Octuplets

BittyBabyGrower, MSN, RN · Feb 1, 2009

Gads, do the math.....NICU is at LEAST $2000 per day x say 60 days=$120,000 x 8= $960,000. Plus whatever else gets added in: added days, surgeries, consults, etc. There is NO way she is paying out of her pocket. I think the doc who implanted all those embryos should have his license yanked. Our docs will not implant more than 3, a few of them will only do 2. And obviously this doc didn't do the psych consult that our docs require too...she sounds abit nuts to me!

Sweeper933 · Feb 1, 2009

Our docs in our system will never implant more than 4. And a lot of the IVF twins that we get were selectively reduced from 4 so that there could be a better chance at a positive outcome.

texas2007, BSN, RN · Feb 1, 2009

On Geraldo, they were saying the average cost in the nicu is 1,000/day but this seems awfully low to me. I was thinking that just nursing care is several hundred a day plus the cost of the bedspace, medicines, dr. fees, pt/ot, labs and all the admission and delivery charges! I was under the impression it was more like 10,000-20,000/day depending on the acuity. Anybody know??

dawngloves, BSN, RN · Feb 1, 2009

On Geraldo, they were saying the average cost in the nicu is 1,000/day but this seems awfully low to me. I was thinking that just nursing care is several hundred a day plus the cost of the bedspace, medicines, dr. fees, pt/ot, labs and all the admission and delivery charges! I was under the impression it was more like 10,000-20,000/day depending on the acuity. Anybody know??

When my daughter was in NICU over ten years ago, the room charge alone was $1500/day. This is not including xrays, meds, O2, labs.

Sweeper933 · Feb 1, 2009

On our unit, it costs $2000 a day just for a bedspace. Then add Dr fees, meds, labs, x-rays, PT/OT, oxygen and all that stuff / equipment. It adds up real quick

KRVRN, BSN, RN · Feb 3, 2009

I was told it's around $3500 where I work.

hillarypeace2006 · Feb 3, 2009

Apparently mom got the money in some accident settlement she was awarded years ago. All six of her children were produced from IVF, which we all know cost huge bucks.

Mithrah · Feb 4, 2009

I think that this woman may be able to afford her kids after all. There is a book deal and TV deal in the works. And I am sure she'll make millions from it. They say now it takes $300,000 to raise 1 child from age 0 to 17. That is 14 kids X $300,000. That is 4.2 million. But we know she'll spend less because her kids will have to share toys, share clothes, be babysat my grandma, etc. So if her book deal or TV deal works well for her, then that means everyone can settle down and not have to worry about their tax money going into her pocket.

Also, I have actually heard that Medical (the free health insurance in CA for poor people) will provide free IVF to women. They say they can't deny a woman's right to have children. Just wanted to clarify that for some of you.

I guess I just can't get over how loose her abdomen skin must be. I guess she'll need plastic surgery to fix that.

BroadwayRN, ASN, RN · Feb 4, 2009

I heard on CNN today that she had 4 embryos implanted and that they divided into 4 sets of identical twins. Yeah, ok....I still believe in Santa!

BroadwayRN, ASN, RN · Feb 4, 2009

She was an employee of the IVF clinic. She has a degree in Child Development and plans on getting her doctorate in Child Psychology. Her 6 children are ages 2-7. I think she needs a psych evaluation of her own.

HappyBunnyNurse · Feb 4, 2009

4 sets of identical twins? If that were true wouldn't they have known all along there were 8? They had said they were expecting 7 and got surprised. I thought identical twins look different from faternal on an ultrasound. Is that true L&D nurses?

Mimi2RN, ASN, RN · Feb 4, 2009

The babies are not receiving mom's breast milk. The milk is donor milk... And with preemies, tis not completely necessary for mom to breastfeed... just the conferring of immunity that helps such underdeveloped immune systems.

I realize that the babies are supposed to be getting donor milk, but mom says she's going to breast feed. So she can sit and everyone else do the work? Whoever the "everyone else" may be. Her mother has been raising the last six, but she says that she will be gone when mom comes home.