How do mothers carrying more than three babies survive?

Question

From what I know the baby takes much of the nutrients such as calcium from the mother, so how do mothers that have 5, 6 or, even eight babies (at once) not die? Even with appropriate healthcare I saw a diagram of what a single baby does to a woman’s guts and it’s all shifted— my mother could barely breathe carrying me.

In: Biology

Answer 1

Modern medicine. Doctors can make sure the mummy’s and the babies are looked after. Before that they happened, but a lot more often some of the babies or the mummies weren’t there anymore.