Re: 8 Babies Born to Southern California Woman
From: Ina May Gaskin (inamaygaskin@gmail.com)
Tue Jan 27 10:01:29 2009
Insurance companies make out on these births—they're considered great
advertising for the hospital involved. Only countries with health
care budgets for which someone (or administration) is responsible
have any true incentive to rein in costs. That's why we in the U.S.
still have no laws limiting the infertility specialists' need to
compete for the biggest litter so far, and the profession hasn't yet
set any limits on itself. Add to this that the media here still
doesn't want to focus on the growing number of women who die in these
experiments gone wrong, and you see why we keep up the competition.
Ina May
On 27 Jan 2009, at 08:48, Andrew Folley wrote:
>
> I hope someone will ask her infertility specialist to explain how
> he or she let this happen and what the projected cost to the health
> care system will be for these 8 premies over the next year? ( I
> already know who is going to be paying for it!?!)
>
> > Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 07:10:38 -0600
> > From: evsono@pipeline.com
> > To: ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net
> > Subject: Re: 8 Babies Born to Southern California Woman
> >
> > That's a litter!
> > http://videos.kansascity.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=2961886
> >
> > And she plans to breastfeed ...
> >
> > Art
> >
> > At Tue, 27 Jan 2009, GIN11153@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > >Updated 8:02 PM PST, Mon, Jan 26, 2009
> > >
> > >BELLFLOWER, Calif. -- The world's second-ever octuplets were
> born Monday at
> > >Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center, and doctors said
> the six boys
> > >and two girls were doing well.
> > >Today we had an unprecedented, very exciting day in our
> operating room and
> > >labor delivery where our team of 46 physicians, nurses,
> respiratory therapists
> > >as well as surgical techs delivered eight babies, all live
> born," Dr. Karen
> > >Maples said. "It was a truly, 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. She
> said the mother
> > >has asked to remain anonymous.
> > >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
> > >some additional 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 about five
> > >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 place
> > >for 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 discoery
> of a Baby 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
> > >also said 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
> an ultrasound."
> > >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."
> > >Video of the doctors talking here:
> > >_http://www.nbclosangeles.com/health/women/Eight-Babies-Born-to-
> Southern-Calif
> > >ornia-Woman.html_
> > >(http://www.nbclosangeles.com/health/women/Eight-Babies-Born-to-
> Southern-California-Woman.html)
> > >Gail
> > >
> > >up-to-date with the latest news. (http://aol.com?
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> >
> > --
> > art fougner, md
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