Wicked Attitude

Gotta say I was a little surprised that the octuplet chose to implant 8 embryos in her uterus.  I have a family member who underwent fertility treatments and they implanted 3 and I told them they were going to have triplets and they laughed at me rattling off the statistics of how unlikely it was that would happen.  Well guess what, they had triplets and in the midst of one of many hard times they were encountering having 3 newborns, the mother screamed “I did NOT sign on for three!”  Well, yes you did.  When you choose to implant a certain number of embryos in your uterus, you need to come to terms with the fact you could end up with that many babies.

Now this octuplet mom’s motives seem very suspect to me.  I don’t like feeling that way about it but she’s a single mother in her mid-30’s who lives with her mom!  Where the hell does she propose stuffing these children in the 3 bedroom house she shares?  The neighbors and apparently the girl’s father aren’t thrilled according to one article I read.  My thought is she figures with shows out there like Jon and Kate Plus 8 (who I actually watch and like) , that freakish Dugger family and there’s some new family with an unGodly amount of kids out there with their own show that she could maybe become a part of that TV genre and make some money.  Again, this is just my opinion and I have no idea if that was her intent or not but given her current circumstances, I don’t really see any other logical explaination for doing that.  This woman is going to rely on the handouts of others and big companies to hear her story and donate products to her and I’ve got news sister, in this economy, good friggin’ luck!  While the medical community can’t really regulate this kind of thing, where is the ethical line where a doctor should be able to at least say “you know what, I refuse to implant that many given your situation and I’m not going to treat you.”  Just what we need, another gaggle of kids who didn’t ask to be born into what are going to have to be a strained and economically impossible situation.  Way to go.

Update:  The octuplet mom has hired an agent and is hoping to get money for interviews or be an on-air “child care expert.”  Read more about this developing story here.  Gee, I hate being right.  Oh yeah and if you want to be a child care expert, common sense would dictate that if you only wanted ONE more child that you would not implant 8 embryos.  Common sense would also dictate if you’re an unemployed student that you wouldn’t breed, which is essentially what this woman has become.  So sorry sistah, you have no credentials to be a child care “expert.”  Next.