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A single mother gives birth to octuplets through the use of in vitro fertilization. She already has six children at home,under the age of seven, conceived through in vitro. When is someone going to say, enough is enough?
I’m proud to say that I’m not easily shocked. So when I heard on my local news the other night that a woman in California had given birth to octuplets (yes, that’s eight babies) I just sighed. Stories of multiple births are more commonplace these days thanks to in vitro fertilization. On the news the following day, it was reported that the mother of these octuplets already had six children at home, ranging in age from two through seven. Yep, six small children at home and eight newborns,. Now I’m no math wizard but that’s fourteen kids. But this tale gets even more bizarre. Nadya Suleman, the 33 year old mother of all fourteen children is a full time student and is not married. Again, let’s look at the math, one mom and fourteen children under the age of seven. What’s even more bizarre is that this woman had all fourteen of these children as a result of in vitro. That’s right, she didn’t have a husband that got scared and walked out. She actually opted to become a single mother of fourteen kids with no husband and no job.
While Nadya Suleman recuperates from her Cesarean operation, her mother Angela Suleiman is at home taking care of the other six children. In an Associated Press interview Angela Suleman made no attempt at disguising her disapproval at her daughter’s choices. The mother states she has already warned her daughter that when she gets home from the hospital “I’m going to be gone.”
According to Angela Suleman, her daughter Nadya, wanted to be a mother since she was a teenager. Angela Suleman, the mother, was quoted as saying “but luckily she couldn’t”. Nadya Suleman had also mentioned that she wanted twelve kids in all. When she was unable to conceive naturally, Suleman opted for in vitro fertilization. Following the birth of the first six children, there were still some of Suleman’s frozen embryos left. Suleman did not want them destroyed and so requested her fertility doctor complete the in vitro treatment. There is much ethical debate in the medical community following this case. Why would a doctor perform in vitro on a single mom who had already given birth to six other children through in vitro? And, why would the doctor implant that many embryos in this woman?
I question the competency of a doctor that would perform an in vitro fertilization on a mother in this kind of situation. I wonder about the mother, Angela Suleman, who has threatened to abandon her daughter and fourteen grandchildren (regardless of her daughter’s questionable choices.) when they need her most. And I wonder what kind of mother Nadya Suleman will be when the media hype dies down and all the kids are screaming and she can’t possibly meet the basic needs of those fourteen innocent children. I have a feeling this is probably not the end of this story.
22 Comments
This really is a hot topic at the moment! It has angered a lot of people. Well written news piece.
I wonder if there is some sick advertising campaign behind it.
Hi Joni,
Like i said before “Realty TV” is doing a lot on bi families these days . It may be far fetched but maybe not. It has started already with the media. Do you think they will leave her alone? they will folow them kids as they follow other big families. I may be wrong but then again I may be right. Only time will tell. Sad reason to have 8 kids the one time if it is true. Look at her age I think they said she was 33 Thats pretty close to quitting time for having children.Especially when there is 6 more waiting at home.
Indeed rising cases are recorded and heard some doing it too in my place. I’m just wondering does the PRO’s of this procedure outnumbered the CON’s?
People should treat children like people and not just extensions of their own egos. I knew when the story broke that the woman had one of those ‘pregnancy addictions’- like those poor crazy women who steal other people’s babies.
The doctor should be punished for not doing a psychiatric evaluation of this women first.
What if she snaps like Andrea Yates? What if she’s another Diane Downs? Don’t people take having a baby seriously?
Joni, you’ve done a super job with this story. Thumbs up.
Another point, doesnt in vitro cost a more than just a few thousand dollars per instance? So either this jobless mother of fourteen has plenty of money lying around and this was just something to quell the boredom, or this doctor really is incompetent and only charges a fraction of the cost of a more competent doctor due to this. Just my observations about the whole thing here but I agree this is probably not the end of this story, and I doubt the end of it will be a pleasant one. Enough is enough..really.
Fourteen kids? I’m shocked! Iwould never have known this if it weren’t for this article.
I have been following this (not on purpose – it is everywhere) and the more that comes out about the family, the worse I feel for the kids. It sounds like they are going to get the short end of the deal in this bargain.
Saw this on the news, very interesting, reminds me of the movie cheaper by the dozen.
good article.
the doctor is to be blamed.. for fame and the ego trip, he`s willing to sacrifice the mom and the kids.. who knows if he`s the one who paid the woman to be his `model`.. very nice share Joni
When I first heard about the octuplets,They said the father was away in the military,then a couple days later found out about the other six,and now no father??WTF?? why would any doctor put 8 embryos in one person…..absolutely the stupidest doc in the world.My son had twins,and the second one wasn’t breathing quite right when born.He’s an idiot,and she’s…Well she’s something,psycotic perhaps? I’d like to know her breast feeding,diaper and sleep habits.What a nightmare.There is no possible fathomable way even two parents could make a go of it.
But I loved the write!!!
That is ridiculous! Children are a blessing but who in their right mind would want more responsibility and more than they can handle? I agree with Stephine Moore, she has a baby addicition. She isn’t in the right state of mind and is a possible danger to her children. I feel like someone should step in and keep the little ones in custody until she is evaluated, surely she has issues. Great article!
Gosh, maintaining 2 kids as a family is a big challenge. I guess this is ridiculous. I wonder the plight of the kids.
Yep, I’m right with you. I am probably the most diplomatic and non judging person that I know. But there is something here that tugs on my heart being a mother myself. A feeling of concern and worry for these children, and what this woman has accepted as her responsibility without truly being responsible for them. Good writing, as always.
Oh wow, that is absolutely ridiculous! I’m scared for those kids…
Good article, good expression of opinion.
The poor woman is out of her mind. That is the only excuse for her. But she is asking 2 million dollars now for her life story and I heard on TV that Oprah and others have asked her to appear on their shows.She might be crazy like a fox.
Excellent article. The woman is a selfish moron. She is a leach on society. The doctor who performed the procedure is not playing with a full deck.
people at my job was just talking about this
This woman is a professional scam artist. She’s popping out 14 children and doing IVF cycles during the ten years that she says that she’s completely disabled and can’t work.
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.
agree she’s nuts — her mom is an enabler — but poor thing doesn’t want to turn her back on her daughter and these children — just curious — what does yaffel consider quitting time for childbearing if 33 is pretty close.
My heart goes out to those children. All I can say is, May Gods Hand be on this situation. You really did get me thinking Joni. Gripping article.
I think the whole thing is scripted or both the doctor and Nadya are suffering from some form of obsession or something. I only read the headlines last week and I thought it’s only about the octuplets. I’ve no idea the whole thing is that ridiculous.