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| Premature octuplets 'doing well' | Premature octuplets 'doing well' |
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| All eight octuplets born prematurely in the US are breathing on their own after ventilators were removed from three who initially had breathing problems. | All eight octuplets born prematurely in the US are breathing on their own after ventilators were removed from three who initially had breathing problems. |
| The six boys and two girls were doing "very, very well", Dr Mandhir Gupta told ABC's Good Morning America. | The six boys and two girls were doing "very, very well", Dr Mandhir Gupta told ABC's Good Morning America. |
| The babies, expected to be kept in incubators for several weeks, were being fed breast milk via tubes. | The babies, expected to be kept in incubators for several weeks, were being fed breast milk via tubes. |
| However, the unidentified mother intends to breastfeed all eight when they are bigger, Dr Gupta said. | However, the unidentified mother intends to breastfeed all eight when they are bigger, Dr Gupta said. |
| The siblings, who were nine weeks premature, were delivered by Caesarean section in a hospital near Los Angeles, California. | The siblings, who were nine weeks premature, were delivered by Caesarean section in a hospital near Los Angeles, California. |
| MULTIPLE BIRTHS US first live-born octuplets delivered in Texas, 1998; seven surviveOctuplets born in Italy, 2000; two die shortly after deliveryOctuplets born in Mexico City, 1967, but all died within 14 hours, according to Encyclopedia BritannicaWorld's first surviving set of septuplets born in Iowa, US, 1997First all-female surviving sextuplets born in the UK, 1983, to the Walton family href="/1/hi/world/americas/7853745.stm">How do you raise octuplets? class="" href="/1/hi/health/7853257.stm">Q&A: The phenomenon of octuplets The babies weighed in at between 1lb 8 ounces (820g) and 3lb 4oz (1.47kg) | |
| Dr Gupta, a neonatologist at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center, said: "Only three babies need some sort of oxygen through the nose right now but they are breathing on their own." | Dr Gupta, a neonatologist at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center, said: "Only three babies need some sort of oxygen through the nose right now but they are breathing on their own." |
| However, he said there was still a possibility that any one of them might need a breathing tube again. | However, he said there was still a possibility that any one of them might need a breathing tube again. |
| Initially the babies will be fed breast milk by a tube, but as they get bigger "it is quite possible that the mother can breastfeed all eight of them," Dr Gupta said. | Initially the babies will be fed breast milk by a tube, but as they get bigger "it is quite possible that the mother can breastfeed all eight of them," Dr Gupta said. |
| Asked about the moment when an unexpected eighth baby was found in the uterus, Dr Karen Maples said: "That was a tremendous surprise." | Asked about the moment when an unexpected eighth baby was found in the uterus, Dr Karen Maples said: "That was a tremendous surprise." |
| "The baby seemed to be quite high in the uterus, possibly behind another baby, but basically we were just like 'there's one more baby here, are you ready?' And the team was." | "The baby seemed to be quite high in the uterus, possibly behind another baby, but basically we were just like 'there's one more baby here, are you ready?' And the team was." |
| Dr Maples said that when the mother heard about the eighth baby she said, "Where was it? Where was it hiding? She was just as surprised, obviously, as all the members of the team." | Dr Maples said that when the mother heard about the eighth baby she said, "Where was it? Where was it hiding? She was just as surprised, obviously, as all the members of the team." |
| The mother, who did not want more information about the birth released, became just the second person recorded in the US to have delivered a set of living octuplets. | The mother, who did not want more information about the birth released, became just the second person recorded in the US to have delivered a set of living octuplets. |
| Have you experienced multiple births? Are you one of twins, triplets, quadruplets or more? What is it like to grow up in a multiple-birth family? Send us your comments below. | Have you experienced multiple births? Are you one of twins, triplets, quadruplets or more? What is it like to grow up in a multiple-birth family? Send us your comments below. |
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