Octuplets!: Eight Babies Born At Same Time (VIDEO)

Whoa! Eight babies at once!  A mother in Southern California gave birth to octuplets and they are doing “very, very well” and breathing on their own, said one of their doctors on Tuesday. Read more on the eight babies born at the same time below.

Dr. Mandhir Gupta, a neonatologist at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center, told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that all eight babies were in stable condition.

Several of the babies were put on ventilators, but are now breathing on their own.

“Only three babies need some sort of oxygen through the nose right now but they are breathing on their own,” Gupta said. “The babies are doing actually very, very well.”

The mother, who wishes to remain unknown, gave birth Monday to six boys and two girls weighing between 1 pound, 8 ounces, and 3 pounds, 4 ounces. The eighth baby was a surprise to the parents and doctors who believed there were only seven babies.

“It is quite easy to miss a baby when you’re anticipating seven,” said Dr. Harold Henry, chief of maternal and fetal medicine and one of 46 doctors, nurses and assistants who delivered the children by Caesarean section.

Just five minutes after the first birth, the unexpected eighth baby came out at 10:48 a.m. “My eyes were wide,” said Dr. Karen Maples, chief of the department of obstetrics and gynecology.

Maples said the mother was “very comfortable now. She is currently stable and we’re observing her. She’s also very excited about the health of her babies and she’s extremely happy.”

View the video of the doctors on the Octuplets below:

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