Who better to give advice to the Bellflower woman who gave birth to octuplets on January 26, than TLC's "Jon and Kate Plus 8's" Kate Gosselin? A mom of eight herself (one set of twins and sextuplets), she knows the hard work involved in raising that many babies, but she also knows the tremendous amount of joy that comes from having so many kids!
Kate, who has co-written New York Times bestseller "Multiple Blessings" has some good advice for the new mom of multiples, and she shares her thoughts with Parentdish.com:
Says Kate, "I would say, first of all, congratulations on your hard hard work -- getting your babies here safe and sound!," she beamed. "Second, hold on. The NICU is quite a scary ride. Finally, you can do this -- from now until forever, you will struggle with a gamut of emotions but you can and you will be okay."
Kate adds, that the ocuplets mom should "look forward to feelings of overwhelming proportions -- good, bad and ugly." But unlike moms of singles or twins, moms of remarkable multiples will be barraged by outsiders. "People will pop up with advice when they have no idea [of] the situation." And of course, more babies means more help, which means more people around all the time.
Kate also cautions her of a "loss of privacy, and loneliness. It's all survivable, though, if you are determined enough."
The babies, all born within a five-minute period, by C-Section, are doing as well as can be expected, and the next few days will be critical for them. And Gosselin is no stranger to that, remembering how she and husband Jon spent time in the NICU with their babies. She said they got through it with "Lots of prayer," but says that their babies "sailed through the NICU. But that was rare and a miracle to say the least."
Kate's most powerful piece of advice? "Trust God's plan - He knows best!"
We send our thoughts and prayers that all eight babies continue to get strong and healthy!
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