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Re: (OT) Octuplets born in California

This is an astounding case by any measure.

> > The mother is a single woman with 6 other children. These 8 new babies gi= ve > her 14 kids.

Good! I see you had to either take off the shoes on a foot or take out your calculator.

She was artificially insiminated with 8 new embryos, with no > husband in sight and 6 other children that she already has. > > What sort of doctor would even take a case where an unmarried woman with = 6 > kids wants to be fertilized? Argualby, an unmarried woman with no kids mi= ght > ask to be fertilized, but there are 6 kids already!

How many kids there are are not the doctor's business. Nor is the parentage of the kids or the lady's lifestyle.

I suspect that 8 embryos (or fewer if there were monozygotic twins) were implanted to help ensure *one* baby. The other seven probably were not planned. At least we know that they were wanted (well, at least one).

Jeff

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Jeff
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I got my "garbage" in medical school. Where did you learn your "garbage?"

Jeff

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Jeff

14, no husband, she cant work, who pays. And there will be money for college. med, dental, etc? What a dumb ass.
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ransley

I'm with you on your first question. I may have missed this but why was a single mother who already has 6 kids implanted with 8 embrios/ eggs/ whatever? Now for the politically incorrect question - who supports this women?

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Cathy just posted information about the fact that multiple embryos are used to increase the odds of getting one to work. It's a normal part of the procedure.

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JoeSpareBedroom

WIth SIX kids ALREADY, no SANE doctor should have had ANY part in a fertility treatment. Absolutely NO public money should have been spent in such a case. No one has ANY RIGHT to have that many children unless they are willing to pay for every cent of their upbringing, INCLUDING education.

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Sharx35

That's a separate issue. In this branch of the discussion, we are talking about why multiple embryos are introduced.

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JoeSpareBedroom

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