veronica 2 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hard to imagine! Quote: A woman has given birth to eight babies in the world's second only live-born set of octuplets. The mother, from Southern California, who has not been identified, gave birth to six boys and two girls weighing between 1 pound, 8 ounces (680 grams) and 3 pounds, 4 ounces (1.474 kilograms), doctors at Kaiser Permanante Bellflower Medical Center said last night. The hospital had scheduled a Caesarean section for seven babies, but doctors were surprised by the eighth. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 How did they all fit in!? Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 How did they all get out? Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 She's going to her hands full for a while. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 If I was the father and found out anything more than 3 were on the way I'd be doing a runner! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Wow that is going to be some hard work! Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Originally Posted By: Go Native If I was the father and found out anything more than 3 were on the way I'd be doing a runner! Make sure you picked up your baby bonus first. If she was in Oz. They would be getting around $40 000. Not that it would help much. Link to post Share on other sites
BarbadosBob 0 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I know someone with 6. "but doctors were surprised by the eighth" Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Couldn't they just, like, count them when she had scans and stuff? (I know very little about these things, as might be apparent). Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Originally Posted By: Mantas Make sure you picked up your baby bonus first. Can't get the baby bonus over here in Japan though... Link to post Share on other sites
charlotte 0 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I can hardly imagine it! Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I hope she's ok!! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Actually yes you can get a baby bonus from the local ward office, at least here in Tokyo you can or could! When we had our child we received a bonus/handout or what ever you wish to call it from the local ward office! Forget how much it was though! Not sure if this is multiplied by the number of babies though or just one sum regardless of how many babies! Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 You could never pay me enough to have 8 babies. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 you get about 350,000yen when you have a baby but you have to use it to pay for the delivery, which usually costs around 300,000yen depending on where you go. you can do it at home for free of course, au naturale. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 It's good to get some financial help. That usually is the deterrent, the cost. Singapore actually have milk powder allowance and a free house or something. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I know someone who had 4 babies at the same time. I spoke with her yesterday actually and mentioned this. She was shocked and said 4 was bad enough. Imagine 8 babies coming out?! Link to post Share on other sites
gareth_oau 2 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I'm just wondering if having them all at once would be as bad as changing all those nappies for the next few years Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Yep, she'll be knee deep in poop,puke and baby food for the next few years. Link to post Share on other sites
Wizz 11 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Nice! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 She's got helpers, parently the sosh will take care of it. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 8 infants have gotta put a strain on the body! That is amazing and scary all at the same time. Of course deliverywise we are talking caesarean delivery, so they get dragged out one at a time by the delivering doctor through the incision - the mother would not probably have felt any extra distress than having one caeser birth - but I think that would be the only thing not much harder/riskier/ or more exhausting! I saw a report on German Telly last week saying that something like 50 major corporation in Japan are turning off the heat and the lights and sending staff home early 3 nights a week to go home and procreate... so maybe more baby bonuses will be just around the corner. Our Aus baby bonus is means tested, so by the time it was introduced I did not meet the criteria. Could have done with all the help we could get with the first kid, but there was little support out there then. Cest la Vie. Just found out today that hubbys sis is preggers with her 10th - she gets the bonuses...but all hers are singles. Boy. The mind boggles. Four is plenty for me. We are flat out educating and looking after that number of kids, any more than that I would be cutting corners. Link to post Share on other sites
gareth_oau 2 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Same boat Mamabear, we have 4 kids, and didnt get a cent in bonuses. stingey govt!!! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 How could anybody be so greedy and have 10 kids. Link to post Share on other sites
Nisoko 6 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Don't you mean STUPID? Link to post Share on other sites
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