We posted about the surprising news that the octuplets' mother already having 6 children. Today, more disturbing details are emerging about the woman:
The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week conceived all 14 of her children through in vitro fertilization, is not married and has been obsessed with having children since she was a teenager, her mother said. [...]
Little psychological research has been conducted on the reasons some mothers seem hooked on repeated pregnancies. David Diamond, a co-director for the Center for Reproductive Psychology in San Diego, said mothers can be drawn to repeat pregnancies for a number of reasons, with some finding the experience so satisfying they choose to become surrogates.
Diane G. Sanford, a psychologist and author specializing in women's reproductive mental health, said while she doesn't know much about Nadya Suleman's background, women that have obsessive-compulsive disorder can become fixated on different obsessions.
"Her obsession centers around children, having children and being a mother," she said. "To what degree are her esteem and identity based on being a mom and why has this from a young age been such a preoccupation of hers?"
touche'
I would blow my brains out.
Who gets to pay for these 14 kids? You and me,that's who.
They should sterilize her before she has more.
I am so tired of hearing how these chemistry experiments are "miracles" - fertility drugs used badly, not god , is the reason more women are giving birth to litters. Again they should not be rewarded for their grossly irresponsible behavior - babies born in litters suffer so many costly health problems that we end up paying for.
I am for better regulation and oversight of fertility treatments. This is getting out of control.
see this
Or maybe...maybe a blended reality show. Let's get this woman and all her kids adopted by those awful Duggars!
Course they might not do it, as her Dad seems to be Iraqi.
Her parents must be equally cracked, since she lives at home with them AND CONTINUES TOO GET FERTILITY TREATMENTS.
Living in a 3 bedroom house with 3 adults, where the hell did she keep the original 6 kids? Was she hoping to get a free house with the new 8?
TLC showcases appx. 5 'super' families with happy, healthy children. They might be all of them. Realistically, you're going to have to deal with a lot of disabilities and delays with a litter.
And she plans to have a career as a television child care expert.
Some say we have become a society where some work for a living, and some vote for a living. How much is she going to get paid by the state for all this whelping.
Also, apparently her mother told her she's not going to be there when she comes home with the octuplets, she's had enough. This woman is in some serious need of psychological help. I hope the doctor who implanted her is brought up on some kind of charges although there's probably nothing that s/he has done that's illegal. However, it is unethical and at the very least s/he should have their license to practice medicine revoked permanently.
BTW, the word "octuplet" isn't even in my spellcheck dictionary. What does that tell you?
However, the idea of doing something like this while living with my mother strikes me as selfish, more than a little sick in the head, and basically asking for trouble in the long run. I can't even imagine living with my mom and asking her if I can have a puppy, much less children.
IronCrow makes a good point, nevertheless. Better eight live ones than one dead one because Mommy couldn't handle the crying.
but if I have a baby
it has to love me!
weird, that's an unintentional haiku
Get real. The woman deviated from standard procedure by not letting the doctor remove the excess eggs that implanted.
Humanity is born in poverty and squalor throughout the whole world, why just feel sorry for these 8 "snow flake" babies. They say destroying these embryos is murder, but apparently it's g-d's will to stem life out of mystery. Don't worry yourself, they are a world issue right now so Brangelina will scoop them up if things go south for them.
I'm one half of a childless couple, and it breaks my heart that she's abusing those children because she has to satisfy some sick endless need for more children. There's no way those kids are going to get the love and attention they need and deserve. There needs to be better regulations set in order for women to get fertility treatments. I have seen too many women abuse these privileges for their own selfish reasons. Why wasn't 6 children enough? Take care of the ones you have. She probably sees children like puppies - cute at first, but then they grow up.
I hope nobody gives into her demands. Whomever gives her the $2mil are in for a big sh-tstorm from the public. Nobody should be rewarded for being irresponsible, especially when children are involved.
This octuplet mom gives the insurance companies fighting ammo. The insurance companies say if they were to pay for this procedure every woman would be having 6 or more babies. This is why the insurance companies pay nothing for the procedure. Those people that want to have a baby...have to refinance their homes-to get the $15000 + $5000 for the fertility drugs.
I think the octuplet mom got her money by donating eggs. I have a guess on who the doctor was...maybe a doctor at the fertility clinic she worked at...since she got the sperm from someone she worked with at the clinic. Why not the doctor?
I just hope the media...thinks about what they are doing, before they start paying out millions for her story. I hope she can give these babies all the love they need and still provide enough love for the other six. How does someone with a degree in child development intentionally give a child no father to love them?
It's people like this who mess up the system so that the truly disabled have a hard time getting benefits when they really need it.
Pay the woman for her story already!
Let's get to the nitty gritty.