Paying for one baby's tough enough these days, but one California woman won't let that worry her. The mother in question just gave birth to eight babies -- only the second time in history live octuplets have been born, according to doctors. No one's saying whether the mom took fertility drugs, but she did get one big surprise on delivery day: baby No. 8. Doctors had only seen seven on the sonogram. What a pleasant surprise!
The six boys and two girls, who weigh between 1.8 pounds and 3.4 pounds, were delivered by cesarean section in just five minutes by a team of 46 doctors and nurses in four delivery rooms. So far, all of the babies are doing well and are said to be breathing on their own. They were nine weeks premature and will likely remain in the hospital for two months. Doctors say the mother is resting comfortably and will be out of the hospital in a week.
Now she and the father are probably trying to figure out how they're going to pay for all those diapers.
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