[Tatiana Kudrin]

I thought about that after I posted.

lol. yeah that would be hard on you guys,

punky, oprah isn't even needed here, they'll surely get all the support they need, ya know, family, neighbours and local authorites. well i suppose they'll get help until the kids go to school.

i wouldn't want to be in this situation, even if i was sure to get support. arrrhgh. jsut imagine those people in ten or fifteen years. when those kids will become rebellious teenagers their parents will suffer, trust me.

[Mr. Roboto]

I knew a guy in Utah (big surprise) that had ten kids. TEN KIDS.

[cousin it]

My grandmother had ten kids. The last one born, my mother, was in '31.

[Mr. Roboto]

I couldn't imagine the finances and time required to do that today.

[Macker]

I'm one of 7....

[Mr. Roboto]

Things were different back then, wouldn't you agree? Catholic by chance?

[Macker]

How did ya guess?

[Mr. Roboto]

Just a hunch....my wife is a self proclaimed bad Catholic. Which frankly, I prefer.

[cousin it]

I couldn't imagine the finances and time required to do that today.

I would think that for people living in a city it would be especially hard. In the country you grew your own food, and slaughtered your own animals.

When my grandfather died, we moved into their house. There was food that my grandmother canned(probably in the 30s) still in cellar.