Birth of Octuplets... time of each child

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Updated Monday, Jan. 26, 5 p.m. PST

 

Karen Maples, MD, Mandhir Gupta, MD, and Harold Henry, MD

 

Leading the live KABC-7 press conference at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26,

from left: Karen Maples, MD, chief of Obstetrics, Bellflower Medical

Center; Mandhir Gupta, MD, medical director, Neonatal Intensive Care

Unit, Bellflower Medical Center; and Harold Henry, MD, director,

Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Bellflower Medical Center.

 

BELLFLOWER, Calif. – It started out as an historic day for the

operating room team at the Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical

Center. After weeks of preparation, the time was set to deliver

septuplets – only the third or fourth set of septuplets ever delivered

in the United States.

 

The rehearsals all paid off as the babies were delivered flawlessly,

just as they had practiced. But, after the seventh baby was delivered

– there was a surprise. Dr. Alejandro Vasquez said, " Wait a minute, I

think I feel a hand. " And then, at 10:48 a.m., the eighth baby was

delivered.

 

" What a shocker this was, " said Mary Maples, MD, who helped lead the

team of 46 with Dr. Henry during the historic delivery of octuplets.

Preliminary research shows that this is only the second octuplet birth

in the nation.

 

Both Dr. Maples and Dr. Henry had high praise for the team. " It went

flawlessly, " said Dr. Henry. The most recent " dry run " was only

minutes before the delivery. And then it started – six boys and two

girls. Each of them cried spontaneously after birth – always a good

sign, according to the doctors.

 

10:43 a.m. Baby A, a boy, weighing 2 pounds, 11 ounces

 

10:44 a.m. Baby B, a girl, weighing 2 pounds, 12 ounces

 

10:45 a.m. Baby C, a boy, weighing 3 pounds 4 ounces – the largest of

the children

 

10:45 a.m. Baby D, a girl, weighing 2 pounds 8 ounces

 

10:46 a.m. Baby E, a boy, weighing 1 pound, 8 ounces

 

10:47 a.m. Baby F, a boy, weighing 2 pounds, 12 ounces

 

10:47 a.m. Baby G, a boy, weighing 1 pound, 15 ounces

 

10:48 a.m. Baby H, a boy who had been hiding from the ultrasound; he

weighed 2 pounds, 11 ounces

 

The delivery team used four operating rooms for the delivery and

immediate care of the children. The hand-off from the delivery to the

immediate care team went just the way the team had practiced.

 

The babies are reported to be doing well. However, the first 72 hours

are the most critical.

 

© 2009 Kaiser Permanente | www.kp.org/newscenter |

 

2009/1/28 neelam gupta <neelamgupta07:

> Dear All,

>

> A woman gave birth Monday to eight babies, only the second time in history

> octuplets have survived more than a few hours, doctors said.

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