<p>And among those 14 kids is an autistic son. Here’s info about another family’s experiences with an autistic child:</p>
<p>"But step inside their house after 4 p.m. most weekdays and you’ll want to cover your ears because of the noise – the screaming, to be exact. These are not the shouts of sibling rivalry or parental annoyance. This is the high-pitched, ear-shattering sound of a 13-year-old girl. More accurately, it is the sound of a frustrated, irritated, very loud teenager with autism.</p>
<p>Marissa, the middle Bilson child, was diagnosed with autism when she was a toddler. …</p>
<p>But what could the Bilsons do? This family doesn’t have a lot of extra money, and most programs either aren’t covered by insurance or have long waiting lists. The costs are staggering, according to the Web site FightingAutism.org. Families with autistic children can expect to spend $30,000 annually to provide proper medical, educational and other assistance necessary for dealing with an autistic child.</p>
<p>Enter Autism Partnership, or AP. This group, founded in 1994, offers extensive therapeutic services to children and adults with the disorder. One of its most unique programs is an intensive one-on-one, at-home intervention service that is similar in scope to what happens on the television show “Nanny 911.” It’s not cheap – about $2,500 per day, typically for a five-day period (with additional days on an “as needed” basis)…"
[Autism</a> 911: Help for a family in chaos - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/23/autism.911/index.html]Autism”>Autism 911: Help for a family in chaos - CNN.com)</p>
<p>In order to leave the house, this mother will need a vehicle that transports 15 people. I guess that would be a bus. Perhaps she thinks that she will have babysitters whenever she goes out. She would certainly need them in multiples. I don’t think you could hire a reliable babysitter who would feel comfortable being responsible for all or even most of the kids.</p>
<p>My sister is the widowed mother of an only child, who has autism. She is unable to work outside the home because his needs are so great, let alone adding 13 more kids.</p>
<p>Well at least she is putting her education to use I wonder what kind of injury she has…maybe there was a large settlement. I doubt it because Grandmom just filed for bankruptcy 9 mos ago, and Grandpa is making money by being a translator in Iraq.</p>
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So she moved in with her folks and then decided to do this. Speechless, dumbfounded and in shock over this. We all think a teenager coming home and saying I’m pregnant would be a difficult situation…she purposely went out and got pregnant</p>
<p>Another reason the kids should be taken away is
—Grandma said this. I can’t stand it when people try for a particular sex, it is so disheartening. This might also explain why she had more embryos implanted to raise the chances. Last thought though is what if she had only 1 and it was a boy, would she keep doing this until she had 1 more girl.</p>
<p>As a mom of both sexes. I love my DD, but the boys were so much easier. I know the majority of grays come from her.</p>
<p>What has that got to do with this woman? She’s not in the news because she’s a single mother. She’s in the news because some doctor placed a large number of embryos in her uterus.</p>
<p>There must be some guideline against implanting 8 embryos in a young woman who has had no trouble carrying her pregnancies to term. You are just asking for quintuplets+</p>
<p>For some reason this story is just making my blood boil. What has happened here is beyond all reason and comprehension!</p>
<p>Perhaps it is because my son and his wife are expecting their first (and our first grandchild), and she is now dealing with elevated BP and being put on bed rest and of course we are all a bit anxious. And this person comes along and has a total of 14 kids via in vitro fertilization!!! With no real support system in place…let alone a father. It just boggles the mind. I pray those children have some sort of good and full and productive life ahead, but I do not see exactly how that will happen…</p>
<p>well, as far as getting the babies home in one car, from what I remember of other multiple birth stories, they usually come home individually, when they’re ready, or in small batches. Rarely are they all ready to be discharged on the same day.</p>
<p>However, I can guarantee you the discharge planner at the hospital has been in touch with social services and this is not a done deal. The question is, what kind of negotiations are going on behind the scenes and away from the media right now. I would imagine we know next to nothing as to what arrangements being made.</p>
<p>She’s in the news now because she is a single mother with 14 children under the age of 7. Let’s be honest the media doesn’t care about the doc, I bet they can easily find out from friends, neighbors, the ex who the doc was…money to get a tip will go far. I am not sure that her own mother wouldn’t give yp the doc for a nice chunk of change. Grandma had said nothing positive of her, and the fact that she states she is moving out of her own home is a clear indicator of her true feelings. ( SHe is obsessed with children…wish she would have been a teacher…only wanted one more girl…I disagreed with her decision because I believe in family) Even the janitor at the hospital can take a quick peek at who her OB was(2 a.m. is dark and quiet…my sis who delivered at 29 weeks will tell you that), then they can find somebody who she told during the 9 mos her IVF doc…the receptionist making min wage can be easily turned to give the name of the IVF doc for a monetary bonus.</p>
<p>The story isn’t yet at the pt about the IVF doc. The story is about a woman who declared bankruptcy and elected to implant multiple embryos knowing she was getting divorced living in a 1500 sqft home with her mother and had already 6 kids under the age of 7.</p>
<p>I agree with teri…the media attention to this has lasted several news cycles, DYFS will be looking into the family life very deeply before she gets to take these kids home, they are not about to lose credibility or put themselves in the cross hairs of public opinion. In a month, or two the news will make a big deal about the 1st coming home and DYFS will be quoted.</p>
<p>For a woman who was heralded last week for giving birth to 8 kids, she quickly became the “what’s wrong with our system” poster child.</p>
<p>Removing these children from her isn’t going to make things any cheaper for taxpayers. As long as she is not abusive I’d prefer to see the state provide her with medical daycare so the babies get appropriate developmental stimulation and interventions, with some level of nursing care at night so that they are properly fed. As for transportation, medical vans with appropriate carseats exist to take special needs babies and children to care. I don’t like this woman’s choices, but these children are here and have needs that should be met no matter how much the public would like to punish the mother.</p>
<p>I agree, but here’s a question…is her home any better than foster care? I am not intimately familiar with foster care, but I doubt a foster parent has 14 children. I know there are horrible cfoster parents, but there are good ones too. I think she showed her true selfishness by wanting another daughter…nobody should ever have children for their sex. </p>
<p>I might be seen as the worst parent by CCers, but I know my limitations and I know the fear I felt in a bad delivery. I always wanted 4, it was Bullet and my plan to have 4…number 3 was a hard pregnancy (placenta previa and pre-eclampsia) While I was being given oxygen and forced to lay on my side the nurses(sat with me for 4 hrs after my water was broken…8 hrs total, my other births were 3 1/2 hrs and 47 minutes start to finish) contacted the station and said the word STAT. The doc had called OR for a c-section (would have been my first) I turned to Bullet and said if G*d gives us one more healthy baby I will never ask for another…we have only 3.</p>
<p>She is just down right selfish. IMHO it is more about her needs, wants and desires than the children she brought into the world. SHe has filed bankruptcy, moved in with her folks, but her desire to have another daughter overuled anybody else. She has an autistic child, or so it has been reported…shouldn’t she have thought about the child in the home and how more babies would hamper this childs development…ALL I CAN KEEP SAYING is what the reason grandma gave…DESIRE FOR ANOTHER GIRL…sick, disgusting, repulsive, etc. Children aren’t Barbie and Ken dolls, they are people.</p>
<p>BTW DD was given a false postive AFP reading while we were overseas in the military…84% chance of spina bifida, I told Bullet the military was over and we needed to settle in one place for her. We agreed, in the end she was fine, and is now in the International Cambridge School program so I was willing to sacrifice, and never asked for help. I choose to get pregnant, I accepted the risks, she is no different. SHe is not a woman spending thousands of dollars for just 1 baby, healthy or not, she gave more fodder to anti-IVF people by showing the system was abused. She hurt people who just want one baby. My girlfriend lived through IVF…1 morning at 2:30 she called and a few of us rushed her to the hospital…her ovaries were so over stimulated they were about to burst. Her husband was/is in the military and deployed, we lived in AK we were her support system. As military members it cost them 10K out of pocket. This procedure is very dangerous the patients are or should be fully informed about the dangers. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize the more babies the more of a chance for life long medical issues.</p>
<p>I am convinced that whomever on this thread said that the mother wanted the children to be like J&J+8 and the Duggars and get rich and famous, had it right. The networks and Oprah should show some restraint and not feed into that desire.</p>
<p>Zooser…the reality is she is getting nothing from the media. Thank the L*rd. She decided to continue with the 8… than welcome to the Avg American. I believe all of my kids are amazingand my house is a ZOO, but I have yet to hear back from A & E, Bravo, Oprah, 20/20, etc. Any of you get a check yet?</p>
<p>Well, a few posts back everyone scoffed when I predicted that she’ll be a millionaire soon.
News reports this afternoon say she’s already lining up interviews with Diane Sawyer and Oprah for $2 million, plus writing a book. She’s also talking to People magazine, and several overseas magazines about exclusive pix of the adorables. So don’t worry folks, it’s not going to be YOUR problem.</p>
<p>She endangered human lives (her own and the lives of the unborn children) with this extremely high risk pregnancy to land a few deals. I suspect she might get $$ from some insane pseudo-prolife organization to promote this birth as a triumph for some crazy “no embryo left behind” agenda. I hope Oprah has enough smarts not to touch this woman with a 9-foot pole.</p>
I wonder what kind of injury she has…maybe there was a large settlement. I doubt it because Grandmom just filed for bankruptcy 9 mos ago, and Grandpa is making money by being a translator in Iraq.</p>