Octuplets' Mom Has Six Other Kids and Absent Husband

I just wonder if this woman and her mom have been watching john and kate plus 8...they have camera men as a part of their lives every day and get sooo many gifts and paid vacations...who knows, maybe they thought it could all happen to them...people think the wierdest things and will go to any extreme...I think she thought this sort of thing was her ticket...also this doctor had to know she had 6 kids already with no father, no income...he should be at the least, reprimanded for this whole thing! They probably thought this was better than the show...no dad and 6 other kids...like a competition...how sad and idiotic...those kids will all suffer for this one.

Maybe she really did not have more than she could handle and probably the doctors implanted only 4 eggs and they divided in utero after they had attached to the lining . I know I only wanted one healthy child but got twins instead because my husband had fertility problems and I sure as heck didn't want to sleep with someone else's husband on the side or with tom, dick, or harry. Than God they both (my twins) were extremely healthy and I have the support of family ( who give hand me down from their twins also 4 sets in the family. Twins run in both sides of our family. I too am an identical twin. My twin sister conceived twins naturally but, decided to abort because she had already 2 children.) We really don't know the medical or biological history of the lady All I know is that the doctors don't have to implant 8 eggs in order for 8 babies to be conceived.

Actually, SKL, it is OUR business. We are paying for this as taxpayers, are we not? That makes it our business.

As far as being PC, I've never been on this site, but let me assure you, I'm the least PC person you'll ever come across in cyberspace. Black, white, young, old, gay, straight, male or female, we need to learn to get over ourselves. I don't care what color this woman is. If she were young and black, I would say the same thing. The point is that she has behaved in a grossly irresponsible manner. If she chose to do so and I didn't have to pay for it, then it would be NONE of my business, but that's not the case, so it IS.

Why do you have to bring race into this? It's totally irrelevant. Most of the comments here are simply saying that you should not have more children than you can care for, and I think most people would agree that 14 children, aged 7 and under, will require a LOT of care, and a lot of money, especially since it's very likely that there will be special needs for some of the octuplets. It's possible that they will have a lot of help from family or friends, but as it said in the article, they abandoned a home and have filed for bankruptcy, so it's not like they're rolling in the money.

As far as your outrage about judging the woman? What, we can't have an opinion about the matter? I think it's hilarious that you are upset about all the "judging" going on, and then in your 2nd point you are all set to judge a different group of people, for pretty much exactly the same reason that the other posters have raised, and that is: don't have more kids than you can handle.

You are partly right. Some people in racial groups do get caught up in having babies early in life. Some people wait until they are really old for having kids, around 44, can afford kids and bring Down Syndrome babies into this world even knowing that this can happen.

The biggest problem here is taking responsibilty for what you create. If a couple has 6 children already that they are supporting, 8 more could put a strain on them. However, a SINGLE parent who has 6 children under age 7 who already depends on the State to finance her exploits, then chooses to become pregnant again, needs to divest herself of the organ inside her body that provides a place to grow these babies.

The woman cannot make money by selling them, so why does she want to burden the world with those she cannot personally support?

Having a child every year is SO much different than having 8 at one time. There are some black people that do work and that can afford to have a child a year. I don't know of ANY FAMILY...black, white, purple, yellow or green...that can afford 8 premature infants and 6 other children under the age of 8. That's almost like having a set of twins every year for 7 years. And, she made it our business when she decided to allow the story to be told. She made it our business when the state of California is the one who's going to have to foot the bill.

You sound like you're prejudiced against African-American & other colored people. Get a grip buddy & get a life while you're at it.
You sound like a total pea-brain. No doubt you dropped out of high school,,,,IF you made it that far! Our ancestors brought the colored people here to abuse & use as slaves, they deserve as much respect as anyone gets, maybe even a little more. And NO I'm not colored, just a very well educated caucasian with a BRAIN.

It seems aparent u have a problem with just black people..so look whose judging now.. it didnt have to be just black theres also white ,korean,mexican all those nationalities but u stuck on blacks. I am a proud Black women age 33 with 2 kids ages 3 and 13 so this BS u kickin about us having kids in our teens tell it to somebody else cause me and my husband are taking care of ours and I was out of my teens when we started. get ur s#$& together before u jump out there cause imma be here jumpin rite back..let that sink in for a minutes.

Good guestion! I think some are hesitant to comment when the person in the article are non-white because they are afraid of being labeled a racist.
What about all of the American-born white women who also have more children than they can support? I consider it to be child abuse and neglect when a woman/couple produce more children than they can support without public assistance.
When I was a senior in high school (1986!) in a small rural community in West TN, there were 13 pregnant girls in our school of approx. 300 students. People having children they can't support is not a new problem.
I live in a larger town now. The public school my 3rd grader attends has a free/reduced price program for breakfast & lunch, and a "backpack" program where a small backpack stocked with food (ready to eat soups, fruit, instant oatmeal, etc.) and juice boxes is given to students who qualify every afternoon to make sure they get some kind of dinner & on weekends.
I think that after a person/couple produce a 3rd child they can't afford, the children should be able to go on the "backpack" program and not a penny be given to the parents. If they can't provide shelter, they have no business being parents.

Funny how you bring race into a non-racial issue. Talk about judging from the most judgmental to commenter on posts here...

It is clear this woman did not have "current" fertility needs as she already has 6 children thru fertility treatments. The doctor and the mother have taken what modern medical advances can offer and abused it.

The grandmother has spoken out as to her disapproval with the whole situation since SHE is the one helping care for these "modern day miracles"...

Thank god for fertility drugs for the 1000's who desperately want children and take the steps, both financial and emotional, to obtain this dream. It seems this woman did not take either step and her children will pay the price emotionally while taxpayers pay the bill.