Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Bellflower, a suburb of Los Angeles, announced the birth of eight babies at a news conference on the 6 o’clock news. The three doctors at the conference said that all babies are doing well now. The mother is in good health. The delivery team consisted of 46 people. The doctors were clearly very proud of their work.
According to Encylopedia Britannica the first confirmed birth of octuplets was reported from Mexico City in March 1967; none of the four boys and four girls born prematurely survived more than 14 hours. A Texas woman gave birth to octuplets in 1998. Seven survived and had their 10th birthday this past December. She has been quoted as saying that bringing up the children has been great fun. I was happy to learn that as my two children, born about three years apart, were a happy experience but enough for me.
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