Comments on: Media coverage of multiple births http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/media-coverage-of-multiple-births.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/media-coverage-of-multiple-births.html#comment-76950 Anonymous Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:50:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/media-coverage-of-multiple-births.html#comment-76950 I agree with what Dr. Caplan wrote. I think it's very irresponsible for the media to talk about these births without mentioning the risks. I would love to see an article about some of the families with multiples 5 or 10 years from now and see how the babies are doing. We never seem to hear about the long term effects. Two of the McCaughey septuplets have cerebral palsy and this is glossed over in every article about them. The mother in Arizona who had sextuplets is lucky to be alive after suffering heart failure. I don't think it's fair to these babies in the long run because they start out at a disadvantage and don't develop properly. I agree with what Dr. Caplan wrote. I think it’s very irresponsible for the media to talk about these births without mentioning the risks. I would love to see an article about some of the families with multiples 5 or 10 years from now and see how the babies are doing. We never seem to hear about the long term effects. Two of the McCaughey septuplets have cerebral palsy and this is glossed over in every article about them. The mother in Arizona who had sextuplets is lucky to be alive after suffering heart failure. I don’t think it’s fair to these babies in the long run because they start out at a disadvantage and don’t develop properly.

]]> By: Bruce Smallhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/media-coverage-of-multiple-births.html#comment-76492 Bruce Small Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:50:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/media-coverage-of-multiple-births.html#comment-76492 A local editor said it well: Women were not designed to produce litters. A local editor said it well: Women were not designed to produce litters.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/media-coverage-of-multiple-births.html#comment-76485 Anonymous Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:11:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/media-coverage-of-multiple-births.html#comment-76485 22 weeks!<br/>Damn, that's more like a spontaneous abortion than giving birth. 22 weeks!
Damn, that’s more like a spontaneous abortion than giving birth.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/media-coverage-of-multiple-births.html#comment-76482 Anonymous Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:27:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/media-coverage-of-multiple-births.html#comment-76482 We had a preemie (25 weeks). We saw so many sets of twins and triplets while were in the NICU, almost all from fertility drugs. Some ended up w/ severe lifelong complications. I'm not sure if people know or understand what they are getting into w/ fertility drugs / insemination w/ regard to preemie risks. We had a preemie (25 weeks). We saw so many sets of twins and triplets while were in the NICU, almost all from fertility drugs. Some ended up w/ severe lifelong complications. I’m not sure if people know or understand what they are getting into w/ fertility drugs / insemination w/ regard to preemie risks.

]]> By: DR. MARY JOHNSONhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/media-coverage-of-multiple-births.html#comment-76481 DR. MARY JOHNSON Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:11:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/media-coverage-of-multiple-births.html#comment-76481 Dr. Caplan makes excellent points. As soon as I heard these babies were "born at 22 weeks", it was crystal clear that the cheering, whooping media just didn't get it. <br/><br/>Flea once reminded me (in a discussion related to the subject of gestational age and viability) that one's proximity to any news story is often inversely related to the truth . . . in this case, the "downside" to megamultiples.<br/><br/>Perhaps the whole truth will get told one day, by those closet to this story. Dr. Caplan makes excellent points. As soon as I heard these babies were “born at 22 weeks”, it was crystal clear that the cheering, whooping media just didn’t get it.

Flea once reminded me (in a discussion related to the subject of gestational age and viability) that one’s proximity to any news story is often inversely related to the truth . . . in this case, the “downside” to megamultiples.

Perhaps the whole truth will get told one day, by those closet to this story.

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