Octuplets Make 14!
Suleman's pregnant belly (be forewarned that it is unbelievably ginormous)
Slideshow of pictures here
A 6-page interview here
Keeping up with mail more than reading news makes for a not-as-up-to-date me as I'd like. However, as J and I were divesting ourselves of climbing gear and I was speaking to David, a staff person from TRG came up and started remarking about this octuplet issue. I finally looked into it and holy momma. She has no real job, she has $50,000 in student loans, no more disability pay except for 3 of her 6 previous kids who have special needs, and is living practically off $490 in food stamps. Oh and all 14 children come from the same sperm donor, and the report says he is floored--and not in a good way. With the same fertility doctor as well: WTF were you thinking, doc? On a sidenote, there is criticism and speculation that she may have had cosmetic surgery to look like Angelina Jolie (see lips). Anyway. Suleman says children are a blessing from God. She had 6 kids one after the other, 3 of which are disabled, then went back to have the last of her frozen embryos implanted, "because she couldn't bear knowing down the road of the possibilities (of the possible extra children she could have had)." Now with 14, she says she is 100, 200, 300% done.
She was an only child and wanted lots and lots of kids, and saved up for that, but having 6 kids one after the other is more than enough in my opinion, I who am an only child as well. But then to turn around and to have 8 more kids in one go? She started showing after 9 DAYS. And at 5 months she had to limit her physical activity, and not long after, her back gave out and she had to stay under complete bedrest in a hospital. That doesn't sound right at all. The media has vilified her, and for good reason: what will the quality of life be for all 14 kids? She says at the end of the day, it's all about her kids and her love for them and yada yada, and indeed that is the big part of the equation, and I think the source of the vilification. There is also speculation she did this to garner attention and possibly use her kids as cash-cows? However, we all have the right to live private lives--yes, even celebrities, and she's become one over night through this. So I think the best thing to do is not to encourage her/her "habit" with attention but instead to let her deal with the consequences and in so doing, also let her live her own life, let the kids grow up normally, as normal as one can with 13 other siblings in a household. What's done is done, now to see what the future will bring.
Slideshow of pictures here
A 6-page interview here
Keeping up with mail more than reading news makes for a not-as-up-to-date me as I'd like. However, as J and I were divesting ourselves of climbing gear and I was speaking to David, a staff person from TRG came up and started remarking about this octuplet issue. I finally looked into it and holy momma. She has no real job, she has $50,000 in student loans, no more disability pay except for 3 of her 6 previous kids who have special needs, and is living practically off $490 in food stamps. Oh and all 14 children come from the same sperm donor, and the report says he is floored--and not in a good way. With the same fertility doctor as well: WTF were you thinking, doc? On a sidenote, there is criticism and speculation that she may have had cosmetic surgery to look like Angelina Jolie (see lips). Anyway. Suleman says children are a blessing from God. She had 6 kids one after the other, 3 of which are disabled, then went back to have the last of her frozen embryos implanted, "because she couldn't bear knowing down the road of the possibilities (of the possible extra children she could have had)." Now with 14, she says she is 100, 200, 300% done.
She was an only child and wanted lots and lots of kids, and saved up for that, but having 6 kids one after the other is more than enough in my opinion, I who am an only child as well. But then to turn around and to have 8 more kids in one go? She started showing after 9 DAYS. And at 5 months she had to limit her physical activity, and not long after, her back gave out and she had to stay under complete bedrest in a hospital. That doesn't sound right at all. The media has vilified her, and for good reason: what will the quality of life be for all 14 kids? She says at the end of the day, it's all about her kids and her love for them and yada yada, and indeed that is the big part of the equation, and I think the source of the vilification. There is also speculation she did this to garner attention and possibly use her kids as cash-cows? However, we all have the right to live private lives--yes, even celebrities, and she's become one over night through this. So I think the best thing to do is not to encourage her/her "habit" with attention but instead to let her deal with the consequences and in so doing, also let her live her own life, let the kids grow up normally, as normal as one can with 13 other siblings in a household. What's done is done, now to see what the future will bring.