A US woman has given birth to eight babies

[Abbie]

Wow! thats a lot of kids

[Trinity]

'there is no know case of naturally occurring octruplets'

Why on earth would anyone who already has 6 children undergo fertility treatment - and why would the medical profession allow it.

This is a ridiculous waste of money and medical resources; not to mention the difficulties with having premature children, the cost of raising such a large family and the impossibility of giving each child the parental attention they deserve.

All that said I hope for the sake of 14 wee souls who didn't ask to be born that they manage and thrive.

[Abigail]

There's no wonder the mother doesn't want to be named.

There are thousands of women in the US who can't conceive and are on long waiting lists yet doctors are giving treatment to a woman with six children already.

No mention of the father. Wonder how she funded all this and how she's going to raise 14 children.

[Abigail]

A Californian woman who gave birth to octuplets earlier this week already has six children, US media have reported.

The eight babies were delivered nine weeks early by Caesarean section in a hospital near Los Angeles on Monday.

The mother has not been named, but US media are quoting family members as saying she already has six other children, including twins.

Doctors say the eight babies are making good progress and are expected to stay in hospital for several more weeks.

Although the babies' mother asked doctors to keep her details confidential, a family acquaintance gave clues to her identity to the American CBS channel.
Shortly afterwards, media camped outside a house in Whittier, near Los Angeles.


The Associated Press news agency spoke to a man identified as the babies' grandfather, who was with two children. The children said they were excited to have eight new siblings, AP reported.

The Los Angeles Times later carried an interview with a woman identified as the babies' grandmother, who said her daughter already had six young children and never expected the fertility treatment she had received would result in eight more babies.

She said that doctors had given her daughter the option of reducing the number of embryos, but she had declined.

"What do you suggest she should have done? She refused to have them killed. That is a very painful thing," she said.

She added that her daughter expected a big challenge raising 14 children. The woman's husband is expected to return to Iraq where he works as a contractor, the LA Times reported.

Officials at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, near Los Angeles, said the woman was already 12 weeks pregnant when she came to them. Despite media questioning, the hospital has declined to say whether the mother became pregnant through fertility treatments.

[di marco]

A mother of six who recently added to her large family by having octuplets has said she got pregnant via IVF because she was lonely as a child.

In excerpts of an interview to be aired next week, Nadya Suleman, 33, told how she had always wanted a "huge family".

Ms Suleman is single and lives with her mother Angela who has recently told of her frustration at her daughter's preoccupation with having children, calling her "a little misguided".

Asked by NBC's Ann Curry how an only child ended up with 14 children of her own, Suleman said: "That was always a dream of mine, to have a large family, a huge family."

Ms Suleman said she tried for seven years to get pregnant before successfully conceiving through IVF.

"From that facility, it was successful. And then I just kept going in," she said.

Ms Suleman gave birth to six boys and two girls on January 26 - the second known set of US octuplets to survive birth.

Her six other children range in age from two to seven.

[Perdita]

In the video, which was shown as part of an interview with NBC's Today show host Ann Curry, Miss Suleman introduced the eight babies - who turned two weeks old on Monday - one by one. She also revealed their names, which are largely Biblical in origin, and said her children, who weighed between 1.5 and 3.3 lbs when they were born nine weeks premature, were confounding doctor's expectations by doing remarkably well.

The footage, shot in the neonatal intensive care unit of the Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Centre showed Miss Suleman, 33, address each of the tiny infants in their incubators.

"Hi, Maliah, your eyes are open," she said to the first child. "This is Noah and he's doing well. He's blond, the only one with blond hair."

Describing son Johan, the smallest of the octuplets, as "the troublemaker", she then introduced baby Isaiah – or "baby C" - who she said was getting bigger and "starting to recognise my voice". Speaking to "angel" daughter Nariah, she said: "I wish I could be here all day long".

Jeremiah is "on lights for jaundice", Miss Suleman went on, before caressing McCai and apologising to Josiah for the brief nature of her visit. "I wish I could stay all day long, but I can't," she said. Your brothers and sisters at home want to see you ... I can't wait until they're all together. We are not a whole family."

The babies are expected to remain in hospital for several weeks.

They look gorgeous, I hope they all make it

[Trinity]

Poor wee souls.

Their mother is a raving looney.

[lizann]

Octo Mom Nadya Suleman has confirmed to Usmagazine.com she has fired the free nursing staff provided to her by the non-profit charity organization Angels In Waiting.


"Yes, it's true. I released AIW," Suleman said in a statement to Us. "It was really bad. That's all I can say. I can't confirm, why, in particular. I will be releasing the details soon."

Her spokesman accused the non-profit charity group -- which announced their plans to assist Suleman in raising her 14 children during a March 14 taping of Dr. Phil -- of spying on her and reporting her to child welfare officials.

Suleman had several confrontations with the nurses, her attorney Jeff Czech said. Relations worsened Sunday when Suleman came to believe that Angels in Waiting founder Linda West-Conforti was allegedly filing a report against her with child welfare officials.

Said Czech, “Nadya felt that she was being judged wrongfully, and she didn't need it."

Suleman -- who has custody of four infants so far -- says she'll rely on her own nannies -- whom she had planned to hire regardless of Angels in Waiting's assistance -- to care for the babies instead.

Attorney Gloria Allred who represents Angels in Waiting, told Usmagazine.com via e-mail Monday: "We have no comment at this time. We will respond tomorrow afternoon with the true facts."

According to RadarOnline.com, which first broke the story RadarOnline.com, members of Angels in Waiting are scheduled to tape an episode of Dr. Phil Tuesday. Suleman also hopes to appear on the show to defend herself.

Suleman turned down an earlier offer from Angels in Waiting because they wouldn't let her film a reality show, Allred said.

[Trinity]

OMG - reality TV.

She wants to turn the kids life into a circus for money and fame.

I stand by what I said before - she is a looney.

[Perdita]

Nadya Suleman is reportedly lining up her own reality show.

The octuplet mum claims to have landed a TV deal in the UK, which will follow the lives of their children.

"Yes, it is official," Suleman said of the deal. "What I'm doing with this TV show is basically creating documentaries about the lives of my children.

"It's going to be an ongoing thing, and it will follow them from now until they are 18."

She added: "It's being done by Eyeworks - they're in the UK. It will air in the UK and then we'll see if the US is interested."

An Eyeworks spokesperson confirmed that a deal was being discussed, saying: "At this time we are in active negotiations with Nadya and her attorney for an unscripted format following the life of Nadya and her children."

"Nadya's story is a very unique and exciting one that needs to be told in the right manner...We are confident that we are the right party to tell their story around the world."

Why would viewers in the UK be more interested in her story than in the US, where she is from? I hope everything goes well for them but I am not interested in watching her kids grow up, to be honest.