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I'm not seeing baby companies breaking the doors down on this one - good - as I'd be (well, I'd influence my kids) boycotting them.
I hope that Diane and Oprah do not make a deal with her.
The cost of all this is unknown so why reward her with goods and sponsorships?
I love children and I wouldn't want any child to go without but enough already!!!
Please - don't flame me as this is my opinion only.
I am no expert - but the only way the embryos could have multiplied is if one or more split into identical twins. I don't believe fertility drugs can cause that to happen. Fertility drugs could cause her to produce a ton of eggs, but they wont cause one embryo to multiply.
This may explain some of her motive -- she wants money and attention.
Thanks Amity for the up close story!
I don't know anything about IVF, but twins are "formed" when the egg splits upon conception- is that right? (I think the doctor knows more than a few embryos were implanted...)
On the local news they spoke about this situation a little bit- grandma really didn't seem thrilled by the attention or the situation. I feel very bad for her as her daughter made choices that obviously affected everyone involved.
Were the other six kids conceived naturally? It doesn't seem like this woman has a fertility issue. (I can't see how an insurance company would pay for cycles enough to conceive 14 children.)
If she was fertile and sexually active, the fertility drugs could enable her to make numerous embryos naturally in addition to the modest number (normally no more than 3) implanted.
Hello Everyone!
Only one person (besides Tricia) on this site knows where I live....now, you'll all know.
I am a little more than a mile from the woman who gave birth to octuplets.
I can't give my opinion on the subject of IVF/octuplets/ethics, etc. because I haven't really formed one yet.
I will tell you what I know/saw.
I was outside gardening when I heard a helo, very low.
Helo kept circling for a little over an hour.
An area close, we call "Snake Hill", is notorious for having gang member trouble & some gun/shooting activity so Sheriff and media helos aren't unusual around here.
The Helo sighting yesterday was different.
A short time later I had to go to Rite-Aid to pick up a 'script for my Mom and saw news vans with tall poles, all driving in the same direction.
Being the good WebSleuther that I am (and also, very nosy :crazy: ) I followed.
I ended up at the end of the curve to the street where the Mom of the octuplets resides.
What I saw was total chaos with news vans and cars lining the street, 2 helos overhead, people packed in small groups and disturbing signs being held up by protestors; anti-abortion and anti-welfare signs.
I 'assumed' the people standing on porches and on front lawns were standing on their own porches and lawns, therefore, were neighbors.
I tried to blend in, tried to look like I belonged and had a purpose for being there. Unfortunately, that only lasted about 15 minutes, if that (memo to self: Refresh Sleuthing skills).
I mosy'd up to 3 adults standing close to a porch on a front lawn.
I said "Hi. I'm from around the curve". Which wasn't a total lie as that's where I parked my car.
They in turn were very nice, said Hi and pretty much let me stand there with them without telling me to leave....all of us continued to just stare at the chaos around us.
I heard, NOT Fact, just what I heard while standing with the group near the front porch:
The family in question pretty much keeps to themselves..not overly neighborly/visiting/coffee visits.
They do wave "hi" and smile.
There are 4 little ones that will play out on the front lawn of their own home once in awhile but most of the time they play indoors or in the back yard.
A neighbor (not one of the people I was standing with) who has spoken with the family told a neighbor I was standing with that the Mom of Octuplets was using her Workers' Comp win to support herself and her children.
The Octuplets Mom has never been married that any of them know of.
Up until a few years ago she worked (or did something-school?) outside the home, leaving every day at the same time and returning every evening about the same time, Monday - Friday.
Media seemed very in-your-face with some of the neighbors living closer to the home. To me, I got the impression the neighbors didn't want to comment.
I saw several neighbors backing away from microphones, waving their hand as if to say "no".
Two police/Santa Fe Springs Sheriff cars pulled up to the area I was at, parked their cars in a T on the street...to block any other cars from coming into the area, got out and started walking up to people asking if they resided there.
One of the people I was standing with asked if I had my ID on me. The look I gave, obviously told them I didn't or that I didn't belong there.
I'm not very good when confronted and know a lie is about to come out of my mouth.
Exit, stage right.
My only thought on the way home was about the young children in the home.
I hope the media has the common courtesy and respect not to film those little ones and not to stick a microphone in their little faces trying to get them to answer questions.
Those little ones didn't ask for this.
Maybe she's trying to get her own show on TLC. TV seems to have been good to the Duggars and the Gosselins.
I really do not like this story. I have nothing against IVF, especially for families that desperately want children and have trouble getting pregnant.
My issue is that this woman seems to be a "permanent student" who is relying on her parents to pay for her children. My issue is that she already had 6 children, one of whom is autistic, to raise.
Fertility medicine should not be used for someone who already has this many children in my opinion. I've heard stories that this woman lied about having kids to the doctors but that didn't make sense because a doctor can tell when a woman has had pregnancies or not. However, either way, the doctors responsible should have used better judgement.
I worry about this woman's ability to take care of this many kids and make sure that they receive the attention and stability they deserve. Most of all, I worry that the autistic child I read that she already has may not get the extra care needed because of the diverted attention to all of these newborns. Seriously, I would question ANYONE's ability to parent that many children as a single parent, no matter what their upbringing or income.
Not to mention the extra stress now put on the parents. At their age they should not be in a position to raise their daughter's kids. I feel sorry for the Dad having to go back to work.
It turns my stomach to think, even for a second, that someone would have children as a moneymaking opportunity. IF this is what this was....she should be ashamed of herself.
Like I said...Lottery Tickets. All 14 of them!Maybe she's trying to get her own show on TLC. TV seems to have been good to the Duggars and the Gosselins.