The crazy world of Octomom - Truckers' Trucking Forum

Baack · **^ Top** #1 01.27.2009

Quote:

BELLFLOWER, Calif. - A woman gave birth to eight babies in Southern California on Monday, the world’s second live-born set of octuplets.
Baby No. 8 was a bit of a surprise, as only seven were anticipated, KNBC TV in Los Angeles reported.
The mother, who was not identified, gave birth to six boys and two girls weighing between 1.8 pounds and 3.4 pounds, doctors at Kaiser Permanante Medical Center told The Associated Press.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28864195/?gt1=43001

luvmyhubby · **^ Top** #2 01.27.2009

WOW, so many things to worry about for those parents...I hope they have a GREAT support system...and lots of ppl praying for them and their new family.

Cybergal · **^ Top** #3 01.27.2009

I don't know, but some how that just sounds like a LITTER.....

Lilbit · **^ Top** #4 01.27.2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cybergal

I don't know, but some how that just sounds like a LITTER.....

Ummmm . . . it sure does! Talk about not needing to have anymore children.

I would be calling it quits!

GuysLady · **^ Top** #5 01.27.2009

I had enough issues keeping up with ONE at a time.. eight would drive me INSANE!

mamadog93 · **^ Top** #6 01.27.2009

Well there goes Jon & Kate + 8! I guess that show will be taken over by this new couple.....LOL

GAPrincess · **^ Top** #7 01.28.2009

As much as I have always wanted children if I had to go the IVF route and the doc told me there were 7 viable embryos inside me I would consider fetal reduction. It goes against everything I was taught to believe in, to do that but I am a realist at heart and no way could I see myself being able to be a good mother to 8 babies at once. She has got her work cut out for her.

GAPrincess · **^ Top** #8 01.29.2009

Now they are saying that mom already had 6 kids!

Quote:

[LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link.
Outside the family's home, bikes and toddler toys were scattered across the front yard. Neighbors told ABC News that the woman is a single mother in her thirties who already has six other children. It appears the family will live in a three-bedroom house bursting with babies when the octuplets are released from the hospital in an estimated two months.

I can't begin to fathom why should would do this. Was she a surrogate? Was she mentally ill? Is sge competeing with Michele Duggar? What kind of doctor gives fertility drugs to a woman who already has 6 children?

I can only speak for myself; but if I had 6 children and was single, with no job, I'd give serious thought to using birth control. Then again I am one of those 'looney liberals.'

Mrs T · **^ Top** #9 01.30.2009

Kinda makes you wonder exactly who is paying for all these kids?

And her medical bills too. It said somewhere that 46 doctors were involved, (though why that many I don't know!), so who is paying for them?

Hhhmmm, why do the words medicaid and welfare start buzzing in my head....?

Baack · **^ Top** #10 01.30.2009

Quote:

, Calif. – The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week has six other children and never expected to have eight more when she took fertility treatment, her mother said.
Angela Suleman said her daughter expects a big challenge raising 14 children. The good news, she said, is all the babies appear healthy.
"I looked at those babies. They are so tiny and so beautiful," Suleman told The Los Angeles Times on Thursday.
Suleman's daughter gave birth to the octuplets Monday at a hospital in Bellflower but has requested that doctors keep her name confidential. Media knew little about the woman until a family acquaintance told CBS' "The Early Show" on Thursday that the mother is "fairly young" and lives with her parents and her six children, including twins.
Within hours, media had camped out at the family's home in Whittier, where the babies' grandfather pulled up in a minivan in the evening and briefly spoke to The Associated Press. Beside him were two children — a 7-year-old and 6-year-old — who said they were excited to have eight new siblings.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/...e_us/octuplets

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes	Rate This Thread
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode	Rate This Thread:

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Trucker Forum	Replies	Last Post
TIME (for a) New World Order	TnkrDrvr	Politics	1	02.11.2009 11.56 AM
Islam 101	Daycabber	Politics	54	01.08.2009 11.21 AM
The way our world ends!!!!!	Baack	Politics	1	05.04.2008 07.24 AM
Am I crazy?	PTX	Questions From New Drivers	18	02.12.2008 07.51 PM
Seriously considering something crazy....	GuysLady	Questions From New Drivers	9	08.22.2007 03.55 PM

Truckers' Trucking Forum/Message Board - The Premiere Truck Driver Forum

The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to Cybergal For This Useful Post:
Double L (02.01.2009), GAPrincess (01.27.2009), RBPC (02.12.2009), WiseOne (01.30.2009)

The Following User Says Thank You to Lilbit For This Useful Post:
Double L (02.01.2009)

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)