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Yowza! Cost of raising 14 kids: At least $1.5M

Yowza! Cost of raising 14 kids: At least $1.5M

What are the true costs — both financial and emotional — of raising octuplets and six other children until age 18? One conservative estimate reveals that the price tag will be at least $1.5 million. And the emotional costs could prove to be the most severe, experts say.

 

Octuplets' Grandma: Daughter's Actions 'Unconscionable'

The Medical Board of California is investigating whether there were any violations by a fertility doctor who helped a woman become pregnant with the octuplets born last month.

 

Octuplets' mom says she had 6 embryos implanted

Octuplets' mom says she had 6 embryos implanted

The mother of newborn octuplets says she had six embryos implanted in her fertility procedure - far more than industry guidelines recommend - and was well aware that multiple births could result.

 

Octuplets' Mom Discharged From Hospital

Octuplets' Mom Discharged From Hospital

The Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets last week left the hospital before dawn Thursday and announced through her publicist that she will be giving her first interview to NBC's 'Today' show anchor Ann Curry.

 

Octuplets' Grandmother: Daughter Obsessed With Kids

The mother of six who gave birth to octuplets in California this week just wanted 'one more girl' and was obsessed with having children, her mother said.

 

Mother of octuplets already has six young children

The woman who gave birth to octuplets earlier this week already has six young children and never expected that the fertility treatment she received would result in eight babies, her mother said in an interview with The Times.

 

Birth of octuplets rattles fertility experts

Even as the birth of octuplets at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center drew attention and applause from around the country, questions arose Tuesday about whether the mother's doctors did enough to prevent such a risky pregnancy.

 

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