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Raising octuplets raises multiple questions

Questions and controversy continue to swirl around the California mom who recently gave birth to octuplets.

We are back turning now to the southern California, where a woman this week gave birth to eight children. And as the novelty of the initial news subsides, there are now some rather tough questions being asked. As with many health care issues these days, questions mostly have to do with the cost of fertility and the collision with fertility in cost. More now from our chief medical editor, Dr. Nancy Sneiderman.

“They are acting very good, they are feisty”

Just days after giving birth to octuplets, their mother issued a statement, thanking the delivery team and calling the births a blessing.

"My family and I are ecstatic about all their arrivals" With the arrivals a revolution, the mother already has six children ranging at ages from two to seven, including a set of twins. How she became pregnant with octuplets is still unknown.

"Our patient came to us in the first trimester of pregnancy from an outside provider. Our patient was counseled regarding her options for the pregnancy. The options were to continue the pregnancy or to selectively abort. The patient chose to continue the pregnancy."

Multiple births are rare and for most infertility clinics are not the objective.

"Our goal is to make a patient pregnant with a single embryo"

The risks to both mother and babies in multiple birth are many, and the cost?

Preterm complicated birth can cost up to 400,000 dollars per baby. Multiply that by eight and the cost is staggering.

While there are no federal regulations governing fertility treatments, there are guidelines for fertility doctors. The American society for reproductive medicine says "We have a process for looking into these kind of matters and taking appropriate actions". "Patients make good decisions when they have good information, so it's our obligation and responsibility to share this information with patients and help them make good decisions".

While questions and controversy continue to swirl, the hospital reports tonight both mother and babies continue to do well.

Dr. Nancy Sneiderman, NBC news, NY.

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加利福尼亚一名产下八胞胎的母亲仍然面临着许多问题和争议。

现在让我们回到加利福尼亚南部，本周，一名怒自产下八名婴儿。这条新闻最初的新鲜感已经平息，但是随之人们却提出了很多问题。现在社会健康保健的问题越来越重要，大部分问题都和养育成本有关。我们的医疗主编Nancy Sneiderman将告诉我们更多信息。

“他们的情况非常好，非常活泼。”

在生育八胞胎几天之后，这位母亲发表了一份声明，感谢分娩工作组的努力，她说这些孩子是上帝的恩赐。

“我和我的家人都为他们的到来欣喜若狂。”在此之前，这位母亲已经有六个孩子，年龄在两岁到七岁之间，包括一对双胞胎。她是怎样怀上八胞胎的目前还不清楚。

“这位接受体外受精的病人在怀孕的前三个月就来医院了，我们询问了她的选择，是继续怀孕还是堕胎。病人选择继续怀孕。”

多胞胎一般比较稀少，很多人工授精的诊所都不经常进行多胞胎受精。

“我们的目标是让病人只有一个胚胎受孕。”

生育多胞胎对母亲和婴儿来说都有很多风险，那么生育成本呢？

在多胞胎生育中，每个婴儿的成本高达400,000美元，将这个数字乘以八，简直是天文数字！

虽然没有法律规定体外受精问题，但是对进行体外受精的医生却有明确的指导方针。美国生殖医学协会说“我们有详细的程序来处理此类事件，采取恰当措施。”“在病人完全了解信息的情况下，病人可以做出正确的选择。所以我们有责任和义务与病人分享这些信息，帮助他们做出正确选择。”

尽管问题和争议不断，医院报道说母亲和婴儿的状况仍然不错。