Nowadays a single baby born at this stage has almost a 100 per cent chance of survival. With eight babies you are looking for trouble. The doctors must have used medicines which stop premature labour. The mother is almost certain to have undergone fertility treatment in another country which doesn't have strict regulation, or taken fertility drugs. No one has octuplets naturally. The 3Ib baby will be fine. But the others will have a really rocky road ahead with a risk of cerebral palsy and other conditions. One is only 600 grams- it's brain will be very delicate. They won't be out of danger for at least six months. The key is for them to reach the stage when they would have naturally been full term in seven to nine weeks. The US is no more advanced than the UK on neo-natal care except they will have more available cots. I do wish the mother well especially if she's breast-feeding. It's bad enough with twins. In this case, she'll be expressing milk and the babies will be tube fed. They won't be able to take in very much food.