“When you get up to these high order multiple pregnancies, the uterus is so large. It is so unusual to be able to keep the pregnancy to the point where you deliver and the babies are able to survive,”
“For certain families who are having trouble conceiving, I think they are a success, ... The problem, the side effect is you wind up with all these multiple pregnancies, multiple births which result in a lot of increase in health problems.”
“We think by minimizing wide swings in their vital signs, minimizing a lot of their stress, we can minimize that event which we have very little to control,”
“All of them are receiving IV fluids, fluids for sugar and salt and water, ... The baby born 13 days ago is receiving feedings through a tube from the mouth into the stomach and seems to be tolerating that well.”
“Today we stopped their sedation, ... We gave them all caffeine, which is an effort to help them improve their breathing, and tomorrow we hope to -- those who have had a good response to this -- to take them off ventilation and see if they can breathe on their own.”
