Re: 8 Babies Born to Southern California Woman
From: Meenan, Anna (annam@uic.edu)
Fri Jan 30 10:22:18 2009
Apparently the ones who delivered were not the
ones who helped her get pregnant. They claim she
arrived on their doorstep already pregnant. All
they did wash fish 8 babies out through an
incision (oh, and also make the decision as to
WHEN to fish the babies out--I guess that's the
tough part, huh?)
Anna Meenan, MD
> What is even more fascinating and disturbing
>is watching the physicians on TV tout their
>great achievement. Joe C
>>Apparently she is a young single mother who already has 6 kids and lives
>>with her parents. She did have fertility treatments. *sigh*
>>
>>Anna Meenan, MD
>>
>>At Tue, 27 Jan 2009, rmodugno@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>What a pity - California is already bankrupt!
>>>
>>>Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG
>>>Sylva, NC
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: GIN11153@aol.com
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@mail.obgyn.net>
>>>Sent: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 3:49 am
>>>Subject: 8 Babies Born to Southern California Woman
>>>
>>>Updated 8:02 PM PST, Mon, Jan 26, 2009
>>>Â
>>>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-California-Woman.html
>>>
>>>Â
>>>Gail
>>>
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