bboy87 said:

and they had..ahem..a wide berth-left by the previous 6 kids who walked before them

well bugger me 6 other kids?! Again I see a huge reason for more strigent ART laws. The clinic should never have agreed to give her treatment with so many kids - the again that silly bint should know when to stop!

If she already has 6 I'm wondering how she managed to keep octuplets in for so long! Each pregnancy weakens the cervix so after that many kids I'm amazed that she kept 8 in for so long!

If this is true, then it truly is disgraceful!

Double post - sorry!
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well bugger me 6 other kids?! Again I see a huge reason for more strigent ART laws. The clinic should never have agreed to give her treatment with so many kids - the again that silly bint should know when to stop!

If she already has 6 I'm wondering how she managed to keep octuplets in for so long! Each pregnancy weakens the cervix so after that many kids I'm amazed that she kept 8 in for so long!

If this is true, then it truly is disgraceful!

Family: Octuplets' mother has 6 other children

WHITTIER, 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.

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.

But the grandfather warned that media may have a tougher time finding the family after the babies are released from the hospital.

"We have a huge house, not here," said the man, who would only identify himself as Ed. "You are never going to know where it is."

The mother also has two children, ages 5 and 3, and 2-year-old twins, neighbors told the Times.

Suleman said her daughter had embryos implanted last year, and after finding out she was pregnant with multiple babies was given the option by doctors of selectively reducing the number of embryos. The woman declined.

"What do you suggest she should have done? She refused to have them killed," Suleman told the Times. "That is a very painful thing."

Dr. Harold Henry said the woman was already pregnant when she came to Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center, and she was counseled about the risks of her pregnancy and on the option of aborting some of the fetuses. Doctors had been expecting only seven babies, but an eighth was born in the cesarean delivery.

The six boys and two girls, the second octuplets born alive in the United States, have garnered worldwide attention as media have attempted to find out more about the mother and her family. Hours after media gathered outside the Whittier home, Kaiser issued a statement on behalf of the mother requesting privacy.

"Please know, in our own time, we will share additional details about this miraculous experience," the statement read. "The babies continue to grow strong everyday and make good progress. My family and I are ecstatic about all of their arrivals. Needless to say the eighth was a surprise to us all, but a blessing as well."

Dr. Mandhir Gupta said seven of the babies were breathing without assistance. One was still receiving oxygen through a tube in his nose.

Seven of the infants were being tube-fed donated breast milk. One of the boys was expected to begin feedings Friday.

All babies continued to receive an intravenous nutritional combination. They were expected to remain in the hospital for several more weeks.

Some fertility specialists have said the children face increased health risks because they are octuplets and born nine weeks premature. At birth, they ranged between 1 pound, 8 ounces and 3 pounds, 4 ounces.

Doctors say they advise against higher-order births, but acknowledge the decision is not theirs to make.

"Who am I to say that six is the limit?" said Dr. Jeffrey Steinberg, medical director of Fertility Institutes, which has clinics in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York City. "There are people who like to have big families."

Dr. James Grifo, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the NYU School of Medicine, added: "I don't think it's our job to tell them how many babies they're allowed to have. I am not a policeman for reproduction in the United States. My role is to educate patients."

Wow... I think her parents are going to be busy.

MrsGoodnight said:

She went to Mexico for treatment and they would never deny anyone with money down there. They should take all her kids and sew her fucking cunt shut.

WOW how selfish is that.

she had 6 kids all ready. she didn't need any more damn kids.

ehuffnsd said:

No she didn't. She's obviously mentally ill or very fucking stupid not to know that fertility treatments would most likely result in multiple births. I hope I never see her on the streets because I will punch her in her damn face.

Maybe she's trying to start her own reality show

SilverlakePhil said:

Yeah, in the old days of ignorance and necessity people did this. But they were generally married (if she is in fact single) and you no longer need an army to work your fields.

Someone here at work said the Mother contacted ABC's Extrene Makeover:Home edititon

SilverlakePhil said:

I will bulldoze the finished home myself if that happens

'Suleman said her daughter had embryos implanted last year, and after finding out she was pregnant with multiple babies was given the option by doctors of selectively reducing the number of embryos. The woman declined. '


Wow, why implant eight embroys in the first place? In all honesty she probably only wanted one maybe two more children and all of the implanted embryos survived. Doctors cannot predict how many if any will survive, this is why sometimes they implant a greater number. However, after six kids Im really surprised she wanted more and where is the partner in all of this? IT says she lives at home with her parents. I think part of the blame lies with the doctors. It seems, if she was willing to pay that they were willing to go to any extreme. Reminds me a bit of Michael Jackson and his face surgery, and how he could always find a doctor willing to operate despite his disaster of a face.


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LleeLlee said:

She's greedy, and this is my firm belief. She's coldly calculating that dumbass people will donate to her and the children.

Teacher said:

AND

THEY

WILL

the doctors should have performed an abortion against her will. Stupid bitch.

Pussy is not a clown car.

Vendetta1 said:

Speak for yourself, missy! I've had a few clowns in mines.

SCNDLS said:

SCNDLS said:

Is there such a thing as clown ass?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Sadly, yes.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Surely there are easier ways of making money. Anyhow, How long are people going to donate? People can be very fickle and there are other causes out there..

The whole thing is just weird. she must have had money to pay for fertility treatment, its not cheap.

LleeLlee said:

In mexico you can get a sex change for $5.00

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I'd hate to think how they do it.

Vendetta1 said:

Goddamn Americanese womens with their tricked out clown-car pussies.

this is a bit off topic but i've been thinking about this and i'd be willing to let cloudbuster bear my eight kids.

LleeLlee said:

Tequila and a chainsaw

XxAxX said:

@ SUPA