Kaiser Permanente=92s Bellflower Medical Center reports that the  
octuplets =
are doing well. Of the 8 babies, five are being fed donated breast  
milk. Th=
ree are still on oxygen.
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i was more than thrilled to read about this in a parenting group i  
belong to this morning ! i am completely rooting for this mom to  
continue getting human milk into these babies any way she can. my  
peeved rant yesterday was in no way directed at families that choose  
to have multiple same-age babies - i am all about a big family ! - but  
about parents who choose to do the same and then provide or plan for  
*no* means to give these babies the basic standard start they deserve  
in life. which is human milk at the bare minimum. and then go on to  
exploit these same disadvantaged children on international television  
in order to garner further items  of convenience rather than things  
that would truly be in the children's best interest.
i hope to be able to refer back to this often and say, 'well that lady  
in calif back in '09 had 8 at once and managed to keep them on human  
milk for x amt of time' ... what a boost for helping other moms to bf  
this could be & how wonderful for her and those babies to start off  
their relationship w/out all the risk of additional infections and  
illnesses - and to be doing this for them against such odds !
~jacqui gruttadauria, bsw
(near detroit, michigan and feeling much uplifted today !)
www.myspace.com/mummaTOwldthings

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