<p>I skipped pages too, but I heard this morning she is trying to sell her story to Oprah for 2 million. AT least taxpayers won’t have to pay than.</p>
<p>The grandmother stated she is moving out of the house. I am think grandma wanted to finally live a life and not be a full time babysitter. </p>
<p>I just can’t imagine 8 cribs, and 7 beds in a 1500 sqft home. I would think the most beds you can fit in one room would be 4, that adds up to 12, I guess the other 3 sleep in the living room.</p>
<p>As a Realtor, I know certain counties have regulations about how many people can live in one home based on bdrms and sqft. I wonder if the county is looking into her. Plus, I wonder how the landlord feels about this.</p>
<p>Finally, she is getting her Masters in child advocacy or something like that…wow</p>
<p>I don’t blame grandma. I would run for the hills!</p>
<p>As far as paying, the funds for these babies while in ICU are either coming from a public program like Medicaid, or it has to come out of health care premiums paid by others.</p>
<p>If I were grandma I would have run about 3 babies ago (babysitting 3 under 3 would have been enough for me) That old saying the best part of being a grandparent is you can hand them back is my belief. If I were her I would be begging my ex (grandpa) to let me go with him back to Iraq.</p>
<p>Supposedly she is done now bcause there are no more frozen embryos.</p>
<p>Did anyone catch grandpa today…“She was only trying to have 1, it was a shock she got pregnant with 8” Do we all have MORON written on our heads to believe that? The CDC even says for a women her age 2-3 is the tops to be fertilized with since IVF has become more successful.</p>
<p>Ya think? Maybe they will give her living learning credits. A couple of weeks ago when I was in church I saw a mom with 4 kids under 4-5 yrs old, 1 was 4-5 the other 3 were @2-3. I felt for her so badly, she just looked like pure exhaustion. Her hair wasn’t brushed, her clothes were a strewn, the funniest thing as I am sitting there, I look at the triplets and not one of them had on matched shoes. I just giggled b/c I thought if I were in her place I am not sure I would even make it to church! I also wondered if she prayed just to get some down time.</p>
<p>I do pity these kids, b/c we all know what it is like not to sleep through the night for awhile, but, your body can only stand not sleeping properly for so long and as people stop helping her emotions are going to become raw. I hope that she doesn’t make the oldest (7) in a few yrs become her full time babysitter and take away their child hood</p>
<p>“I hope that she doesn’t make the oldest (7) in a few yrs become her full time babysitter and take away their child hood”</p>
<p>Since the mother loves kids so much, I bet that she’s homeschooling, and I bet the older kids are basically on their own. I also would bet that she loves babies, not toddlers and children. If she really loved toddlers and children, she’d have been thoroughly enjoying her time with the kids she already had, not doing her best to get pregnant with more.</p>
<p>“I skipped pages too, but I heard this morning she is trying to sell her story to Oprah for 2 million. AT least taxpayers won’t have to pay than.”</p>
<p>Oprah seems to genuinely care about kids. I’ll be very surprised if Oprah pays big bucks for this story. All that would be doing is encouraging that woman to exploit her kids even more.</p>
<p>“I just can’t imagine 8 cribs, and 7 beds in a 1500 sqft home. I would think the most beds you can fit in one room would be 4, that adds up to 12, I guess the other 3 sleep in the living room.”</p>
<p>I am sure she probably has contacted A&E or Bravo to see if she could have a show like J&K or the Duggars, but I think the networks would say no, b/c people don’t have a very positive opinion of her and the decision to do this. I could see them giving grandma a show though!</p>
<p>My thoughts exactly, Northstarmom! Paying this woman big bucks for her story only enables her and others. Yes, the babies are here and need care but not at the expense of exploitation. I said it earlier, the media needs to back off and NOT glamorize this situation. Let’s hope that this clinic/doctor has not implanted embryos in other women to produce multiples such as this particular situation.</p>
<p>I think the media has turned on her already. Nobody denies the right to have the babies, but if she is watching the news, she knows people aren’t viewing this in a positive manner. I wonder what the docs and nurses secretly feel about the situation she put herself into?</p>
<p>What do you think will be the outcome of all of this? Who is going to care for these kids? Is it safe to have this nut take care of these children by herself? Who is supposed to pay for their care? She doesn’t work. She doesn’t own a home. She doesn’t have a husband to help. Grandma is going to run away to save her own sanity. Grandpa is heading to Iraq to earn some money. How long will it take for social services to come in and remove the children? </p>
<p>She’s just another example of self-centered people who are determined to get whatever they want with little regard to how their decisions effect the people around them. Unfortunately, her obsession (want) is babies. Perhaps she’s seeking fame and attention along with the babies. I hope to God the media does not give her what she’s looking for—money, attention, endorsements, etc. Without their financial incentives, perhaps she’ll be forced to give up her litter to people who have the means both emotionally and financially to care for these children. It’s a sad situation that never should have been allowed to happen in the first place.</p>
<p>"How long will it take for social services to come in and remove the children? "</p>
<p>How can the hospital even allow the kids to go home? Sounds like it would be impossible to obtain the care that they need there. How can the mother even take her 8 kids home? Imagine the size car she’d need – plus car seats.</p>
<p>My youngest was a preemie, and for his first months at home, he had weekly doctor’s appointments. Imagine trying to take 8 kids to the doctor at the same time. Who’ll take care of the other kids in the meantime? How can the mother even transport 8 kids anywhere? She only has 2 arms and even a baby buggy won’t hold 8 kids. Imagine taking 8 kids to the doctors after you’re recovering from the surgery that delivered them.</p>
<p>I imagine that social services has to be currently very involved with this family. These 8 children are probably going to need interventions that most babies don’t require (ie: breathing monitors when they come home). Somone needs to make sure that the needs of the other 6 older children are met in addition to the 8 newborns. Who is going to cook, clean, do laundry for 8 babies and 6 children all at once? Who will watch the children while someone moves into the pediatrician’s office? LOL, hopefully one kind physician will just make house calls. Frankly, with just those 14 young children they have an instant little practice going! One person cannot possibly be successful at this. Are the proceeds from talk shows going to be able to hire enough hands to deal with the 14 children?</p>
<p>NSM, I just cross posted with you! We are on the same page on this one!</p>
<p>Exactly my point. Will Social Services react swiftly and remove these children immediately or will they release these babies when they’re healthy enough and wait until something bad happens in the home?</p>
<p>The reality is she isn’t getting anything. Typically when multiples re born, the very next day you hear that some college will guarantee them all a free ride if accepted, and some car dealership donates a car, and pampers donates, yada, yada, yada. I haven’t heard anything.</p>
<p>It is going to be hard to find a car that will fit all of them, and now grandma says I am out of here and there is no father, how will she do it?</p>
<p>The more I think about it the more I think the children should be taken away immediately. This women is not psychologically stable, no person in their right mind living in her conditions would say 6 is not enough. I know the Duggars exist, but they keep having kids very slowly, and they are deeply religious. Can’t say it is a religious reason you are doing this, b/c that smacks in the face the fact that it is done artificially.</p>
<p>Somebody on the news asked if the IVF doctor could be sued for malpractice by her. The attorney said yes, because the doctor went against the CDC guidelines. I thought now that I could see her doing, sue the doc, claim that she never thought all 8 would implant and for personal beliefs she couldn’t do selective reduction, thus, he is at fault.</p>
<p>“Did she choose to have so many embryos implanted for fame? The hospital reports that it was flooded with gifts and envelopes for the Nadya and her octuplets.”</p>
<p>Your right about the Duggars, they have a child married and on his own now that #18 came along. Also the Duggars have older teens that help take care of the younger children. </p>
<p>In this case all children are under 8! </p>
<p>Also in the Duggar household there is a father, and they are making a living. They say that they have investment properties, I think (not sure)that they have used car dealership (older boy seems to run it), and the show.</p>