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'Obsessed' Octuplet Mom Wanted 'One More Girl'

Grandmom: 'Obviously she overdid herself'

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 31, 2009 10:32 AM CST

(Newser) – The California mother of octuplets “is obsessed with children” and wanted “just one more girl” even though she already had six kids, her mother told the Los Angeles Times. The 33-year-old divorcee “is very good with children, but obviously she overdid herself,... Read full story »

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'Obsessed' Octuplet Mom Wanted 'One More Girl'

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