Woman gives birth to eight babies

[Jill1228]

Originally Posted by ASUADPi

AMEN.

You know what makes me mad...so many women in this world can't get pregnant, nor do they have disability payments that they can use for IVF, so they can't have the biological child they so desperately want.

Yet this psychotic women has 14!

I know that life isn't fair, but still!

sorry soapbox

or their freaking insurance doesn't cover most infertility aspects so they have to scrimp and save to pay for the shit out of pocket. Thank goodness for sites and sources to get the meds for cheaper (don't get me started)

Originally Posted by ZTABullwinkle

This picture should be better for your stomachs...

OMFG, you made my morning! *dead*

[Thetagirl218]

I can't believe she has set up a paypal account.....What did she do that deserves people's hard earn money.....She purposefully got herself into this situation!!!! I seriously think she needs help from mental professionals....

[Army Wife'79]

Is it mean to say "I hope the state takes them away b/c she's an unfit mother"? I think she has mental problems.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by Army Wife'79

Is it mean to say "I hope the state takes them away b/c she's an unfit mother"? I think she has mental problems.

It's not wrong. I've thought the same thing. Unfortunately, I have a big issue with keeping siblings together, and I can't imagine any foster or adoptive families having the resources to do so.

Except, of course, the Jolie/Pitts family....

[CougarGrad]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

It's not wrong. I've thought the same thing. Unfortunately, I have a big issue with keeping siblings together, and I can't imagine any foster or adoptive families having the resources to do so.

They don't. Not for a sibling group that size.

[squirrely girl]

Originally Posted by Army Wife'79

Is it mean to say "I hope the state takes them away b/c she's an unfit mother"? I think she has mental problems.

i think in the long run it would be best for the kids...

[SWTXBelle]

Perhaps 2 groups of 4? 4 groups of 2?

[DSTRen13]

The other six are their siblings, too. They ought to have contact with all of them, and with their grandparents ... any adoption arrangement would have to consider that, or it wouldn't be right.

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

They'd be more likely to be in foster care, since the mom probably wouldn't willingly give up her rights to the kids. Since she "loves children" so much and all.

If they're in foster care, it'd probably be 4 groups of 2. They try to keep siblings together, but each foster family can only handle so much.

And what about the other 6 kids? I don't know that I think she's doing such a hot job with THEM, either.

This woman needs to hurry up and commit some sort of fraud so she can get locked up and taking the kids is a no-brainer.

[SWTXBelle]

Hmmm . . .I wonder if there is any family other than the grandparents. She's an only child, so no aunts or uncles to step in . . . cousins?

It is just such a horrible situation for ALL 14 children.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu

They'd be more likely to be in foster care, since the mom probably wouldn't willingly give up her rights to the kids. Since she "loves children" so much and all.

If they're in foster care, it'd probably be 4 groups of 2. They try to keep siblings together, but each foster family can only handle so much.

And what about the other 6 kids? I don't know that I think she's doing such a hot job with THEM, either.

This woman needs to hurry up and commit some sort of fraud so she can get locked up and taking the kids is a no-brainer.

If she's found to be seriously mentally unstable and a danger to the children, then the court COULD terminate her rights. I imagine the grandparents would probably step in at that point, and the court would most likely agree to grant them custody provided that the mother is no longer in the home.

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

That's almost impossible, though. I know of cases where the mother was physically abusive AND was in recovery for a drug problem and they still didn't take her kids.

The courts are just really reticent to split up families, especially when it means taking on a new ward of the state.

What would be more likely to happen is the appeals process & everything would drag on forever, and the kids would be in foster care all that time, and by the time Mom finally gave up or there was a solid decision made the kids would be too old to be easily adopted.

[Jill1228]

Originally Posted by Army Wife'79

Is it mean to say "I hope the state takes them away b/c she's an unfit mother"? I think she has mental problems.

Hell no it ain't mean! If it is mean, scoot over so I can join you in the meanie corner!

[agzg]

Her publicists quit because they were getting death threats!

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,4935931.story

My questions is this:

Is it crazier to have IVF so you can have 14 kids, 8 of which are octuplets? Or is it crazier to send death threats to the mom of 14 kids or her publicists?

It's one thing to have a negative response... even to express frustration at the fact that this nutter has a publicist... it's completely different to send death threats.

[Tippiechick]

She was spotted out in public trying to buy a Wii... There's what her donation money is going.

I think the publicists just used any excuse they could to get out of this.