is it humanly possible to nurse 8 babies?

neesernicole

i'm not trying to be snarky but even with 1 infant i had many days when that's all i did. or so it seemed.  you could tandem nurse but one of the other 6 babies would have to be getting hungry at some point, right?  more power to that woman.

minnasmommy

talk about feeling like a cow!!!!

mrscolleton2b

eesh, I figured anything more than twins is damn near impossible.

cristiana

Sure, if you're a cat. I think she'll be doing a lot of pumping.

mrsterry

I imagine there would be lots of supplementing involved, but I don't know for sure.

katie277s

Could you imagine the amount of milk she would have to produce?  The woman will never sleep...ever.

rach&jay

I've been thinking about this since I heard she was going to BF them.  It would seem like the babies will be constantly attached to her.

KoriBrett

Holycrap.  She's going to have to drink her weight in water daily and have the pizza guy on speed dial.  And a wet nurse or three.

r9stedt

cristiana:

Sure, if you're a cat.?

OMG! ??

kittycarr

That's all she'd be doing around the clock but I totally believe it's possible.

Bluesmoothee

I seriously doubt she'll even try to nurse 8 babies. The health of those poor babies is obviously not a priority to her, or she wouldn't have let those irresponsible doctors knock her up with a litter.

stacynikki

Maybe it is possible and I'm all for BFing but why would you even want to?  How on earth can you take care of 8 infants and think that you are going to BF?  THat would be all that you do! 

reynah

I could be wrong, but can someone actually produce THAT much milk? Seriously, I am sure if she does bf there will be supplementing.

MelandJeff

Bluesmoothee:

I seriously doubt she'll even try to nurse 8 babies. The health of those poor babies is obviously not a priority to her, or she wouldn't have let those irresponsible doctors knock her up with a litter.

::snort::

I agree with you. 100%

MelandJeff

reynah:

I could be wrong, but can someone actually produce THAT much milk? Seriously, I am sure if she does bf there will be supplementing.

I doubt it, I mean it just isn't natural to produce that many children. It would never happen with out modern medicine intervening.

goodhartedmommy

MelandJeff:

reynah:

I could be wrong, but can someone actually produce THAT much milk? Seriously, I am sure if she does bf there will be supplementing.

I doubt it, I mean it just isn't natural to produce that many children. It would never happen with out modern medicine intervening.

I agree 100%. I know of people who have EBF 3, but I don't think it's possible for anything more than that. Your body isn't meant to have 8 kids, and it's not meant to produce milk for 8 kids.

JenniC1135

All other judgements aside, she would need to produce a minimum of about 200 ounces per day to EBF them all.  I pumped exclusively for my twins and the most I ever got was in the high 70s, and that was when I was going for 30 minutes every 2 hours.  I don't think, even with a ton of help, that anyone could produce that amount for an extended period of time. 

hopefulmom

Not totally.  I doubt she would do it for long anyway.  I know someone who nursed triplets exclusively and she was always feeding one or the other of them.  She stopped at 5 months.

Punk*Mommy

MelandJeff:

Bluesmoothee:

I seriously doubt she'll even try to nurse 8 babies. The health of those poor babies is obviously not a priority to her, or she wouldn't have let those irresponsible doctors knock her up with a litter.

::snort::

I agree with you. 100%

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