Octuplet Mom, Nadya Suleman, Speaks For The First Time
Early last week we learned that a woman here in SoCal gave birth to the country’s second set of living octuplets which sent shockwaves of interest and goodwill around the world almost immediately. Because the woman decided to remain as private as possible, interested media outlets began to dig into her private life to try and figure out her identity and managed to scrounge up all sorts of information that has been disseminated without this new mother’s approval or consent. For days we’ve been hearing new information from various media outlets … that the woman is a single mom, that she still lives with her parents, that as an only child she always desired to have many children … but today, we get to hear from the mom herself for the very first time. Earlier this morning, Nadya Suleman gave her very first interview to The Today Show and sat down with Ann Curry to answer the questions that everyone’s been dying to know since the spectacular news of her 8-baby birth broke last week:
The Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets last week told TODAY’s Ann Curry in an exclusive interview that growing up as an only child, she had always dreamed of having “a huge family.” She also denied charges that she was irresponsible to have so many babies — especially with six other children already at home. “People feel, you know, this woman is being completely irresponsible and selfish to bring these children in the world without a clear source of income and enough help to raise them,” Curry told Nadya Suleman in a segment that aired Friday on TODAY. “The world outside is saying, ‘What are you doing?’ ” “I know I’ll be able to afford them when I’m done with my schooling,” the 33-year-old single mom replied. Calm, poised and articulate in the glare of the media spotlight, Suleman added: “If I was just sitting down watching TV and not being as determined as I am to succeed and provide a better future for my children, I believe that would be considered, to a certain degree, selfish.” Suleman, who said she holds each premature infant 45 minutes each day, said she was hoping to have one more child after having six previous children, all of whom are under the age of 7. She said she had six embryos implanted, two of which resulted in twins. Curry reported that although Suleman has received disability payments from the state of California, she said she refuses to accept welfare payments. Suleman and her children live with her mother, Angela Suleman. “All I wanted was children. I wanted to be a mom. That’s all I ever wanted in my life. I love my children,” she told Curry. Curry said that Suleman said she intends to return to college in the fall to complete a master’s degree in counseling. Suleman had worked in a state mental hospital from 1997-2006, but spent much of the time after 1999 on disability after injuring her back in a riot at the facility. Suleman said she is a good mother. “I’m providing myself to my children. I’m loving them unconditionally, accepting them unconditionally,” she told Curry. “Everything I do, I’ll stop my life for them and be present with them. And hold them. And be with them. And how many parents do that? I’m sure there are many that do, but many don’t. And that’s unfortunate. That is selfish.” Suleman said she was fully aware of the risks of carrying eight fetuses. “Those are my children, and that’s what was available,” she said. “It’s a gamble.” … Suleman said she went to the same in vitro fertilization clinic to have all 14 of her children. All were conceived with donated sperm from the same father, Suleman said. Suleman told Curry that the father is a bit overwhelmed right now, but she is hoping that he will want to get to know his children when he is ready. “How did an only child end up with 14 children?” Curry asked Nadya Suleman. “That was always a dream of mine, to have a large family, a huge family, and I just longed for certain connections and attachments with another person that I really lacked, I believe, growing up,” she replied … The divorced single mom told Curry she tried to get pregnant for years before finally succeeding. “I went through about seven years of trying, through artificial insemination, through medication. And all of which was unsuccessful. And then the first IVF procedure from that facility — it was successful. And then I just kept going in.” While it hasn’t been revealed which doctor implanted eight embryos at once into Suleman, the octuplets’ birth has sparked an ethical debate in the medical community … The entire exclusive interview will air along with exclusive video of the babies on TODAY Monday, Feb. 9, and on Dateline at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Wow! I don’t even know what to think about all of this. Judging from her comments alone, it seems like this woman has quite a few issues that she is trying to deal with by giving birth to all of these babies. Her intense desire to have a large family isn’t odd, in and of itself, but her need to have them all at a very young age (under the age of 7) and all by herself — and she still plans to go to college — is very odd. On the other hand, I’m not sure that anyone else has a right to dictate how she lives her life and how many children she should be allowed to give birth to. Trust me, I understand the ethics involved … well, maybe not fully (because there are so many) but I’m not sure that I like the idea of US citizens being dictated rules of procreation. It’s all so complicated and … messy. I just don’t really know what to think. After the jump, check out video of Suelman’s appearance on The Today Show and hear the woman speak in her own words …
Again … while many people may have a strong opinion on this matter, I’m still not comfortable with the State stepping in to interfere with people’s lives after babies are born (unless, of course, there is mistreatment, neglect, abuse, etc. going on). If anything, there should be regulation on how many in vitro eggs can be implanted into a human being at a time … and even that leaves me a little iffy on the whole matter. What do y’all think? Where should private rights to procreate become matters of the State? I, for one, really don’t know.
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February 6th, 2009 at 8:47 am
For me the issue isn’t the Medical Ethics involved. It’s the fact that this woman is bilking systems left and right for financial aid. There are honest people trying to get by day to day that need assistance but can’t get it because people like this woman seem (on paper) to need it more. Yet, if she has a PUBLICIST, she has no business collecting aid from any agency.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:53 am
It’s the taxpayers of California who will be paying for these children. That’s not fair to any residents of California. We’re already facing a deficit in the state budget and now we’ve got to pay for 15 children that aren’t even ours? How silly.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:55 am
As a single woman around her same age who is having problems with fertility health, I can understand her desire to have children -the clock starts to tick- but I am just wondering why so many babies (I would like to have just one!) and how she’s affording everything! I work a full time job, with some health issues in and out of hospital, just so I can possibly have future babies when I am more ready, and it takes up all my personal time and energy and efforts. I know the clinics and procedures are not cheap.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:56 am
@Krys, @Mimi — I totally agree but that’s why I kinda feel like something should happen before the babies are born, not after … right? Again, this matter is so crazy — and new. But now that medical science has made this sort of thing possible, we’ll need to figure out how to handle stuff like this in the future. Personally, the thought of 14 kids all under the age of 7 is insane.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:57 am
If she is unable at any point to afford to take care of these children in any way, she should be forced to give them all up to Brangelina. If she tries to take any money from the government other than her disability from her back injury, I will hunt her down myself.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:58 am
Collagen much?
February 6th, 2009 at 9:01 am
@Val – “she should be forced to give them all up to Brangelina” — LMAO!
February 6th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Look at her. . . she is Brangelina!!!!
February 6th, 2009 at 9:08 am
I agree with Mimi–it’s the medical ethics surrounding this case that are the most disturbing, at least to me. There is no way that a fertility doctor should be allowed to implant 6 or more embryos AT ONCE into a woman who already has six young children, knowing full well that there is a high likelihood of having a multiple birth (and seeing that ‘fertility’ doesn’t seem to be this woman’s problem, there was an even higher probability of having ALL the embryos ‘take’). A multiple pregnancy is high risk for both the mother AND the babies. From what I heard, implanting 4 embryos at a time is usually considered the upper limit in these types of procedures and even then, I think 2 embryos is the norm. I don’t think a limit on the number of embryos implanted is violating a private right to procreation–I mean, this woman already has SIX CHILDREN and no one is saying she shouldn’t have a right to in vitro–but more of a safeguard for mothers and babies and a way to limit abuse of the fertility system.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:08 am
CAN I JUST SAY THAT SHE SORT OF LOOKS LIKE ANGELINA JOLIE AND SHE MIGHT HAVE SOME SORT OF OBSESSION WITH THAT ACTRESS AND THE AMOUNT OF KIDS SAID ACTRESS HAS.
ON THE OTHER HAND THIS LADY IS GETTING A LOT OF FLACK AND WE SHOULD REALLY BE SCRUTINIZING THE DOCTORS THAT WOULD ALLOW A MOTHER OF 6 TO HAVE INVITRO. OBVIOUSLY THAT’S A PROCEDURE FOR PEOPLE WITH CONCEPTION PROBLEMS NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE FERTILE MERTILES LIKE THIS CHICK.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:09 am
My husband and I can’t even afford one baby and we both work full time. We would LOVE to be parents but not until we are more financially sound. Then we hear about this woman (we used to live in Whittier and THANK GOD we no longer do) who has 14 without much thought at all aside from the fact that just wanted kids. We took a LOT more into consideration than that. It’s very hurtful to us to read about and see all these families who continue to breed irresponsibly. Meanwhile, my husband and I are helping foot the bill for other peoples’ kids and are even farther away from having our own. Does anyone else understand what I’m trying to get at? It’s just so frustrating. I’m not trying to control reproduction and say that I think people shouldn’t have kids but GEEZ. Maybe I’m the stupid one for trying my damnedest (sp?) to be able to actually support my child with the help of only my husband. I think this woman is INSANE. I predict right now that these kids are going to have MAJOR problems down the road.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:10 am
No way do i believe that she wanted to keep “out of the spotlight”. All that does is fuel the media even more to get at her. Now that she has everyone’s attention the $$ will start rolling in. I feel sorry for her other 6 kids who aren’t going to get any attention now that there are 8 new kids on the block.
And, seriously, her mother is okay with her single daughter bringing all these kids into this world only to live in her house?
February 6th, 2009 at 9:10 am
i agree that the state shouldn’t have the right to meddle in our personal reproductive rights (proCHOICE works both ways). however, the fact that she got in vitro multiple times (which is insanely expensive, so i’m wondering how she afforded that) is what brings questions to my mind. before implanting someone with 6 embryos i believe there should be some sort of evaluation of how all of the children would be cared for financially if they all take. (especially knowing that she already had 7 children at home).
though i am sure she will make loads of money from all of the exclusive news interviews that will result from this becoming a national phenomenon.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:15 am
I’m reading a lot of Angelina Jolie comparisons with this chick and I have to say that I have to agree as far as her physical appearance goes. We may learn later if she has an obsession with Angelina, she’s obviously and obsessive personality. That being said, Angelina can afford to raise 14 kids financially, but no one can devote the kind of one on one time necessary to raise an emotionally healthy child when that many are involved.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:20 am
While I definitely don’t agree with the state telling someone how many kids they’re allowed to have (reproductive rights , right of privacy and all that), I definitely feel there should be medical guidelines and ethics that should be enforced. There have been fertility doctors right and left saying that a healthy woman that has previously had children should never be implanted with more than 2 embryos especially after the doctors obviously knew the woman has some issues…even her own mother called her obsessed. I’m also calling BS when she says that 6 embryos were implanted but 2 split… aka 2 sets of identical twins. Not that I’m a genetic expert or anything, but 2 embryos splitting sounds pretty sketchy…especially when you consider the odds of that happening (3 out of every 1000 deliveries worldwide). Whatever, maybe she’s telling the truth about that, but it just sounds really sketch.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:24 am
this woman is crazy and the doctors who did this to her are unethical. she has had lip injections as well. i wonder where all this money is coming from
February 6th, 2009 at 9:34 am
You know…I didn’t realize it until now…she does have an uncanny resemblance to Jolie. And Trent, you’re right. This should have been stopped a long time ago.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:34 am
what about the medical issue for the children, I had 1 daughter born at 27 weeks and she had problems, she needed Physical therapy, speech therapy, weakened immuned system and endless doctors visits. Did she ever thing of the childrens health. Cerabral Palsey comes from being premature. My daughter was lucky that she only has minor side affects and is able to lead a normal life. Who is going to help her?
February 6th, 2009 at 9:35 am
She supposedly got like $168,000 in disability payments because she hurt her back in a riot at a mental hospital that she worked at. So I guess that’s maybe how she funded her lip injections and possibly her in vitro?
This really is so sad to me… On one hand, I feel like it’s none of my business but when WE are paying for it, I feel like it’s completely our business. The medical bills from just the births alone are expected to be over a million dollars. Obviously, she ain’t paying for that.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Wow. I feel a very uncanny Angelina Jolie thing going on here. I’m a little worried.
Her hair- her lips- her choice to have so many kids to be a good mother…
I could be very wrong- honeslty- I hope I AM very wrong.
February 6th, 2009 at 9:51 am
I do find it ironic that this desire to have a gazillion kids stems from the woman’s screwed up childhood (according to her own words)… but what does she think THESE kids will have?? I guess that happens a lot though, people with a dysfunctional childhood reproduce early or without the appropriate means, and the circle continues!
February 6th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Why at the beginning, does it say she had 6 embryos implanted (2 or which split into twins) and then at the end it says there are ethical concerns about a doctor implanting 8 embryos? Weren’t there only 6 implanted originally??
February 6th, 2009 at 10:03 am
I, like everyone else, want to know how she afforded the IV? $168,000 isn’t going to cover the cost, especially since it took her 7 years to get pregnant in the first place!!!! She’s a “professional” psychology (that boggles my mind!!) student, so there goes a significant amount of her settlement. Her dad being contracted out to Iraq makes maybe $100- $130k, tax free, a year. So, how did she afford her first 6 kids? Welfare? I think the doctor who did this should lose his license. He’s just as effed up as her!
February 6th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Unfortunately it’s people like this who force us to make unjust laws. It’s like, if you give an inch and they take a foot. The irresponsibility that this woman is acting on is a shame. It’s not fair to the children she brought into this world. Six children alone would not have the adequate attention and care they need, let alone 14! I think it is very, very, very selfish on her part. And again, there will probably end up being a law that states you need to prove that you are having fertility issues before taking invitro. Imagine now all the money that will go into raising these kids (college, health care, finding jobs when they turn 16, etc). The list goes on. I know she says she will never go on wellfare, but the second she does, you know sh** is gonna hit the fan. I HATE irresponsible people…it ruins everything for everybody!!!!
February 6th, 2009 at 10:05 am
I find it sad that this woman, who has always wanted to be a mom, didn’t decide on adoption. With so many orphaned children in this country (and the world for that matter), why not go the adoption route??
February 6th, 2009 at 10:13 am
I’m with you, tatiana – my husband and I would like to have another child but we can barely afford the one that we have, even though we both work full time and have college degrees. Seeing people like this woman who just pop out babies like pez dispensers with no thought about how they’re going to support them, really upsets me.
She talks about how she doesn’t receive welfare like she’s some kind of hero that does it all on her own but she lives in her parents’ home!! (The same parents who, according to her, gave her a dysfunctional childhood!) If all my living expenses were covered by my parents and they were around to be my 24/7 babysitters, I could have more kids too!
And as far as the ethics of implanting so many embryos, I really think it should be limited to 3 or 4. Or maybe you can only be implanted with 6-8 embryos if you have a really low chance of conceiving, b/c there’s a good chance most won’t take. But for each sucessful pregnancy you’ve had, the number of embryos you’re allowed goes down? So in her case, she should have been allowed maybe 1 embryo!
Wasn’t there a woman a few years ago who gave birth to 6 babies and 3 or 4 of them died? The more fetuses a woman carries, the more risk there is to her and the babies. Even twins carry a higher risk of birth defects than a single birth.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:14 am
@ Angie
She would have never passed the psych evaluation to be cleared for adoption. She talks about her needs more than she does her kids, especially the pre-8 ones.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:17 am
Angie, she didn’t try adoption b/c I’m sure you have to prove that you’re mentally stable which she obviously isn’t! ;)
But in all seriousness, I know that you do have to show that you’re at least financially capable of caring for a child and I would think that still living in her parents’ home would be a major strike against her.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:21 am
No. This is WRONG. They should have NEVER allowed that many embryos to be implanted after 6 children. 2 at the most. That is RIDICULOUS. And she is definitely going to accept welfare-what a crock. I am pissed off that our taxdollars are going to go to this crazy bitch.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:25 am
She’s an Angelina wannabe! Honey, you can’t expect to top Angelina’s crazyness without her millions!!
February 6th, 2009 at 10:36 am
I feel sorry for HER parents. They’re the ones that will have to pay feed and clothe these kids.
They’ll probably get stuck raising them too, while their Womb Raider daughter is busy allegedly going back to school.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:41 am
I don’t feel comfortable with any law or regulation regarding how many kids someone can have, but this woman obviously has phych issues that should have been trowing up red flags left and right.She sounds like a teen who feels she does not get enough attention/love from her parents or boyfriend and decides to get pregnant because a baby will give her unconditional love. Except this woman took it a step further.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Anybody else getting the weird Angelina-wannabe vibe…..from her face and all that?
February 6th, 2009 at 10:44 am
“I’m still not comfortable with the State stepping in to interfere with people’s lives after babies are born (unless, of course, there is mistreatment, neglect, abuse, etc. going on)”
– I’d say having 14 children within 7 years might be considered a form of neglect. Children need so much attention and time and energy, and I just don’t think she can provide that for them on her own. It’s simply not fair to them. And what if something had happened to her while in labor? What about the other 6 kids she already had? I think she was very irresponsible not to think about them and the possibility that she might leave them without a mother if any complications came up. Also, the 8 babies are undoubtedly going to have some sort of special needs and delays, they’re just going to require so much more to develop properly. Obviously nothing can be done now (or can it?), but people like this woman should definitely be held accountable. She should have been required to undergo psychiatric evaluation a long time ago, and never been allowed to have that many embryos implanted. I’m all for power to the people and making sure people’s rights aren’t violated but this is out of control. People are stupid, they need lawmakers to step in sometimes.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:50 am
i am totally getting a weird Angelina-wannabe vide . First thing i noticed , only looking at her picture, was that she has undergone a nose-job. Looking at the video I realized she had a lips-increase operation as well….
isn’t it sad?
February 6th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Womb raider! LOL On a serious note, I am very worried about the physical health of these babies – 8 preemies – as well as the mental well-being – being raised by a single baby-obsessed mom. Who will watch the 14 children while she is in school or at work? Who will help her change 8 diapers while feeding 6 other children? Bathtime?!? This is all nuts and will NOT end well. So sad for the 14 babies.
February 6th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Her back is hurt to the point that she can’t work and must get diability, but it’s well enough to carry eight children. Whatever. She should have her disability revoked just like ppeople who get caught mowing their lawns and stuff on disability do. As for the kids, I feel sorry for all 14 of them having to growup in such a messed up situation with such a crazy mom. Maybe she’s one of those loonies who only like her children until they get to big to cuddle so she keeps having to have more. Insane Biotch! Oh, and @ Green is Good LMFAO!!! Womb Raider?!? I swear I almost fell of my chair I was laughing so hard.
February 6th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Thank goodness you all see it too, I thought I was imagining it! She totally looks like she requested the Angelina Jolie nose and lips from her plastic surgeon…I agree that it will come out soon that there she has some weird obsession…
February 6th, 2009 at 11:38 am
what an attention seeker… she seems the type that wants to make money off her interview and book deals
February 6th, 2009 at 11:42 am
This woman is batshit crazy. Between the ethical issues involved and the fact she wants to make money off of this, which I think was a big factor in her doing it. She does seem to have a Angelina complex among her many issues. Then there is the money issue. If she can take care of them on her own with no help from the state and no help from anything but her job, then fine go for it, but shut your trap about it. Why is this woman doing interviews in NYC, when her babies are in the hospital in California. That right there should tell you well her priorities are.
February 6th, 2009 at 11:52 am
WOW!! She’s deffo had her lips done and her nose. I think that mental institution made her a little loco.
February 6th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
@Amy…Ann Curry went to LA to interview the crazy lady. It was on the local news and on the Today show that she was on the west coast. The interview continues on Monday.
So we’ll all be talking about this for awhile.
February 6th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Kaiser Permanente (where she had the babies) has already said they will be footing the bill for the medical costs associated with the octuplets’ births. That means that I, a Kaiser Permanente insured person, will be helping to foot the bill… This is generally known as welfare… It is irresponsible, not only from the standpoints previously put up on this board, but from an environmental standpoint as well… There will be 14 baths daily (just for her kids) and it is likely they won’t all share the same bathwater. Fourteen kids have to eat, putting further strain on the earth to produce this food. It may not seem like a big deal when we’re only talking about 14 children, but if others did the same thing we would have a population explosion. We can’t afford the people already living in this country let alone each of those people having fourteen children… okay, I’ll stop ranting now, but IRRESPONSIBLE all around!
February 6th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
I agree with you Trent. on the one hand there is something very wrong with the situation, but we can’t dictate to people how many kids they are allowed to have.
It makes me sad, because me and my husband have talked about children but know right now money would be an issue so are going to wait, unfortunately while we wait we get to pay the taxes for this women to neglect her 14.
I also feel sorry for the sperm donor of all 14. as it says up there that they used the same father and he knows. Bet this wasn’t what he bargained for.
February 6th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
This reminds me of the lady in Phoenix who had, maybe, 6 babies at once in addition to her toddler. She got lots of loot, but I remember thinking, “Who the hell is going to help her take care of all these kids?” as her husband worked a lot of hours to help pay for them. Well, she ended up in jail after abusing them horribly because “They wouldn’t stop crying.” Hope CPS keeps a CLOSE eye on this chick.
(You’re doing the right thing, Tatiana. You’ll make a good RESPONSIBLE parent some day. Hope it’s soon!)
February 6th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
I agree that if this woman wanted to have a large family that adoption should have been the way to go. Or, perhaps one or two children of her own. Fourteen children under the age of seven is insane. This seems to be all about her and how telling the media her story will get her money, a spot on Oprah, and endorsements. What about the children? What about clothing, food, and education? What about love and attention? It is sad that for one woman to irresponsibly try to achieve her dream that so many others are stuck with the problems that arise from it.
To Chris, I also hope that her family is watched closely by Child Services!
February 6th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Hello!!! She looks like a drag queen! (not that there’s anything wrong with that)… Calpernia Addams, anyone?
February 6th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I agree that the US government, or any government for that matter, should not be allowed to decide how many children a person is allowed to have or adopt BUT I do see it as a ethical issue on an individual level. Like you said, this woman seems to be a little…well, she has some issues. Most people in their organized mind have the sense not to have that many children if they are unable to support them financially. I think it’s great that this woman wants to be there for her kids and give them the love and attention all children deserve, but there are some other needs that must be met (Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs!). Look at the Duggars. Yeah, they have 18 kids…but they have money and, so they claim, have never been in debt or had to take out a loan. They’re a family that has been very careful with their money – something very smart and keeping in mind for their kids.
February 6th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
As a lower elementary teacher, I can tell you that there is a lot more that children require beyond their basic fundamental needs. I can’t begin to express the sadness I feel when I think of those children, as their mother cannot possibly even begin to give them everything they need psychologically and emotionally. This is just a tremendously disappointing situation. It occurred due to a perfect storm of loose medical ethics, a media environment that glamorizes and minimizes the enormous responsibilities associated with multiple births (Jon & Kate) and a system that allows financial support to people who have more children than they can afford. I truly feel the frustrations of those of you who expressed concern about affording even one child. My husband and I will have our first child in August but my husband is losing his job in a few weeks. We are worried but committed to taking care of this baby as best we can. I know that the children you all eventually have will be lucky enough to be wanted and adequately cared for.
February 6th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Umm, did anybody even watch the interview, ratehr than reading points of it. She made it very very clear that she WILL NOT BE GOING ON WELFARE ANYTIME SOON, AND THAT SHE WILL GET THROUGH THIS THROUGH THE HELP OF HER PARENTS AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS. Geez yall, and i think kudos to her for being a strong independent women, and being very optimistic about whats ahead of her. Instead of focusing on a lady with 14 kids, the government should focus on the medical system, the crimes going on the states, or figuring out how to get out the recession that yall are in.
February 6th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
true, good for her she’s not going on welfare anytime soon, and that she’s independent and taking care of her children with the help of others. however, she’s stated in this interview that she was an only child and acknowledges the fact she was an only child which helped stem the desire to have a large family. if she can recognize that issue she should most certainly have been responsible to plan a life for her children, so they could grow up in a home where financial issues wouldn’t have been a problem. if not that, then the fact that taxes are going to be taken into account. there’s so many things at stake here. it’s no place for the government to decide on our family situations, but there is something for the individual to decide on what’s healthy. she may appear stable in her interview, but many people do who aren’t in the head. i have no doubt she truly will love each and every one unconditionally, but this is not healthy at all.
February 6th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
It’s my hope that the state steps in an does a complete evaluation of this woman. Mentally, she is unstable and I fear for all her children. I have two beautiful children and went through years of infertility and heartache to have them. I thank God for the experts who helped me and my partner have our kids….this woman needs help…fast!
February 6th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
She does look like Jolie. This woman needs a serious, serious psych eval. What a NUT.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Ok so let me see if I get this straight. I’ve read several other news reports of her interview and if what I think is true, she has 6 other children who are all under 7, I’m assuming from the age she is now and the year she is listed as having her first child that they are all about a year/year and a half apart. She’s divorced (so are all 6 of those kids with her ex-husband or are some from in vitro?) and she went and had in vitro done ALONE and asked them to implant all of the embryos. And throughout all of this not a single health professional thought to stop and maybe do a more comprehensive examination of her? CLEARLY this woman is suffering from issues with her childhood, work history, relationship and so on and someone actually allowed her to try and well obviously successfully concieve 8 babies? It’s completely unbelievable. How does she make enough money to fully support these kids? How can she feel that as one person she can handle all of these kids by herself? Amazing…
but you know if she can’t handle them all she should give Jessica Simpson a call, she’s been having a rough time lately and she’s wanted to be a mom, maybe she can help… Brangelina don’t seem to have enough arms to carry all of their kids anymore!
February 6th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
She keeps saying that she is able to support her children now…but what happens later when the kids are grown and have to go to college/university? who will pay for that? As well as, how about individual attention? Honestly it doesn’t seem like she has fully thought this through…
February 6th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
Umm, how does she think she’s going to get by without taking welfare? If Kaiser Permanente is footing the hospital bill, she’s kind of already going that route… She might say that now but the money is going to have to come from somewhere and we know she’s not working right now. ;) To think that raising children (much less a LITTER) is no big deal is ridonkulous. I guess 8 newborns would go through something like 72 diapers a DAY. How does she plan on paying for that (on top of everything else)? I’d bet anyone $50 she’ll most certainly be on public assistance.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
two things are evident: (1) the state CAN’T & SHOULDN’T interfere w/ her having these (or more) kids. That being said, (2) her statements and actions ALONE warrant a good looking into by the Department of Family and Children Services.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
People who are making comments about regulating all of this are FLYING DOWN the slippery slope of turning us into the People’s Republic of CHINA.
February 8th, 2009 at 11:33 am
1: who paid for her nose job?
2:sack the dr. who twice implanted 6 eggs for this nutcase
3: if she thinks that people only have a problem with her because she’s a single mom then she’s dumber than we all thought
February 8th, 2009 at 11:37 am
and she totally is trying to be angelina… in addition to her nose, her lips look way over-plumped and why is her hair in her face?
February 8th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
EXACTLY, why arent people calling her on the angelina thing! shes like an obsessed fan!
February 9th, 2009 at 11:33 am
There are so many children in the world already who need a home. it is so selfish that instead of helping them she *needs* her own so badly. She couldnt get pregnant and that is sad yes, but also means something. like parents with diseases who have kids anyway passing the disease on instead of adopting a needy child. it is tunnel vision, overlooking the systems they tax, the poor life they give their children and the home they could have given others. it’s like buying from the pet store when there are animals dying at the SPCA. Not to mention the tax on the environment. environmentalists are saying that any efforts we are making to reverse global warming are being cancelled out by the growth of the population. Here I am (and many other good, educated people) trying to decide the costs of having one child, can we properly provide? How will this effect our world at this time, are their other children who need my love? And then selfish women like this just go and ruin all our good work. She said she is trying to find something she missed in her childhood buy having children…….that is not ok to put that on her children, she is the mother, she needs to be a complete and healthy person BEFORE she has kids, because she needs to be their support, not the other way around. sheesh.
February 11th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Too many, and way too much! This is one of the most selfish girls (not a woman) I’ve ever read about! I don’t want my tax dollar spent on her, and her dream fantasies but it will be! Many of us have wanted a large family and we realistically adjust to what we can afford, what are body will produce through God’s will, and consideration for the planet and the population that already exist. Many of us love babies but why didn’t she adopt a dozen! If she even considered it, and I’m sure there are realistic limits for such a single Mom, it wouldn’t be allowed! What about the “goofy ” Dr. that helped her. They got their names on TV etc. It is disgusting! Please no more publicity but then how is she going to support them except through the “dole” and publicity! A true “leach” who should have had a psychiatric exam!