Too Many Babies

Published on January 30, 2009 By JillUser In Current Events

I know many of you have heard about the family that just gave birth to Octuplets. I am interested to hear what people think about this. Not only do they now have 8 tiny newborns to care for (which is impossible in my mind), they already have 6 (yeah, that's right, 6) children at home!

Here are my thoughts. First off, who has 6 children and then gets IVF for more?! What kind of doctor implants 8 embryos at a time?! 8 babies in the NICU, how many millions of dollars is that costing?!

I just don't get it! I know, to each their own. Maybe this couple wanted nothing more to life than caring for babies and having others help them raise their kids. They felt selective reduction (clean name for aborting some of the fetuses) would be going against God but obviously thought that questioning whether God giving them ONLY 6 children was enough was okay.

I totally can't relate. I love babies and children as much as anyone. I can't imagine having so many that there simply is no way possible that the mom and dad could care for them themselves.

After having my first I experienced two miscarriages. I figured maybe I would never have another baby but I was blessed to have one very healthy child. Who could really ask for more? Afterall, look at how many can't even have that.

That's just my opinion. What's yours?

Comments (Page 2)

Nitro Cruiser

on Feb 03, 2009

Now there is a rumor that the mother is trying to sell her story. I'm not sure if it's true or not (if so it makes me sick). If it were up to me she'd get nothing and if she didn't take care of the kids properly, I'd have them removed from the home and her locked up, since the taxpayers are going to wind up paying anyway. Why so cruel you ask? Simple, to discourage anybody else from gaining a windfall profit from their children.

JillUser

on Feb 03, 2009

Nitro, I heard that too. I heard she wants $2M for pictures. I think it's fishy that the Dr remains unnamed.

KarmaGirl

on Feb 03, 2009

You want to hear something funny that I heard on the news? Her Mom told her that she wouldn't be there when she got home with the 8 kids. She was barely keeping it together helping with the 6, but now she wants nothing to do with helping take care of all of them.

I'm sure Extreme Makeover will build her a house and her community will buy diapers and her church will volunteer. Ack.

Tova7

on Feb 03, 2009

I'm sure Extreme Makeover will build her a house and her community will buy diapers and her church will volunteer. Ack.

I dunno. Looks like no companies want anything to do with her, only tv and possibly a book deal....

http://www.rr.com/news/news/article/9001/6747167/Octuplets_mom_gets_TV_book_offers_to_tell_story

This article also says she worked at a Mental Hospital until 2008.

Oh the irony.

coderunner82

on Feb 05, 2009

I've read that families on the extreme makeover home edition in a significant number of cases end up losing their house later because of inability to pay the required taxes on the house. Which really makes the show seem alot less "feel-good" than it initially is.

(though in this case, i don't think she deserves a new house because of the situation that she had total control over and still put herself in)

JillUser

on Feb 05, 2009

I just feel really bad for the kids. I heard her spokeswoman saying how she would "clear the record" (she said that a million times!) once she recuperated from childbirth. I can't imagine anything she could say that would make it make any more sense. I heard her mother said she was obsessed with having kids. Her spokeswoman said she just wants to be the best mom ever. I think parenting is about quality not quantity and I don't know how anyone could possibly properly parent 14 kids under the age of 8!

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