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So what do you all think about the Octuplet Births?

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So what do you all think about the Octuplet Births?

Post by Misfit » Mon February 2nd, 2009, 11:46 pm

I recall hearing about it last week and thinking how amazing is that, but then the news coming out over the weekend is telling a different picture. The mother already had eight kids ages seven and under, doesn't appear to be employed or married and lives with her parents - said parents having serious financial difficulties.

Who knows if this woman even has medical insurance, let alone if she does how much insurance will not pay? Will the public get stuck? What about a doctor who implants that many embryos, especially in a woman with that many kids already? Especially knowing that babies of multiple births have much higher risks of birth defects and other medical problems, sometimes lifelong.

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Post by Divia » Mon February 2nd, 2009, 11:56 pm

I think since she wanted the damn kids so bad she can pay for them. And I dont think she should get an ounce of help or government assistance. She already has 6 at home.

I think she should also be spayed.
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Post by boswellbaxter » Mon February 2nd, 2009, 11:58 pm

Well, she's hired herself a publicist and is considering book and movie deals. Hopefully for the kids' sake, she'll get enough to hire someone to help her tend them, because it sounds as if her mother's not going to be a babysitter.

She sounds grossly irresponsible to me--it's one thing to get pregnant and choose not to abort, quite another to choose to be artificially inseminated when one already has six small children with no visible means of support.
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Post by Divia » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 12:17 am

Agreed.

This is why some people should be spayed, and she is one of them. I wonder if she'll try this again.

And who the hell gave her the drugs for her to do this? she couldnt have done this on her own.
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Post by Misfit » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 12:32 am

[quote=""Divia""]And who the hell gave her the drugs for her to do this? she couldnt have done this on her own.[/quote]

There was quite a lively debate going on today at one of the local radio shows. They were debating the ethics of a doctor going through with implanting a woman with so many embryos, especially considering her financial and home situations.

It wouldn't hurt for the ADA to put some guidelines aside to avoid these situations in the future. Even if she does get endorsements and earns enough to avoid going on the public dole the chances of one or more of these kids having permanent birth defects is very very high. Did you look at the estimates of the hospital bill? Maybe if you have a nice cushy government job you might have good enough insurance to cover most of it, but when you're unemployed? WTF were these people thinking?

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Post by SonjaMarie » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 12:52 am

I thought it was 6 kids not 8 that she already have, making it for a grand total of 14 now. And I think it's ridiculous whoever gave her the fertility drugs and embyros.

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Post by LCW » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 1:06 am

This is a perfect example of how reproductive freedoms go both ways!! Should she have done it? From the information available now, my opinion is NO. But she does have the right to it!

And considering how she's shopping for book and TV deals I have a sick feeling that she just might have had this in mind in the first place. I mean who in her position does something so stupid?? The whole situation is just weird!
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Post by Tanzanite » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 1:37 am

[quote=""LCW""] And considering how she's shopping for book and TV deals I have a sick feeling that she just might have had this in mind in the first place. I mean who in her position does something so stupid?? The whole situation is just weird![/quote]


I think you're right. With the success of some of the shows on TV -TLC's Jon and Kate plus 8 and the show with the Dugger family who have 18 kids (but as far as I know they did not use fertility treatments) maybe she figured, why not? I think it's disgusting, irresponsible and immoral to bring that many kids into the world in the way that she did with apparently no means to support them. I also agree that she should not get a dime of government support - she made this mess, let her figure out a way to make it work. And as much as I hate the thought of these kids suffering, it's not right to stick the rest of us with the tab for their birth and care.

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Post by Divia » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 2:15 am

If you cant support your kids then you shouldnt breed like a cat in heat. Humans weren't made to have litters, and thats what she has now.

I watch the Duggers and no they havent used drugs. THey are ultra religious though. However, they are not on any assistance. It was said that they pay their way through rental properties that they own. Plus they don't buy name brand clothes and often go to the salvation army for clothes/shoes.
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Post by donroc » Tue February 3rd, 2009, 3:27 am

Sorry, but I cannot resist thinking of James Bond and Octopussy.
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