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Jan 27, 2009 4:21 am US/Pacific[h2]Oh Baby! Mom Gives Birth To 8 Babies In 5 MinutesCBS
Doctors say the next few days will be critical for eight babies born to a mother at a hospital in Bellflower. All are listed in stable condition.
Their birth marked the second time in history live octuplets have been born.[/h2]
"Today we had an unprecedented, very exciting day in our operating room and labor delivery where our team of 46 physicians, nurses, respiratorytherapists as well as surgical techs delivered eight babies, all live born," Dr. Karen Maples said at the Kaiser Permanente hospital. "It was atruly, truly amazing delivery. The babies are currently in stable condition."
Kaiser spokeswoman Mayra Suarez said the birth began at 10:43 a.m., and the babies range from 1 pound 8 ounces to 3 pounds 4 ounces.
Doctors said two of the babies, who were delivered by Caesarian section, have had breathing tubes inserted and were on ventilators, and a third needs someadditional oxygen. But overall, the infants were crying and kicking and doing well.
The mother was also doing well, doctors said. The mother has asked to remain anonymous and asked officials not to release detailed information about her care-- including whether she had been taking fertility drugs.
"The delivery process went very smoothly," Dr. Harold Henry said. "We practiced several dry runs and the actual delivery process only took aboutfive minutes to deliver all eight babies."
Maples said the babies were delivered about nine weeks premature, and doctors were only anticipating seven of them.
"In anticipation of seven babies, we made sure we were prepared by doing some drills, some preliminary dry runs to make sure we had everything in placefor these seven babies," Maples said. "But lo and behold, after we got to Baby G, which is what we expected, we were surprised by the discovery of aBaby H, and that was the eighth baby that we delivered."
Doctors said the first three to seven days are a critical time for such a mass, premature birth, but said the prognosis looked good for all of them. They alsosaid it was not unusual for doctors to have been surprised by the eighth baby.
"It is quite easy to miss a baby when you have seven," Henry said. "When you're anticipating seven, it is extremely difficult to perform anultrasound."
The first live-born octuplets, six girls and two boys, were born in Houston in 1998. One of the girls died after a week.
The Kaiser Permanente doctors said they were still getting over the surprise of the octuplet birth.
"It was a shock, especially with the eighth baby, my eyes were definitely wide," Maples said. "... And this patient was incredibly courageous,very strong, did all that we asked to ... have an optimal outcome for delivery. She was a marvelous patient."
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http://cbs2.com/local/octuplets.Bellflower.8.2.918372.htmlhttp://cbs2.com/local/oct...ellflower.8.2.918372.html
congrats to her and her babies
Doctors say the next few days will be critical for eight babies born to a mother at a hospital in Bellflower. All are listed in stable condition.
Their birth marked the second time in history live octuplets have been born.[/h2]
"Today we had an unprecedented, very exciting day in our operating room and labor delivery where our team of 46 physicians, nurses, respiratorytherapists as well as surgical techs delivered eight babies, all live born," Dr. Karen Maples said at the Kaiser Permanente hospital. "It was atruly, truly amazing delivery. The babies are currently in stable condition."
Kaiser spokeswoman Mayra Suarez said the birth began at 10:43 a.m., and the babies range from 1 pound 8 ounces to 3 pounds 4 ounces.
Doctors said two of the babies, who were delivered by Caesarian section, have had breathing tubes inserted and were on ventilators, and a third needs someadditional oxygen. But overall, the infants were crying and kicking and doing well.
The mother was also doing well, doctors said. The mother has asked to remain anonymous and asked officials not to release detailed information about her care-- including whether she had been taking fertility drugs.
"The delivery process went very smoothly," Dr. Harold Henry said. "We practiced several dry runs and the actual delivery process only took aboutfive minutes to deliver all eight babies."
Maples said the babies were delivered about nine weeks premature, and doctors were only anticipating seven of them.
"In anticipation of seven babies, we made sure we were prepared by doing some drills, some preliminary dry runs to make sure we had everything in placefor these seven babies," Maples said. "But lo and behold, after we got to Baby G, which is what we expected, we were surprised by the discovery of aBaby H, and that was the eighth baby that we delivered."
Doctors said the first three to seven days are a critical time for such a mass, premature birth, but said the prognosis looked good for all of them. They alsosaid it was not unusual for doctors to have been surprised by the eighth baby.
"It is quite easy to miss a baby when you have seven," Henry said. "When you're anticipating seven, it is extremely difficult to perform anultrasound."
The first live-born octuplets, six girls and two boys, were born in Houston in 1998. One of the girls died after a week.
The Kaiser Permanente doctors said they were still getting over the surprise of the octuplet birth.
"It was a shock, especially with the eighth baby, my eyes were definitely wide," Maples said. "... And this patient was incredibly courageous,very strong, did all that we asked to ... have an optimal outcome for delivery. She was a marvelous patient."
link
http://cbs2.com/local/octuplets.Bellflower.8.2.918372.htmlhttp://cbs2.com/local/oct...ellflower.8.2.918372.html
