Originally Posted by phfgkl (Post 2449245)

Her mom and dad should NOT allow her and her kids to live there to begin with. If she's an adult and old enough to be having kids, then she should be old enough to support them. Her parents are enabling her. If their daughter had one child it would be different, but, when she keeps doing this over and over, that's when they should have put their foot down

Originally Posted by AngelWorks (Post 2448842)

She is living at her parents small, 3 bedroom ranch with her six children.

Now there will be 17 of them living there.

Originally Posted by browniesmom622 (Post 2449282)

One of the articles said it was Her house & her parent's moved in after losing there home.

Originally Posted by spr377 (Post 2449736)

I thought I saw on the news that they live in a two bedroom house! :eek:

Originally Posted by Bizzymammabee (Post 2449739)

In her moms interview she said three bedrooms. Whether it's two or three it's just seriously tight quarters.

Originally Posted by spr377 (Post 2449760)

You are right about it being seriously tight quarters!

If Social Services was doing a home visit for a potential Foster home, three bedrooms would not have been deemed adequate for the people in the house......let alone eight more!! But, I'm sure they will be getting all kinds of help! I feel sorry for ALL the children, what kind of chance for a "normal" existence do they have? :mad:

Originally Posted by chloesMama (Post 2450281)

I think the mother has an obsessive disorder with HAVING babies. I think she feels a "high" being pregnant and doing the things such as picking out names , dreaming of their faces , and looking at baby things but then soon after the baby is born that excitement fades and she is back trying to regain that feeling by having more and more kids.

As Ann said , she is almost hording children. I really don't think she does it because she loves children. I'm not saying she doesn't love her children, but I think it's more a case of mental instability that need to be evaluated. For her to keep having children with blatant disregard to her own financial situation is crazy ! She knows she cannot support them but that was not enough to stop her.

The clinic ...don't even get me started ! The doctor that implanted all those embryos is beyond unethical .The doctor and the relationship between the doctor and this woman needs to be looked into. No reputable doctor with any kind of ethical compass would implant that amount of eggs , in a woman who seemingly has mental issues that ANY psychological testing would have made apparent.

I have been hearing on the news she is divorced , there is no father to help raise these children , she is no where near financially able to care for her children and even her own family talks as though she is selfish and unstable for doing this. I feel sorry for her children because as more of this situation comes to light I'm sure alot of it wont be good .

Originally Posted by MindieRose (Post 2448190)

If by some crazy reason I happened to naturally get pregnant for octuplets (I would not get IVF) then I would have to. There would be no question about it. I would never personally try to have 8 babies. I would absolutely love to have twins next though.
I've never heard of anyone getting paid for IVF either personally. I would think that people might if they are participating in a study of some sort. I think it is completely unethical for any doctor to implant that many babies, but I have many issues with IVF aside from that. I think this particular case is crazy. Mainly because there was so much effort put into her having multiples. I get defensive and do take it personally because of all of the insinuations that no one can care for more than "x amount" of children. I don't think that people have that right to determine how many children a person can care for. If people are not capable of caring for that many children at one time, I guess everyone is unfit as parents that sends their children to school or daycare since there are usually at least 15 and as many as 30 or so kids in one classroom being taken care of by one teacher, and sometimes a teachers aide. Sure they are just at school, but they are at school for more awake hours with their teachers than they are at home awake spending time with their own parents.
As far as people that live off of the state, I can agree to a certain extent, but I don't think you can have someone mandatorily (is that a word, lol) sterilized because you don't feel like paying for them to support their kids. I could understand having people sterilized for giving birth to baby after baby every 9 months thats addicted to crack that just ends up in the foster care system before I can see that.
This mother has gotten a ton of media attention. If she is really not caring properly for her children I am sure it will not go unnoticed. I am not defending this mothers actions, but I will not ever want to live in a country where the government can tell me how many times I am allowed to give birth and how many children I can raise.

Originally Posted by ARCHIE (Post 2450415)

Those PEOPLE who send their kids off to daycare/nursery school do so because they have to work! They are not living off tax payer's money.
I am sure they would rather be home with their children than leaving them
all day long. Most are single parents who have no other choice. Someone
has to bring home the money to support them. Most are middle class
people who are the back bone of this country! Without us there would
be no welfare, no free anything.
If you can't be self supporting but rely on the government for hand outs,
unless your disabled and continue to have children then yes you should
be fixed! I work for a non profit child care agency and believe me I see
these kind of people who live off the system. The things they do to get
free money you would never even dream of thinking about in 100 years.
They know all the in and out's of the system. Every way to beat it and
do. Amazing! One family actually returned the child after 18yrs. Why because
they could no longer collect once the child turned 18. They now wanted
another baby!. This poor kid now had no parents and was returned to the
system. They said he was not controllable but had him since birth!
You have no idea what people will do to make $.
This woman has a mental condition. Lack of brains it's called.
If you can't take care of the children you have you have no right to
have more and expect other's to pay for them! PERIOD!
That clinic should be fined. Let them pay for the bringing up of those
poor 8 babies! They brought them into the world let the government
hold them responsible.