Saturday, January 31, 2009

Fourteen children!

Yes, the mother who gave birth to octuplets ealier this week now has FOURTEEN children, according to the Herald's website. She already has children aged 7, 6, 5, 3 and 2-year-old twins, in addition to the eight babies born on Monday.

The woman is reported to live with her parents and children. There is no mention of a father - of any of the children.

3 comments:

macdoctor said...

The medical ethics of the doctor who gave such excessive fertility treatment to a woman with six children is simply horrifying.

This is yet another egregious example of how monetary considerations displace ethical considerations in American Medicine.

Inventory2 said...

I hadn't considered it from that angle MacDoc, but you're dead right. I was simply struggling with the enormity of the prospect raising 14 children aged less than eight! I guess Mum will have retained an agent by now, and will be hawking her tale to the highest bidder - I'm sure Oprah will pay whatever price is demanded!!

Lucy said...

Agreed