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Octuplets' Mom Already Has 6 Kids at Home

She lives with parents; babies' grandpa plans to return to work

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 30, 2009 3:37 AM CST

(Newser) – The California woman who gave birth to octuplets last week already has six kids at home, and never expected that fertility treatment would leave her with a brood of 14, her mother tells the Los Angeles Times. The woman declined the option of having any of the embryos selectively removed after she learned that she was expecting multiple births.

The woman lives on a suburban Los Angeles cul-de-sac with her parents and children in a neighborhood where homes have two or three bedrooms. "It’s going to be difficult," admitted her mom. The octuplets' grandfather plans to return to work as a contractor in Iraq to help pay the family's way.

This image provided by Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center, shows the nursing staff posing for a photograph after delivering octuplets to a mother Monday Jan. 26, 2009 in Bellflower, Calif.
This image provided by Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center, shows the nursing staff posing for a photograph after delivering octuplets to a mother Monday Jan. 26, 2009 in Bellflower, Calif.   (AP Photo/KaiserPermanente Bellflower Medical Center)
Doctors say the fiesty octuplets are breathing on their own, although they will need to stay in hospital for weeks.
Doctors say the "fiesty" octuplets are breathing on their own, although they will need to stay in hospital for weeks.   (Shutter Stock)
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They all happened to take. I looked at those babies. They are so tiny and so beautiful.
- Angela Suleman, the octuplets' grandmother

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COMMENTS
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Shannonals
Feb 2, 2009 3:07 AM CST
The Doctors should have been fined
jaguarj
Jan 30, 2009 10:22 PM CST
OMG what is with this woman? No wonder she wanted remain anonymous. Fertility treatment should not have even been a consideration. I'm sure there is more to the story...
Guest
Jan 30, 2009 9:29 PM CST
"Thanks for the experiment and experience, M'am." The doctor(s) should help pay for these kids' upbringing. This will stop doctors from getting away with this. What kind of life lies ahead for them when being born under these circumstances?

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