<p>I agree, bullet. IMHO, the worst thing you can do for a child is to make him part of a litter. This woman is looney toons, and obnoxious besides. Her claims that she is being criticized because she did IVF without a husband are really too much!</p>
<p>I agree that her lips look very strange. I also think that her nose is too small for her face and too perfect. Could she have had a nose job?</p>
<p>I hope that these kids are all adopted by sane parents.</p>
<p>let’s see, moved in with the folks (eviction reasons), but had money to do IVF and got a french manicure…anybody here belief she also did collagen</p>
<p>The manicure thing doesn’t bother me so much – she could have had someone come to the hospital to do it, and she could have had it done while she was sitting holding each baby for 45 minutes. </p>
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<p>Can’t wait to see the longer interview on Monday and Tuesday.</p>
<p>Edit: Has she given the babies names yet???</p>
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<p>Right, she’s basically forced her mother to care for all of her older children all these years -exactly what she was mad at her mother for never being willing to do when she was raising Nadya. Seems pretty passive-aggressive to me, especially when combined with the strange comment that she believes she had a dysfunctional childhood. I certainly don’t know what she thinks she’s providing to her own children.</p>
<p>Standard of care is no more than two or three embryos. A competent doctor could and SHOULD have refused to do more than that, regardless of the wishes of the patient.</p>
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<p>This almost too funny. Does she think she is providing them a “normal childhood”? Her own sounds more normal than what is in store for her offspring.</p>
<p>I’d love to fast forward five or ten years and see how things are.</p>
<p>Soozievt, unless she was raised on Mars, I think that you are probably right. She had 2 parents that seem to be willing to go way above and beyond the call of duty for her now, and for their grandchildren! She trusts her parents with her first 6 children, so how dysfunctional could it have been? No family is “perfect” all of the time.</p>
<p>I wonder what how she defines dysfunction. Is her definition just growing up as an only child in a 2 parent household?</p>
<p>The other thing is that she doesn’t talk kindly of her upbringing, yet is willing to live with her parents and have her parents care for her kids. That’s why I admire an interviewer like Ann Curry who can ask pointed questions yet keep a straight face at the same time. </p>
<p>The woman also made herself look and sound so silly as if this is no big deal and she’ll manage and that the criticism of her is only due to her being a single mom. Right. She’d garner more sympathy if she at least said…I didn’t realize I’d have so many children in this birth and I am not sure how I will manage and it will be difficult but I hope I can have help because I want the best for my children…and had the interview lying in the hospital bed (or in her home with six kids running around in the background)…not all made up like she was (and yes, funny how so many of us thought she had some sort of treatment on her lips and a nose job…not that that is relevant but just saying). She made it sound like no big deal rather than admitting how hard it is going to be and that she hopes for all the help she can get.</p>
<p>This woman said she was surprised at the outcome this time, as she had always transfered 6 embryos each and every time. She had four single pregnancies, one set of twins and then 8. Something is still not right here. I found it hard to believe that a reproductive endocrinologist following protocol/recommendations would have transferred 6-8 embryoes. Now I find it IMPOSSIBLE to believe that a physician would transfer 6 embryos on 6 different occasions. That is 36 embryos. And to be honest, I do not believe that she transferred 6 and ended up with 8. Does it happen–sure. Eggs can divide. There are lots of twins that happen naturally. But two sets of identical twins out of 6 embryos–almost as hard to believe as 6 transfers on 6 occasions. And it is being reported she had 3 miscarraiges. Was that 6 embryos on 9 occasions? </p>
<p>It just doesn’t add up. Mexico? Different clinics for each IVF? It is just to incredible to understand. And I question as to whether any of her IVF or OB docs even knew about her “disability” claims. With HIPAA privacy regs, it is easy for patients to doctor shop, sharing only the medical info that they want the doctor to know about. It just doesn’t add up.</p>
<p>One thing nobody has mentioned, Kaiser is an HMO where her care and that of the kids isn’t going to be charged back to the taxpayer but to the HMO. Anyone in the know about how that is going to play out? Large numbers of small companies bailing on Kaiser because of outlandish bills for this psycho lady?</p>
<p>And how is she getting her insurance coverage paid? Kaiser doesn’t provide free coverage. Someone is paying those premiums…and it’s expensive coverage for a family even with an HMO. </p>
<p>She says she will care for her kids. WHEN does she plan to do this? She says she is going back to school. Who will care for these children while she is in school? What state supported daycare will be footing the bill for this? </p>
<p>I’m sorry…I had ONE premature baby and NO others at home. It was not possible for me to return to work quickly. BUT I had insurance coverage, a full time job (which I DID return to eventually), and a HUSBAND who also had a full time job. When our second child was born several years later, I was beyond exhausted…and that was only TWO young children…not 14. Just doing the laundry for that many children could be a full time job…along with preparing meals and giving baths. Forget about sleeping…it’s not going to happen. </p>
<p>The latest news says that in CA they are investigating the doctor that did the IVF to determine if there are any ethics violations. </p>
<p>I agree…it’s common sense that is no prevailing here.</p>
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<p>I’m trying to not follow this train wreck but this quote really caught me attention. I think any hope she had of winning over America is nearly gone. She is calling other parents selfish? And claiming she’ll “hold them.” Hold them with what? Her 28 arms?</p>
<p>Oy. I’m putting this woman off my radar again while hoping for the best for her poor children.</p>
<p>This catwoman is selfish beyond belief! The perfectly manicured nails… That’s a sign that those hands do not know that real labor does not end in the delivery room when a woman has a baby - it never ends! It truly takes a village to raise a child. How many villages will she need to raise her litter of eight? Has she done her math?</p>
<p>I was one trying to be a bit sympathetic, for the sake of the kids. Unlike others, I felt she was nuts, this was a sad situation for her kids, but I didn’t feel anything negative per se about this woman. </p>
<p>But after watching the video today and thinking about it, now she’s got me ****ed off. You are supposed to go on TV and win people over, assure the judgmental ones you are just a human being and evoke some empathy. All I saw was someone with complete arrogance and disdain for regular parents (yes, lady, most of us DO hold our children). </p>
<p>My guess? A simple, classic narcissist. Explains her complete self-focus and disregard for her children’s wellbeing, her delusions of grandeur in being able to take on this responsbility of parenting 14 kids, her desire to garner world wide attention with her giant family, the nails and surgery, the whole bit.</p>
<p>Narcissistic Personality Disorder
pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:[1]</p>
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<li>has a grandiose sense of self-importance</li>
<li>is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love</li>
<li>believes that he or she is “special” and unique</li>
<li>requires excessive admiration</li>
<li>has a sense of entitlement</li>
<li>is interpersonally exploitative</li>
<li>lacks empathy</li>
<li>is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her</li>
<li>shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes</li>
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<p>Single mother, unemployed, living with her parents, with 6 kids already!!! She should have been spayed a long time ago. She had no business even trying to have 1 more kid; let alone risking having more. And yes, just like there’s a time and place for the court to come in to protect certain people/children in certain circumstances; there should be times where irresponsibility should be legislated. She’s a complete irresponsible moron. I have no sympathy for her in the least. Unfortunately, it’s the rest of us who will be paying for her stupidity and selfishness.</p>
<p>I believe the interview continues on The Today Show on Monday morning, and there’s a Dateline feature on her Tuesday night. So, more information to come. This should be good.</p>
<p>Let us know which shows are paying her, because I absolutely refuse to participate in anything that rewards her behavior.</p>
<p>Unemployed, single mother having sextuplets? Could it be that she thought this would be her ticket to fame, interviews on all major channels, 10 minutes in bright lights, and perhaps a book deal? </p>
<p>If she can not support those kids, guess who will support them? The State!</p>
<p>I would say that the State should sue the fertility doctor in this case.</p>
<p>Even if the state steps in and removes all of those children from her care , what is there to stop her from doing this again ?</p>
<p>Heard on the radio this morning that the doctor who implanted these embryos is being investigated. I guess that means that her great “medical treatment” was in the U.S.</p>