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作者: raima 時間: 2009-1-27 12:24 標題: American woman gives birth to live octuplets

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ ... live-octuplets.html

American woman gives birth to live octuplets
An American woman has become only the second person in the world to give birth to live octuplets, but fears remain for the health of the six boys and two girls who weigh as little as 1lb 8oz.

By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles
Last Updated: 7:13PM GMT 27 Jan 2009

The mother, who has yet to be identified, was expecting to give birth to seven babies on Monday but doctors were stunned when an eighth emerged.

All eight babies, born by caesarean section and all delivered within five minutes, were, however, last night said to be doing "very, very well" with even the smallest, a boy, described as "very feisty" by doctors.

The children – six boys and two girls – were born nine weeks prematurely and delivered by a team of 46 doctors, nurses and assistants at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Centre, near Los Angeles.

All were in incubators but two initially placed on ventilators were yesterday breathing on their own. The babies weighed between 1 pound 8 oz and 3 pounds 4 oz and were identified by the letters A to H.

"We decided to proceed with the delivery in anticipation of seven babies. We had done some drills, some preliminary dry runs," said Dr Karen Maples, chief of the department of obstetrics and gynaecology who cared for the mother since the first trimester.

"Lo and behold, after we got to Baby G, which is what we expected, we were surprised by Baby H."

After the seventh baby was born, one of the doctors, Alejandro Vasquez, cried out: "Wait a minute, I think I feel a hand," and the eighth baby emerged.

"What a shocker this was," Dr Maples said. She described it as "a truly amazing delivery."

"It is quite easy to miss a baby when you're anticipating seven," said Dr Harold Henry, chief of maternal and foetal medicine at the hospital. "Ultrasound doesn't show you everything."

The babies are expected to remain in the hospital for at least two months while the mother should be released in a week.

She is planning to breast-feed all eight infants, said Mandhir Gupta, head of neonatology at the centre. "She's a very strong woman. She should be able to take care of all eight of them."

Dr Maples described the mother, who was admitted to hospital seven weeks before the birth and was conscious during the delivery, as "very comfortable".

"She's also very excited about the health of her babies and she's extremely happy."

Doctors cautioned the babies might still require assistance with breathing and could face additional problems.

"They face many obstacles," Dr Gupta said. "Weight is a concern, (the smaller one) has a long way to go."

But in general, they "are doing actually very, very well," he told ABC Television yesterday.

The world's first live octuplets were born in March 1967 in Mexico City, but all died within 14 hours.

The first live set to be born in the US were delivered in Houston in 1998, three months premature. The smallest, who weighed only 10.3 oz at birth, died a week later. The rest of the babies – the largest of whom weighed 1 pound, 11 oz – survived and turned 10 in December.

Their parents, Nigerian-born Nkem Chukwu and Iyke Louis Udobi, sent best wishes to the new parents. "It's a blessing, truly a blessing," Ms Chukwu said. "We'll keep praying for them."

In 1996, Mandy Allwood, from Warwickshire, became pregnant with octuplets after undergoing fertility treatment but lost all eight babies.

It was not revealed whether the mother in California conceived the babies with the help of fertility treatment but experts said it was likely.

作者: raima 時間: 2009-1-27 12:25

1 pound 8 oz and 3 pounds 4 oz

the babies must be tiny tiny

作者: B仔 時間: 2009-1-27 12:41

真係難為個啊媽。。。BREASTFEED八個？！點餵丫？餵一餐可能要餵兩個鐘～希望佢地八個都平安

作者: ravemother 時間: 2009-1-27 12:44

i read octopus....silly

good luck to the mom and her little babies.

作者: siumaibb 時間: 2009-1-27 14:39

原帖由 ravemother 於 2009-1-27 13:44 發表
i read octopus....silly

good luck to the mom and her little babies.

same here....

作者: chunsh 時間: 2009-1-27 14:42

原帖由 ravemother 於 2009-1-27 13:44 發表
i read octopus....silly

good luck to the mom and her little babies.

same here
I was like.......er......wtf
a woman had sex with an octopus then born an octopus baby?

作者: Surreal 時間: 2009-1-27 18:18

原帖由 siumaibb 於 2009-1-27 15:39 發表

same here....

me 2 me 2....orz

一次過養八個真係辛苦個阿爸阿媽囉

作者: 山羊座 時間: 2009-1-27 20:57

原帖由 ravemother 於 2009-1-27 13:44 發表
i read octopus....silly

good luck to the mom and her little babies.

I guess me 5...
I was about the say why would human being need to help producing octopus when the real octopus haven't extinct yet...

作者: ravemother 時間: 2009-1-27 21:20

原帖由 山羊座 於 27-1-2009 08:57 PM 發表

I guess me 5...
I was about the say why would human being need to help producing octopus when the real octopus haven't extinct yet...

yeah, i thought some mad scientists were trying to demonstrate how `smart`they are.

作者: Hyde 時間: 2009-1-27 21:23

she must be like a 豬la

hahahahaha

作者: Littleprince 時間: 2009-1-27 21:47

湊都辛苦呀﹐真係服了這個亞媽﹐好偉大~~~

作者: 大檸樂 時間: 2009-1-27 21:56

原帖由 Surreal 於 2009-1-27 19:18 發表

me 2 me 2....orz

一次過養八個真係辛苦個阿爸阿媽囉

same, lol!!! sosad

作者: Catpiano 時間: 2009-1-27 23:25

Um .. I wonder .. what caused that?

I chatted with my buddy ( doctor ) usually .. the mom took some medicine when (or before) pregnant ..

Hopefully, they will be all ok la....

作者: Littleprince 時間: 2009-1-28 02:07

聽說有些人因有不育問題吃了多仔丸﹐女性便會多排卵子﹐造成一胎多兒。。。唔知這情況是否這樣呢﹖八個﹐真是好厲害呢﹐唔知她怎樣陀﹐一定好辛苦呢。。。

作者: raima 時間: 2009-1-28 08:41

原帖由 Littleprince 於 2009-1-28 03:07 發表
聽說有些人因有不育問題吃了多仔丸﹐女性便會多排卵子﹐造成一胎多兒。。。唔知這情況是否這樣呢﹖八個﹐真是好厲害呢﹐唔知她怎樣陀﹐一定好辛苦呢。。。 ...

yea.. the reason behind this is usually 多仔丸. 多仔丸 helps to slove 不育

作者: B仔 時間: 2009-1-28 08:47

When I was at knitting class yesterday, the aunties told me that most likely it's 多仔丸 too. but seriously.....EIGHT!? I feel like fainting when I imagine all 8 of them crying simultaneously you know...

作者: 邊少 時間: 2009-1-28 10:14

令我諗起"小魔怪"套戲，當一隻好可愛既跌落水變左好多好多隻

作者: Littleprince 時間: 2009-1-28 11:42

原帖由 raima 於 2009-1-28 09:41 發表

yea.. the reason behind this is usually 多仔丸. 多仔丸 helps to slove 不育

哈哈哈。。。一係無仔﹐一係好多

作者: Littleprince 時間: 2009-1-28 11:44

原帖由 B仔於 2009-1-28 09:47 發表
When I was at knitting class yesterday, the aunties told me that most likely it's 多仔丸 too. but seriously.....EIGHT!? I feel like fainting when I imagine all 8 of them crying simultaneously you know ...

我媽媽有 TWINS﹐她也說有時唔知邊個 FEED 左﹐邊個未。。。邊個換左片﹐邊個未。。。

2 個都好混亂了。。。 8 個﹖真的會暈掉

作者: B仔 時間: 2009-1-28 13:29

原帖由 Littleprince 於 2009-1-28 12:44 發表

我媽媽有 TWINS﹐她也說有時唔知邊個 FEED 左﹐邊個未。。。邊個換左片﹐邊個未。。。
2 個都好混亂了。。。 8 個﹖真的會暈掉

你係咪肚餓o個個TWINS？哈哈

我第時想生一個女，OR一對孖女～哈哈哈哈

作者: Littleprince 時間: 2009-1-28 13:51

B仔﹕
可是我不是 TWINS 之一窩 (雖然我都很想嘗嘗那滋味呢。。。有一個人同我一齊響亞媽個肚捐出黎﹐長得又一樣樣﹐哈哈。。。不過她們其實是不同卵雙生﹐所以唔同樣﹐我只係好想知那些一樣樣的究竟會點諗。。。)
我生的話只想要龍鳳胎﹐哈哈哈。。。

作者: B仔 時間: 2009-1-28 14:53

Twins 細個時會好慘吧～媽媽爸爸會著到你一樣咁，小朋友鍾意嘅野唔同。你諗吓。。。8個一樣樣，呢D就真係叫足球隊喇～我想生女，大個嫁完都癡家D，考順D嘛～唔小心DUN多件出嚟，家姐識照顧小的多D。

作者: raima 時間: 2009-1-28 15:09

原帖由 Littleprince 於 2009-1-28 14:51 發表
B仔﹕
可是我不是 TWINS 之一窩 (雖然我都很想嘗嘗那滋味呢。。。有一個人同我一齊響亞媽個肚捐出黎﹐長得又一樣樣﹐哈哈。。。不過她們其實是不同卵雙生﹐所以唔同樣﹐我只係好想知那些一樣樣的究竟會點諗。。。)
我生的話只 ...

hmmm.... if twin girls, then they will be very competitive among each other. and it's easy for the parents to compare the two which may make the girls want to 'win' over the other one even more. i guess the same with twin boys too. but generally girls are more "small air" so it's easy to get jealous

作者: raima 時間: 2009-1-28 15:10

原帖由 B仔於 2009-1-28 15:53 發表
Twins 細個時會好慘吧～媽媽爸爸會著到你一樣咁，小朋友鍾意嘅野唔同。你諗吓。。。8個一樣樣，呢D就真係叫足球隊喇～我想生女，大個嫁完都癡家D，考順D嘛～唔小心DUN多件出嚟，家姐識照顧小的多D。 ...

haha.... but as long as the baby (or babies) are healthy and happy. it's a bleesing to have either girl or boy.

作者: B仔 時間: 2009-1-28 15:36

算啦。。。一個太少，兩個又太多。

因為父母實會大細超架～唔會一公平架。算，一個交差就夠。

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