And we think we've got problems!

[pbp908]

I can't imagine having 8!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28864195/?gt1=43001

Pam

[ChristyB]

no kidding!!!

[troublesmom]

I can't even imagine the amount of diapers and bottles needed.

[Paula]

I would certainly take up drinking for sure

Paula

[yocasta]

Just shoot me!

[ChristineOndine]

Talk about it "taking a village" that would require a major metropolitan center! Yikes!


Christine in Tucson ( my mother had her 8 one at a time - even that was dang crazy!)

[Luanne]

Not to be a downer here, but the likelihood that all will survive or be healthy is the impossibility. Dealing with diapers is nothing. Sending healthy thoughts their way!

[Holly]

Prayers and Blessings headed their way.

[ChristyB]

Not to be a downer here, but the likelihood that all will survive or be healthy is the impossibility. Dealing with diapers is nothing. Sending healthy thoughts their way!

you are correct.
The minimum those babies are going to stay in the hospital is 2 months. Last time this happened I think was 10 years ago and they all did not make it. Being born premature is rough, the more there are the harder it is.

[Laurie]

Yes....prayers their way.......God bless them.....

[pamcook]

Can you imagine the emotional roller coaster?
I just pray they're surrounded by people who love them - people who will be there for the long haul.
Wow.

[Ruth Ann Landry]

and to think I only had HALF the challenge of that woman! I carried quadruplets for 5 1/2 months and delivered prematurely and lost them...there just wasn't any room left in me for any further growth....didn't lay down the last week I carried them...I can't imaginge how she did it!!!!

[Luanne]

Mine were in the hospital 6 weeks and 3 months (ally/Emmy). Allison was 1250 grams and Emily was 840. I try to be happy for families like this, but to me it screams of stupidity and selfishness. It also goes back to the fertility doctor who actually transplanted 8 viable embryos. I've heard they won't do more than 4 these days, and many stop at 3. stupid stupid stupid. Have one healthy one, at a time and be thankful! (Unless multiples run in the family, in that case pray a lot!)


Sorry to hijack and rant, I've just seen/lived how much can go wrong when you don't expect it, and how abandoned you are if it happens to you! I wish them the best.

[Cathy]

Can you imagine the expense here? Medically right now and then personally down the road! Dang.
I pray all those babies make it and have healthy lives. Poor little ones.
I miscarried at 10 weeks and I was devastated. I cannot even imagine the pain you went through Ruth Ann losing your babies at 5-1/2 months. Don't you have to file death certificates at that stage and bury them?
I'm so sorry:(
Cathy

[Luanne]

ok, my last comment on this one....

Our Hospital bills (Including doctors) were almost 3 Million dollars for the full 4 months of care. That was me inpatiend for 3 weeks, ICU for me, NICU for both of them. yeah, still paying that off. Not to mention anything since we got home!

Once you have a few kids, the emotion is replaced with the work load for awhile, and everyone gets fed and diapered at the same time, if they need it or not. What I think is hilarious is that the mom still intends to Breast feed them.... bwahahahaha