The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week has six other children and never expected to have eight more when she took fertility treatment, her mother said today.

The second set of live-born octuplets in the US were all breathing on their own, 48 hours after a woman gave birth to them in Southern California.

ALL eight babies born in what is believed to be only the second case of octuplets surviving more than a few hours are stable and doing well.

All eight babies born in what is believed to be only the second case of octuplets surviving more than a few hours are stable and doing well, doctors said today.

A woman has given birth to eight babies, only the second time in history octuplets have survived more than a few hours.