How to Survive Octuplets
Plan on having more than one baby at a single time? There are a lot of couples out there who would love to have twins, triplets or even some wishing for octuplets. Even though it is extremely rare for a woman to give birth to octuplets, the possibility is always there. Naturally, a woman’s reproductive systems are designed to give birth to one child at once, but abnormalities that can result in releases four or five eggs, all at once and being impregnated could give her eight.
It is a mind boggling reality, but if you come across it, there are some ways that you can work towards surviving octuplets.
Instructions
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Learn About the Risks
Giving birth to a single baby always has its risks associated with it. Just imagine how much that risk increases when giving birth to eight at a time. Experts in the field of reproductive systems can tell you that the risk of bleeding internally increases due to their being eight placentas instead of one.
With technological advances in the medical field now, a woman can expect to get advised in the best manner on how she should go about things. Services for partial abortions are also available now to give the mother a chance of having fewer, but healthier children as not all are likely to survive in many circumstances. -
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Previous Octuplets
History has not seen many octuplet births, and most shocking of all, there are little to no recorded instances where all the babies born survived. In various incidents, one or two babies lost their lives in their first few days on this Earth, while some mothers were forced to face a tragic loss with all eight not surviving in the long term. It is a reality which every mother must face when dealing with such situations as nothing guarantees that all her children will survive the journey into this world. -
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Raising, Feeding and Caring for Octuplets
Any mother who has had twins, triplets or even more, can tell you that dealing with so many kids of the same age is like having to work two full-time jobs in a single day. It gets hectic most of the time and with eight babies, you will not be able to naturally breast feed them all.
Then comes the cost of raising so many children. Your lifestyle will change as you would probably need a bigger house, car and multiple people to take care of them. According to latest statistics, raising eight children into adulthood would require at least $1.6 million.
