I envy the mom of octuplets!

I am just happy to hear mothers giving birth. And i never had a problem with the issue if she did was wrong to others or dangerous to herself. If she herself is happy with the life she had given to her kids then i too rejoices with that. I would also like to have kids and i know in the future, in God's own time, His will be done, i will be the best mother to my kids too. I will surely give anything for them and just like the mother of 8 babies, now 12 i think, she will strive hard also to give the best to her kids whatever it takes. Good for her she did it in one go, hehehe!

she has good willpower and she has their family support i think,and if all those children live in one house,they can help each other in all matters. god has given her good health and good uterus i think. then only she can give birth to more people .atleast now ,she should think about family planning soon .otherwise she can get some health problems in future.

I'm so glad to find this courageous and positive discussion thread when it's more "fashionable" to bash this woman for unexpectedly having octuplets instead of one or two. She was just trying to have a final child (two tops) using the six (two, obviously, split) embryos she had left over. In the past, it took several embryos to create even one pregnancy, so this time was no different so far as she and her doctor knew. She suddenly became a villain in society's eyes when it was found out that she'd already had six and--even worse!!!--that she has no HUSBAND to "complete" her and make a "traditional" family. What I believe is that, in uncertain times such as these, we feel extra threatened by ANY kind of nonconformity--even positive nonconformity that might even be better than what is trendy. Kids go to school without the "proper" body shape, wardrobe, etc. and they become the pecked in the pecking order of things. I was an only child born in 1952. I would have been happy with more kids in the family, but I was happy without them as well. I was just happy with my life. My cousins and non-relative friends became the siblings in my life. However, it was the trend back then to have more than one child--and, usually, at least three and upwards. So, my folks got to hear about how it would be good to give me a little brother or sister. Actually, they had started out expecting to have at least three kids but, by the time that they felt ready to bring another child into the family, I was at least ten years old, and we were already comfortable being The Phillips (3) or The Three Bears. I always had a mind of my own, but, if I acted willfully, it was attributed by some to being an only child, since only children had a tendency to become "spoiled." (according to one of those stereotypes that become part of society). So, popular family sizes are, often, decided by the trends and can vary from generation to generation. Some of the people I knew from college (which I started in the fall of 1971) were under the impression that you really shouldn't even be bringing kids into the world because things had gotten so scary with pollution, The Vietnam War, etc. You should only adopt. If you did bring kids into the world, it should be one or two at the most so as not to worsen "the population explosion." Years later, I would be reading The Alumni News and would find out that some of these same people had given birth to their fifth or sixth child! This woman has already proven to be great at her Mommy career. Look at her six older kids and how they interact with her, each other, and the world, and look at how she interacts with them. They're a happy, healthy family even with some of them having disabilities. I believe that the other eight will get along just fine as well. And what's with these businesses that have helped out parents with multiples in the past actually saying outright that they're going to "refuse" to help her in any way. I guess that they're afraid to help her and get bad publicity from everybody else who thinks that she's lazy, crazy, and selfish. I find the various reactions to her to be meanspirited, childish, and--frankly--not having so much to do with her ability to raise 14 kids as it does on the atmosphere of anger going on right now in our society.

In a way I agree with you, she is definitely courageous to be raising 14? or 16? cant remember how many. all by herself...but then again. they will no dad... I too have always wanted a big family. I have 3 kids, and I feel that maybe one more. But I feel that because I dont think that it is 100% possible to give everything that many kids need emotionally, mentally, etc. And I feel I'd rather have less and give them all they need than more and neglect one ounce of support... But I do agree she was unselfish and courageous for keeping them all. However (again, lol) I think it wasnt right for that fertility doc to implant so many... after all she already had so many kids before that. But thank God they are all healthy babies.

I know a lady that tried to get pregnant for ten years that got fertility treatment. She conceived triplets and was asked if she wanted a reduction. No way she happily had all three non identical boys. I think that it would be horrible to do a reduction, choosing some to live and some to die. The mother of the octuplets is unusual and it is a rare event for a lady to successfully carry eight babies. Personally I would love twins but anymore would mean caring for them all would be very demanding. The lady already has six children so she now has a very large family. The lady is lucky to have eight dear little babies.

Hi mamalovestoread, She is very courageous especially dealing with all the negativity she's had to endure over her decision to keep these children like you have mentioned but very often reality is a lot different than our dreams, I'm sure it's not a bed of roses for her right now, the babies are not out of the woods yet. I wish her and her family all the best.

she is stuipd, she can't take care of the kids she had at first. and she is putting all the stress on her poor mother. and now people like me who pays taxes have to take care of them. all those kids in a three bed room house. that is so dumb. i saw a show on her yesterday. to me it's just stuipd to have all those kids without thinking about anything, just instead she was like oh it's make me or something really stuipd. so now the tax payers have to pay for those kids. she can't give all those kids the care or attention they will need. shes just stuipd and don't care about no one but herself