14 kids, a costly case of mothering

This is incredibly irresponsible.Before having ANY kids, she should've thought it out and wondered,"Hmm,how will I feed these kids?" I don't know how she could've done this to her children.if I were her, I would've thought it out and gotten a job first,before having them,just to give the children the best they deserve.

What a loser again the taxpayers on the hook for bad judgement let the doctor and clinic that did it pay for it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think she made a bad decision when she chose to bring these children into the world knowing that she couldn't pay for them. it was stupid and selfish

14 is to much and she will be taking all of our tax payer dollars! Then its the W word WELFARE! This country puts way to much money toward welfare every year. She will end up like the rest, never get a job and be on it all of her life.

I think this woman is completely irresponsible. My husband and I waited until we were financially stable to start trying for children. Now, after trying for 2 years we are starting to look into other fertility options. I think it is unconscionable for this woman to continue with these fertility treatments when she can not even financially support the children she already has. The taxpayers should not have to pick up the slack for her poor decisions and those children should be placed in homes where the caregivers can actually provide for them.

Apparentlly "flat broke" still means that you have enough expendible cash to have your nails done. (Check out the video.) It's all about priority. She's putting nails on the top of that list, and providing for her children down at the bottom. I guess that works when you know that the tax payers will take care of your kids, but they probably wouldn't pick up the tab for sending you to the salon!

The babies are here, so mom made a really bad choice, no wonder listen to her mother run her down everytime she is on camera! As a nation if we can give billions to fat cats on wall street and fund bonuses why not provide health care and formula to these babies so they have a chance. Thanks

OMG – This lady is certifiable, crazy. She is talking about getting a Masters Degree, when is she going to have the time? Her parents are so over-loaded, with her and 14 kids to take care of now. This was the most irresponsible thing she could do, she has 18 or more years to take care of these kids and there is no way that they are all going to get enough love and care. The doctor that performed this crazy operation should have to support the kids....that would teach him a lesson. The best thing she can do is put some up for adoption and give some one who has no kids the chance to give them some real love. Linda

I think she is in way too deep!!!!
14 children, without being financially secure? What was she thinking? What if she can't finish her Masters? What other type of job could she actually have that would allow her to make enough to support her children. Not only that, some of those children are going to feel neglected, because it's not easy to devote you time and attention to 3-4 children at one, imagine 14?

WOW, bad decision to have so many......

I think this woman made a terrible decision. What kind of life can she give her children with no job and no money. My guess is that she knew exactly what she was doing and will expect the tax payers to not only pay her medical bills but also the healthcare for her children. I have 3 kids and just finished my MBA, I too have over $40,000 in students loans and I will be paying them off, not the tax payers. Maybe the doctor who allowed her to have this many children should be responsible for helping her pay for the medicals cost. I am tired of paying for eveyone elses poor decisions.

She is going to be a counselor? I hope not a family planning counselor...she is a deadbeat. But really speaking of deadbeats and costing the taxpayer's money, what about the bank executives who will keep their job and still recieve high salaries because they are the ones who know banking. C'mon that is like saying Madoff should be treasury secretary because he knows finance...

They screwed up and now want to be rewarded.

I think we have hit an all time low as a society, as we created an environment that someone is so driven to make money and possibly have stardom they have 14 little kids, that will undoubtedly end up on a reality TV show and this mother (if we can call her that) will have fame and fortune. I personally think we should let her wallow in what she has done and now get to the business of caring for all these little people. Childrearing is not for pansies, and does she ever have her hands full. I want to laugh at her for saying she is going to go to graduate school, with 14 kids! Right!
Can we say handout???????

Robin,
At this critical time in our financial woes the last children need is to be brought into a cold family that does not have the resources to take proper care of them. I feel so sorry for the babies and we cannot punish them , but the "mother" and Dr's can and should be held responsible for endangering many lives and violating societal ethics. The biological father should also be held responsible , if he has a dime which I doubt.

Why should tax payers have to pay because she did not keep her legs closed. It is not the tax payers fault that she does not realize what causes pregnancy and that she slipped up before finishing GRAD school! There are tons of hard working people out there that did not get to finish school or even go to college that are supporting there families on their own, and probably could not get the help of the government if they wanted!! Sorry, you should have thought about your financial situation before you spread your legs!

I had a child 20 years ago, by myself, and had to get financial aid. I went back to college and got my teaching degree. I'll never forget how low I felt having to be on financial aid and how people looked down on me. Everyone makes mistakes, but this lady was making mistakes ON PURPOSE, over and over again. It's disgraceful and ridiculus.

No one person can raise 14 kids on their own and if she thinks she can, she needs serious mental counseling herself. If she plans to work to support her kids, it is going to take a team of people to care for the kids and they aren't going to do it for free. I have 2 children and my husband and I both work and it is still tight for us. I couldn't imagine one more to care for without it being a real struggle. 6 should have been good enough and the doctor's should have said no more.

She should be made to give the children up for adoption. It is not a good situation for the children. Also, I think it is funny how she will get on tv and whine that she has no money and yet her nails are done. If she can afford to get her nails done then she isn't hurting bad enough for government assistance. Perhaps disability for being a complete idiot. By the way I am please at the wonderful job the media is doing at crucifying her!

since the mother clearly is incapable of making rational decisions. it seems to me that the doctor who is responsible for the invitro procedures (all 14) should be supporting this family,however we all know who is going to end up footing the bill don't we? thats right the taxpayers.

Robin,
At this critical time in our financial woes the last children need is to be brought into a cold family that does not have the resources to take proper care of them. I feel so sorry for the babies and we cannot punish them , but the "mother" and Dr's can and should be held responsible for endangering many lives and violating societal ethics. The biological father should also be held responsible , if he has a dime which I doubt.

Robin,

I feel this woman has serious mental issues and she should not
be allowed to have any of these children. Child services should
remove all of her kids. She is not fit to be a mother. She had no
concern for the 6 kids she already had, nor the octuplets.
This woman is living off assistance, workmans compensation,
and foodstamps, and decides to bring more kids into her struggling
family. What idiot with common sense would do this.

Frankly, I am disapointed at the fact that she is getting any air time.

Talk about having your cake and eating it, too!!

While I was in graduate school full time my wife was finishing her undergraduate degree, also full time. We were also raising 3 small children. I understand her desire and ambition but ... 14 kids! Time for a reality check. Despite what Hollywood or TV says, you really can't have it all without paying an increasingly higher price.

Her celebrity will likely serve to promote a sense of entitlement at taxpayer expense for whatever is classified as a "dream."

What I would like to know is ... How did she pay for the IVF?

Why not have women or couples qualify for IVF just like they would have to do if they were looking to adopt a child. Look into their finances and living conditions. If a Dr. decides to perform IVF on somebody who isn't stable financially.... make that Dr. pay child support. Afterall they are the ones getting the women pregnant. That should put a quick stop to the insanity.

I have a solution to the problem of finances for the children. Have the idiot who implanted her with so many embryos pick up the tab. It seems that no one is responsible for their actions anymore. He can create lives with no regard to what quality of life that will be. Now that is malpractice. But I'm sure we all as taxpayers will carry the burden of what in essence he created. Scott from kansas

Why didn't she get her 'degree' FIRST? Now she is going to need counselling, rather than become one!

Good Morning,
I think the fertility doctor who helped her have these children should pay for their upbringing. He is as responsible as her.

Carol

She needs to have all her kids takin away until she repays any and all taxpay’s money she has scammed out of us, at least until she has the means of supporting them!! If you can’t afford something including kids don’t get it or have them!!

About the octuplet's mother, I work, and my wife works, but she can't afford to have her nails manicured and hair all done up. and it also looks like she gets her lips puffed. I never did understand that, it makes lips look like a butt.
How is it that someone not working can afford all of these things when others are worried about food, bills and just the basic needs.
Is there a place that I can sigh up for that deal.

Bill

this women is nuts arent student loans design to help with tuition and basic living expenses not to finance stay at home moms 14 kids. I wonder who paid for her cologen lips to look like angelena who? has this nut case checked what entry level therapists are paid .At the end of the day this will be expensive for us the tax payer . Maybe we should look to the doctor for the cost he was just as irrespossible for accomadating this lunatic please air this possibility
thanks Robin keep up the good work
joe

It seems to me like this woman has made a career of having babies and working the system, Since the taxpayers are responsible for these children, we should have a say in what happens to them. I feel they should be placed with more responsible parents, who aren't using them to make a living. I think laws should be put in place for people who are having children simply to raise their monthly checks. It's not our responsibility to financially raise 14 children for this woman.
Considering the fact that we have a special needs child of our own, and recive absolutley no government support for him at all. We make the tough choices like food for him or food for us, medicine for him or medicine for ourselves. We make these choices every day and live with them. Frankly I can't afford to care for her kids, I'm struggeling to care for my own. It's time law makers put regulations on how many children they will support in a family. this wolud hopefully put an end to unessicary pregnancies, and may even help children with irresponsible parents find proper homes. The government should step in in cases like this, Yes she has rights, but so do we. The government has the responsibility of protecting the tax payer as well as the welfare recipients of america.

The one thing this woman has said over and over again was that the one thing she has to offer her children is her love. A mature adult knows it takes more than just love to raise children. It takes food and diapers and a house, etc. I think this woman is desperate to BE loved and has surrounded herself with a captive audience. She didn't care about who was going to pay. That wasn't the important part. "All you need is love." when you're not responsible enough to see beyond yourself. I don't see her keeping all of these children together. I don't think she's healthy or responsible enough.

No need to worry, Obama will take care of her (with our money)!

Has any one noticed the work shes had done? looks like lips, nose and around the eyes. Or maybe she just happened to get that Angelina Jolie look "naturally". Someone is paying for this stuff from somewhere.
And fertilization isnt cheap.
she's been paying for the 6 kids somehow.

How the heck does she expect to be able to go to graduate school when she has 14 children to take care of; not to mention the costs associated with school (and her 14 children).
I never had any children because I never felt I could afford the expenses associated with children. Additionally, due to my profession and long work hours I wouldn't have the time to dedicate to children that I felt they required in order to raise healthy (mentally) children. She is free to do whatever she wants and if she wants 14 children, that is her choice BUT she should be free to die on the street of starvation due to her choices… The responsible people shouldn’t have to support her poor choices.

Wow! First we have bank failures fueled by bad busienss decisions ... then we have an increased 'welfare state' fueled by bad personal decisions. What has happened to the concept of personal responsibility? I'm sure that her 'celebrity' status will bring forth sympathy from the likes of Hollywood ... but at the end of the day, the taxpayers will be supporting her 14 kids.

I think the doctor who thought this was a good idea to keep inject ing her with all more and more babies should help take care of all those kids.

This lady is crazy! Its hard to believe that she has no money for her children when she has her nails done and dresses half way decent! I mean come on i hope your kids are fed and clothed!

The doctors who performed the fertilization procedure on the unemployed, uninsured mother of six should be charged criminally with child endangerment for risking the lives of these eight children. Further, they should be held financially responsible for the medical bills related to the babies' care and should be required to pay child support for all eight babies until they reach age 18.

Back injuries, massive debt, disabled children, no active father..I just don't get it. She is in essence expecting everyone else to help her raise this big family she has always dreamed of. Then she wants to go to graduate school to be able to pay off accumulating debt? Who is going to watch her kids? I believe in equal rights...I believe in the opportunity of a mom working outside the home...but why have so many kids to just leave them to go to work? It doesn't make sense. Nothing about this lady makes sense!

This is one of the problems in this country. People think they can live the way they want and the tax payers will pay the bill. I'm tried of my tax dollars going to support non working BUMS and we the tax payers pay for their life style!

THE WORDS OF BOB BARKER COME TO MIND, WELL SORT OF. HAVE YOUR KIDS SPAD OR NUDDERED. MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 15 YEARS & MARRIED FOR 10 YEARS AND WE CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE. WERE WAS THE PARENT OF THIS GIRL SHE SHOULD ALSO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. WHY SHOULD MY TAX DOLLARS THAT STOLE FROM ME BEFORE MY CHECK EVEN ARRIVED GO TO SOMEONES KIDS THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. PLAIN STUPIDITY

This lady does not need any children. I mean really 14 kids. She owes 50,000 in student loan debt and said she would get a job after she went to graduate school. Get a grip. We the taxpayer will wind up supporting these kids and most likley her trip to graduate shcool. I noticed that she has no money, owes a small fortune, has 14 kids, but has perfect nails from the salon. I am sick of supporting people like this.
Respectfully,
Bobby

ITS NOT CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN AND SHE KNOWS IT,SHE IS
JUST USING PREGNANCY TO EXPLOIT THE SYSTEM AND THE
PUBLIC,BECAUSE SHE KNOWS PEOPLE WILL COME FORTH
AND HELP HER,THATS OUR WAY.

I believe the doctor who created this situation should be held financially responsible to pay for the medical needs of these babies until they can be sucessfully adopted out to stable loving homes. Fathers are expected to pay child support and provide medical insurance. He may not be the biological father, but he irresponsibly created this just the same. There needs to be accountability on his part.

first of all i would like to know what dr. would have made her look like a candidate for fertility. its an shame take we the people have to care for children that women cannot afford. i myself had three and it was tough raising them . i couldnt imagine how life with 14 could be something needs to be done about all who is involved with this situation, and check to see if these kids are ok im very concerned about them.

Where is this woman living? With her parents? They should tell her to give those babies up for adoption or move out. On the other hand, maybe they should move out and go far away. See how their daughter deals with actually being a mother and having to take care of her children by herself. That's what she said anyways, That she wanted to do this on her own. Well, let her.

Geez.....I cannot believe what this woman has done! I mean, seriously...making us taxpayers pay for her poor decision-making! That is just plain WRONG! And she thinks she can go to graduate school on top of raising the eight newborns and six other children...what the heck...she has lost her mind! I am sorry, but she is the irresponsible one and should pay for it! She needs to GROW UP and learn how to take care of herself, not depending on everyone else to do it for her! That is what it seems like! I feel very sorry for her children...they need to be placed in good homes, with financially stable parents who are willing to care for them and spend time with them! She should not be allowed to receive money from the government for HER stupidity! The taxpayers and government seem to help out those "supposedly" in need, when there are those trying really hard out there to make ends meet, and yet make just slightly over the cut-off and are unable get help. The government needs to review what they are doing!

I think this story is crazy. To condem this woman for being single and for wanting a family is wrong. I do give you she should have had her schooling done first and a job. However her doctor did tell her she was running out of time to reproduce. She also had no idea the embros would all take she was only hoping for 1 more child. She did not believe in selective reduction and not many people do believe in abortion. Why was it ok 50 years or even 20 years ago for familys to have 10 to 15 children but this is so wrong. My husbands mother comes from a family of 13. I am sure many people know of familys of this size. I say worry about your own problems and let this family be. They seem happy.

I find it interesting that she is totally broke but look at her perfect nails!

How does a woman with no money, and no job pay for IVF? Reapeatedly?!

MOM=GOVERNMENT BAIL OUT ITEM #245

I feel like this lady has some real mental issues that need to be delt with and social servies should get involved for the sake of these children.

my gut instinct , was she thought the world would imbrace her and make her like 'john an kate plus eight' with all the bennies and more. are you sure she worked at a psych hospital or was she a inmate? just asking.

Who in their right mind, with the economy like it is, with no job, a small home would want to bring so many children into the world. As if there aren't other families that would love to have children that can't, as well as children who need homes and don't have them. My husband and i adopted our youngest daughter from Russia because we can't have anymore, and there are requirements for the size of room that she has to have etc, before we can even pass the homestudy, this is truly rediculous.

Does anyone know how much her state government gives her each month for each child? Maybe she needed a raise to help pay "Her" bills? What is wrong with this woman? Can u say hystorectomy? I don't even know if I can spell it.

David

Texas

the doctor who helped her should have to pay for these kids . what about the guy who is the father of all 14 of them. he should be ordered to pay also. she should be helped you can tell she has a mental problem big time, might be smart but she is not all there in the head

Yes she is very irresponsable but why are we fussing over 1 person in the system and not concerned with all of NON US Citizens getting welfare, at least she is a citzen of this country

Anyone who doesn't see this "incident" as a horrible tragedy for these 14 children and society as a whole - just will never get it.

These children are headed towards a terribly difficult life and are the real target of sympathy here.

The "mother" herself is a whack-job and we're going to foot the bill for the cost of her 14 kids. As long as she receives public aid for the kids she should have to work in some civil service job to earn it (but then who'll raise the 14 kids??? Hmmm...). The doctor who went along with this idea should be sued for malpractice and the award should be that he/she must pay to raise the kids.

I agree with the comments the doctor should hold some responsibility, I think this procedure should be the same requirements as adopting, pyscholigical and financial evaluation. No one would of allowed her to adopt. She claims to love children, well that can't be true or she would of loved the first few and took care of them, before having any more. We don't hear much from her parents,they were probably ready for retirement. Now they have to take care of this irresponsible child Mom and 14 kids, They stopped at one. Another issue, aren't student loans meant to be used for education, not for child rearing? They should be adopted by loving parents who have the ability to care for them.

All this talk about finacial responsibility and being smart with your money. Who in there right mind would even go to a fertility expert if you had children and no job? I recently lost my job due to plant closings and took a lower paying job to keep income and med. ins. for my wife and child. This story would be the equivelent of my wife and I going to a fertility expert the day after I lost my job. Just goes to show you, we, the middle income tax payers foot the bill for people like this....hard to keep a good attitude when you see people like this. Disturbing....baby factories.

Outrageous! I noticed this women wearing artificial nails! How can a women with no job and 14 children afford, much less have the time to upkeep artificial nails? Plus, with all those diapers to change, this is very unsanitary.

I feel as though the doctor who assisted Nadya Syleman with her pregnancy should be required to cover the costs of both the pregnancy and the cost of raising the children rather than billing taxpayers or taking away his license to practice. The doctor should be held responsible for his/her actions and questionable ethics.
Mark W.
Pontiac, Illinois

I would like to know who paid for all those implants? They are very expensive – who paid the Dr. for that??? Thanks, Cathy Springer, Hernando Florida.....

I am appaled at the thought of an unemployeed single woman having 14 children! I am a married woman (for almost 12 years) and cannot have children. My husband and I went to several fertility clinics and were denied treatment because we did not have what they considered sufficient income. I guess we should have gone to see this doctor in california.
Being a taxpayer I pray that she is turned down for government assistance and those children are placed in homes where they can receive the love and care they deserve. They did not ask to be brought into this world and they are not going to get a "fair shake" if they are left with their mother. She obviously has no sense OR she knew what she was doing and was looking for a free ride on our tax dollars.

Mad in North Carolina

The funny thing is that this lady is leaving the hospital with so many bills even with a normal paying job she would still have an impossible time trying to pay off her debt. Americans need to get their act together and act on universal health care. I live in Canada and in the same situation she would leave the hospital debt free. So where is the problem with her or the system.

I think its pretty pathetic that she doesn't have a job and flat broke! The only reason she had all those kids is to milk the government for all it has. In these tough times people are looking for a job but she is sitting on her couch making babies and forcing the tax payers to support her. Get a job!

I want to help. If you want someone to Listen to you, I love children, and i understand. Are you overwhelmed by all that people say about your many babies. Trust is what i can offer you. Your friend, Don Prather

After all this time that she had the 8 babys,why is she still in the hosiptal? If she is well enough to feed and change the babys for hours
she should be well enough to be discharged to go and care for her other 6.They need her more. the 8 has the nursing crew that is getting paid.Why should we be paying for the hosiptal room?

So, the money that she is getting to do the interviews, where will that go? To take care of the children and repay the taxpayer's money or will she have another procredure and have 20 more children that she can't take care of...

HMM! Did the Dr. get paid for expensive invitro or did he hope to profit from the book/movie deal?
It seems that he impregnated her, he should be held financially responsible for his irresponsible acts not us, who limit our families for the well-being and future of our children.
She owes $50K in school loans? Solution – let's have babies and more school? Grad school is a commitment. She can't even commit to the children she had, much less the new brood.
I'm irate at this doctor. He should lose his license.

I have seen many women on welfare that have child after child. I dont think it is a good idea but how can they go after her children if they dont go after every one else doing the same thing. The only difference is that she is in front of the media. If you want to see more go and sit at the welfare office and watch the women. I dont mean that every person on welfare does this but I have seen worse. Pick on someone else.

It takes more to be a parent than giving birth to a child. It's about quality of life not just quanity. We owe it to our children to provide for them. This mother was so irresponsible to do this. If these babies can not be cared for they should be given to someone who can provide for them and will give them a good life.

Tis mother should be forced to have permanent sterilization. And God bless that tired grandmother.

This woman has obvious psychological problems. She cannot possibly provide a safe and healthy home for fourteen children, particularly when eight of them are premature octuplets. All the love in the world will not provide the formula and diapers, nor will it pay for heat, electricity, water and rent for an adequately sized home. Her plans to go back to school and get a job are delusional - who will take care of her fourteen children while she is not at home? With no income and $50,000 in pre-existing student loan debt, she cannot afford child care.

Child protective services should immediately step in to protect all fourteen children, and somebody should get this woman the psychological counseling she needs.

After hearing this story, I think this lady was looking for major endorsements, as well freebies from major companys. She's on dissability and food stamps, can barely take care of the six children she has, and then has eight more. What does she want, Extreme makeover to come build her a mansion, and then have CVS give her all the supplies she needs. I don't think she is thinking correctly.

Sure she says she loves kids but who in their right mind would allow something like this to happpen not having a job or the support of a spouse. Now she has lost the support of her own mother. I honestly believe that the doctor who implanted all 14 of them babies should be responsible for the medical bills instead of the tax payers.. Obviously he is feeling some guilt if he refuses to comment. He needs to be responsible for his actions.

My husband and I went through years of feritiliy treatments. With no luck. These treatments are very expensive. I would love to know who paid for all of her In Vetro Fertilizations? The least expensive one we found was $13000.00. My husband is in the Army and the goverment did not pay for my fertility treatments, did they pay for her's?

I'm wondering whats wrong with the doctors and the state – does it not cost to have fertility treatments – student loans should not be paying for that

This is an obvious example of one who extorts the system. What has happened to family values. I know that things should have order:
1. Education
2. JOB
3. Marriage
4. Family
With the economy in the shape it is in, some people cannot get student loans to get an education. She wants to use student loan money to raise her childre!?! Even with a graduate degree, I can not think of many jobs that would pay enough to cover daycare for 14 children. It is so sad that good people who just need a helping hand can not get it because of people like her taking a hand out.

Every time I see this woman on TV it is appalling that she is able to afford to have her nails, eyebrows, hair, lips, etc. done professionally, yet she can't afford to take care of her children and still lives with her parents! People who work hard every day can't even afford these luxuries in today's economical downturn.

This women can absolutely not support those children financially or emotionally. Her doctor should be sued by the state to help support those children and she should see a psychiatrist. This doctor should also be held accountable for his careless decision to implant all those empbroys, statistics or not.

She is $50,000.00 in debt from her undergraduate degree? How many years did she attend college? Syleman states she wants to attend graduate school. My graduate program monitored our behavior both in and out of class. I can't imagine any graduate program sharing her ethics or condoning her behavior.

There is a lack of responsibility on Ms. Sulemans decisions. I believe more counseling should be given before in vitro fertilization is done. 14 kids 6 invitros later she is way over her head. In my opnion she's was being very selfish and her children will suffer due to her choices..

To Joel, I believe that everyone commenting loves children also. Loving a child also means that when you bring them into the world you have the means to provide for them. This lady does not have that. There are many people including myself that would love to have more children, but physically I can't and with my husband being laid off along with the thousands of other people, it is not feesible, I would not bring children into this world without a guarantee of what I can give them...it isn't like she bought a couple hamsters, these are children that need care for many years to come....

robin why don't people quit talking bad about this mother of these kids. if they want to say anything about her let it be good thats what wrong with the world today nobody wants to be good to their fellow americans. if we can't be good to our own people in our country then that is sad..... if she don't have anything well lets be good christians and help this family not hurt her...she only loves kids and wanted a big family and i think that is wonderful ..i would be glad to be her friend.. and i have plenty of hand me down clothes and things she can have ,,, i will send them to her if i get a address.. i myself would love to meet her.. i think shev is remarkable..and i'm sure THE LORD does to... thank you and have a blessed day

Diana,
Don't judge the grandmother until you walk a mile in her shoes. I'm a grandmother that is raising grandchildren, and only TWO. That poor grandmother! Her daughter expects her to just jump in and pick up the slack. Grandma didn't have these kids, but because she loves them and worries for their future will work herself to the grave.

I'm sure the grandma feels the same way I do. I raised my kids and made them my whole life, but now I deserve some free time as I grow older. Koodoos to all the grandparents who put your life on hold to insure the little ones HAVE a life.

She says she is going to finish grad school before she gets a job. But how is she going to pay for that she already said she ran out of student loans.

i have had several friends have children when it was obvious that they weren't prepared to provide for them immediantly... it happens.. but they never intentionally had so many to fill an " emotional void".

the end all responsibility is towards the fertility system for not doing an extensive background check. think of the adoption process here in the u.s,it's grueling for a reason. even in other country adoptions to u.s citizens is more thorough.

This story is amazing. Did she actually plan on doing this so that other people would support her financially? Six wasn't enough? Even to add one more when you're not able to support them is a bad decision. I think the media, talk shows, tabloids, and any other group giving her attention should stop. No book deal, No tax payer money. She made her bed and she needs to lie in it....alone!

What I would like to know is … How did she pay for the IVF?

Why not have women or couples qualify for IVF just like they would have to do if they were looking to adopt a child. Look into their finances and living conditions. If a Dr. decides to perform IVF on somebody who isn’t stable financially…. make that Dr. pay child support. Afterall they are the ones getting the women pregnant. That should put a quick stop to the insanity.

In this day and age its hard to raise one kid and provide him/her with as much food and school supplies. If this woman loves kids so much, then she should of thought about their future first.

This woman is crazy and should be check, I mean who in the world wants 14 kids??? Lonely?? Yeah, ok she already had 6 children and they are not going to grow up lonely. If anything, they will end up in jail, there is not enough time in everyday for one woman to be able to show 14 children responsibility and care.

Not only should the doctor that did the procedure be acountable for not looking further in to this womens living and financial situation but, Mom should get a psyciatric evaluation. She does not present as a stable single mother. I feel she gives single parents in need a bad name and is looking for fame and fortune via motherhood.

Irresponsible is one word that comes to mind. She can't afford 6 children so she has 8 more? Not in it for the money- sounds like a classic welfare scam to me. The more children that are disabled the more money she can get. What are the chances of the octuplets being disabled? Pretty good from what I hear. Time to shut down the baby factory. Should have been done after 6.

Let the Dr. that started all of this pay the bill...not the taxpayers....

Stupid as stupid can get. I say NO money from the government, let her and the children starve!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is just ridiculous. I'm sure that no one is surprised that this woman will not be able to take care of the children. There is no possible way that she will be able to provide financial support for all of these children. But more importantly, what about the emotional support and the direct attention that each of the children will need.

Personally I think she should be evaluated to see what her mental capacity TRULY is. I think that ANYONE who is currently struggling to raise ONE, let alone six children is definitely off of their rockers to think that it makes sense to bring an additional eight into the world.

The lady with 14 kids will be on well fare with the others and we will be paying for the kids. That whats killing the economy something should be done,they should have to work free for businesses for the well fare they recieve no raises like the rest of us.

Feminism has reached the height of arrogance! That this woman can think she is justified because SHE had a lonely childhood and SHE wanted them is absurd! Obviously, the woman has no clue that she already receives welfare, and had these children without any regard for her previous 6. I believe the State of California should take these children away from her.... at least the octopulets! No reasonable person could conclude that these children will be adequately cared for! WHat happened to the best interests of the children?????!!!!!

AMERICA GOT TO HELP THE KIDS SAME WAY WE BALL OF THE BANKS WY NOT SAMEONE THATS IS DOING GOOD THE THE FUTURE OF YONGS AMERICAS

I am not sure if this was already answered, but how did she pay for the fertility doctor to begin with? Is having 14 kids living in a 3 bedroom house legal?

Student loans were not created to take care of children! It is quite clear that this woman is not competent enough to take of the first 6 children she had, much less another 8! The department of Children Services needs to step in and remove all of these children.

The doctor who did this, needs to appear before a medical competency review board and to possible have his license revoked!

How did this woman pay for this procedure to start with! Student loans perhaps! Maybe we can use student loans to help with the current financial crisis!

Could it be that this woman thought she could cash in by getting some kind of reality series such as Jon and Kate plus Eight?
I think she had them to make some money off her 15 minutes of fame, whether by having her own reality series or nabbing some sponsorships from baby food and baby product manufacturers.
And the next question, does the assessment for patients who have this kind of procedure include a psychiatric exam? If so, somebody goofed.

i believe that the doctor is the father of her kids, its all very shady.think about it she has no money no job,the doctor is the father!!!!!!!!!!

Another example that people are growing up without a sense of responsibility or foresight. The unfortunate thing is there is no way to teach her a lesson without harming the children.

If she made a bad desicion or not, its nobody elses business. It was a private desision between her and her Doctor. This is all a good excuse to perpetuate the welfare mother myth.

Truth is, the average taxpayer will be paying less than a thousandth of a cent for these kids.

If this mother didn't have the money to raise and take care of 14 children. Where did she get the money to pay for this fertility implant. Last time I checked that procedure is very costly. How was the doctor paid? What kind of funds did she have to pay for this procedure?

This woman has taken advantage of a flaw in the kindness and good nature of the government. Just think about she keeps having kids and we keep paying. As far as her student loans that is the best means for a deferrment. So a con artist or a mental case either way she's in all of our pockets for the next 18 yrs, I better get a card or something.

Dear Robin,
This morning when you asked for comments on the mother of 14 children, I noticed as she was kissing her child that she had her fingernails professionally done with acrylic nails which seemed to hinder her touching that child and I wondered if we, the tax payers, paid for her manicure.
How does she afford this luxury?
Anne Sapp
Savannah, Ga.

Methinks I smell a rat. Has anyone considered that perhaps this woman made a financial deal with the doctor? After all, what doctor in his right mind would take on a penniless patient.? Invitro is not cheap.
What doctor, other than a greedy one would take on a patient who
already has 6 children she can't supporft?
The burden she has put on taxpayers with her Food Stamp allowance alone is a sin. Who knows what other social agencies she is milking. Just because a woman wants a huge family is no reason for taxpayers to support her.
I pray for those children and that overburdened Grandmother.

I remember a specific interview where she said she didn't receive welfare, and now find out that she is receiving food stamps. Isn't that welfare????

Also, to be a responsible, providing parent, don't you have to have income, enough food, clothes, beds etc... to meet the needs of the children, especially the ones with disabilities? What happens when she goes in to apply for more government help? Will they investigate to make sure that all 14 kids have enough to meet their needs?

My problem isn't necessarily with her, but with the children that will suffer due to her selfishness.

I don't think "We the People" should have to support her because she chose to take this route. Taxpayers are already supporting way too many people as it is. Give us a break!!!

She has already given birth to these poor children. Stop giving this selfish woman any more attention. She is loving it!

Children are a blessing, not a burden. Does this mother have financial needs and obstacles to overcome? Yes. That doesn't mean people should condemn her for having children. People should look for ways to help her. How would you like it if your mother told you, "I got rid of you because money was tight and I couldn't afford you" ? Children are not a comodity. Maybe people should look for resources to help her get out of welfare, instead of demanding the removal of her children.

They should require the woman with 14 children to have the additional 8 babies adopted to loving families that can afford to take care of them. There are many loving couples that would consider it a priviledge to have any of them. The life that she is assigning these kids to will never improve or change. We as taxpayers should not be required to pay for her selfishness and lack of common sense for the next 18 years. A woman without an income, with so much debt, and no house or husband cannot take care of 14 children.

who paid for the invetro fertilization with out a psych check. They should pay the bill.

Children are a gift from God. I can't have children . Can you tell me where to go sign up to adopt 4 or 5 of her preacious angels.

MISSISSIPPI

I think anybody has a right to bare children, but in her case...she should have planned it a bit better. I think that if she does not have the means to provide a good life for those children maybe she should put them up for adoption. There are many couples that want children but unfortunately aren't able to have any. I think this would be good for her and for the children. She should stop being so selfish and think about the children's needs.

This sounds like a good case of "let the stupid Americans pay for my kids". Come on now, with the economy the way it is, and unless she was hiding under a rock, she knew this as well as anyone.
what was that fertility doctor thinking? How about holding him accountable? who paid for his services? Or did he play God for free?
None of the Calif. taxpayers should have to pay for her selfishness and greed. If she wants the kids, let her go out and support them, this is an outrage!!

i guess she is expecting congress to bail her out too.

Why is the media and now the entire country judging this woman? Is it illegal to have 14 children? NO! I wonder how many other large families exist in this country, especially those who take in foster children. I've read stories of single women taking on many foster children, successfully raising those children and being lauded for it, and yet there are those who have one child and can't handle parently. This mom believes in the sanctity of life and thus could not allow the destruction of her embryos. She did not intend to have 14 children. But, whether we agree with her choices or not, let us not judge this mother, but evaluate the medical ethics of the process of invitro fertilization and the dilemma of what to do with the resulting embryos. In other large multiple births, there has been an outpouring of support and positive attention but in this case, there is even discussion about whether the mom has had plastic surgery and bringing in child protective services! How ridiculous! Her family and community should step up and support her as other parents of large multiple births have been supported. This is a public scourging of the worst kind and those of you reporting the news with those incredulous and judgmental tones should be ashamed! If you care about the children you will not publicly destroy this mother.

Why is the media and now the entire country judging this woman? Is it illegal to have 14 children? NO! I wonder how many other large families exist in this country, especially those who take in foster children. I've read stories of single women taking on many foster children, successfully raising those children and being lauded for it, and yet there are those who have one child and can't handle parenting. This mom believes in the sanctity of life and thus could not allow the destruction of her embryos. She did not intend to have 14 children. But, whether we agree with her choices or not, let us not judge this mother, but evaluate the medical ethics of the process of invitro fertilization and the dilemma of what to do with the resulting embryos. In other large multiple births, there has been an outpouring of support and positive attention but in this case, there is even discussion about whether the mom has had plastic surgery and bringing in child protective services! How ridiculous! Her family and community should step up and support her as other parents of large multiple births have been supported. This is a public scourging of the worst kind and those of you reporting the news with those incredulous and judgmental tones should be ashamed! If you care about the children you will not publicly destroy this mother.

By the way, she supposedly paid for these IVF treatments using money received for DISABILITY she incurred back in 1999. That's fine, as she may have arguably been entitled to those payments. But isn't there some kind of gross disconnect when the state can say she is disabled, and no one, (state or doctor) thinks that has any affect on her ability to raise a child? If you cant hold a job becuase of physical limitations, you cant be a PARENT. Especially if there is no family support system! I absolutely agree, the doctor should be held financially responsible (and the clinic) and state lawmakers should make every effort to find other homes for these children. For those who say the children are here and we need to support them, I say the best thing we can do for them is to give them to more cabale and grounded parents who can provide for them. Leaving them in the care of their current mother is abuse!

Plain and simple, I feel for those kids. Why? Mainly because children (no matter how young) need more than just basic sustenance. They need nurturing which can only be provided by a loving person.
The mother seems to be so concerned with meeting her own 'childhood needs' that she is not taking the needs of others into consideration; even the needs of her own children. This narcissistic behavior is not usually the choice of a loving person who is capable of nurturing children.
I mean really, think about it. A mother who has her own children should have maternal instincts which would not allow her to do something so risky that it could leave her children without their mother, not to mention endangering the health of her unborn.
In this tragic situation, this person has managed to put her offspring in mortal danger; she has not arranged adequate living conditions; she does not have an income; she is using money that does not belong to her to pay for this invetro-orgy; and she expects everyone to understand the need for this, as she was lonely in childhood and doesn't want to live that way in adulthood.
The sad truth? She's not in adulthood! She is an adult child who, but by the grace of God, will likely continue using her children to meet her own needs, at the expense of those around her. Children who are raised in this environment invariably develop emotional, psychological, physical, and often behavioral problems.
Wow, this sound like the behavior of a child predator, not a mother. Ouch!
Are there any professionals in the house who are willing to offer needed assistance for the sake of these children?

The woman with octuplets is really pretty pitiful, eh? With so many babies, especially badly made ones (disabled), she doesn't make good decisions, does she?
Does she know the difference between children and dolls? I think she needs some immediate counciling.
sjw

IF SHE CAN NOT AFFORD TO SUPPORT & TAKE CARE OF THOSE BABIES THEN THEY SHOULD BE PLACED FOR ADOPTION. WHY SHOULD WE HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR HER IGNORANCE. IF SHE WANTS TO FEEL LOVE TELL HER TO GET A DOG. THEY WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU UNCONDITIONALLY. AS FAR AS THAT DOCTOR GOES, HOW DID HE GET PAID FOR HIS SERVICES. DID WE THE TAXPAYERS PAY HIS SALARY ALSO VIA MEDICAID SYSTEM. THAT IS SOOO WRONG AND HE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RUN A FERTILITY CLINIC WITHOUT SCREENING THE PARENTS AND THEIR ABILITY TO SUPPORT SUCH A LARGE FAMILY. THIS STORY INFURIATES ME.

This woman expects for the taxpayers of California to help raise these children when California is already hurting for money! She is so selfish to only think of herself and not consider the lives of the 14 children she now has to provide for, some of which have medical problems. I do notice that she has money to get her french manicure! The doctor should also be held responsible for his assistant in helping her have more children. I feel the children should be put up for adoption.

I have to work and leave my children so this irresponsible
dumb woman can collects tax payer dollars for the poor 14 kids she has.
Her parents should have had her certified prior to this.
... so sad for the kids.....and how much is the hospitalization bill ALONE for delivering and caring for 8 babies???

I think she is in way over her head. I'm a single mom, but my daughter's father is still active in her life. I'm working full time and working toward my doctorate degree and I struggle to juggle everything with only one child, much less 13 more!

If this were a minority woman, living on welfare, choosing to have 14 kids, people wouldn't get away with their hateful comments. I feel like America is lynching this woman. She just delivered and is fragile. I believe we should stop the hateful comments and reach out to her because she will need all the help she can get. If not for her, for the children!

Robin, I notice in the picture of this woman that she has acrylic nails on and has her eyebrows waxed! Wow! Nails= $60.00, waxing =$25.00. Why not spend that money on formula and diapers! And I would bet that her toenails are done too!

I watched the Dateline about this woman last night. She is a complete idiot, and should be forced to give these babies up for adoption for people who can actually afford to support them. Why should I work and pay my own bills and for my own medical insurance and then get strapped with hers because she is mentally disturbed?!

She certainly has nice nails for someone who is in need of support from the taxpayers.

If she cannot take care of this amount of children, then she needs to give the children up for adoption to those who seriously want children and cannot have them. She has no right to bring children in the world if she has no way to support them.

Here's the deal....I run a small business with my partner. The economy have left us with having to get another job plus run the business just to survive. No we haven't lost your house YET but if i have to work like a dog to make it then she should have to work. Bottom line....the ones who really work have nothing but the ones who don't work have it all!

If the doctor who did the IVF took financial responsibility for the octuplets, that would show character and he should be able to keep his medical license. That would take the burden off of society for his... and the mother's... mistake. The whole financial crisis in this country has been caused by lack of responsibility and this sense of entitlement that everybody has that they are "owed" something for nothing. People should stop looking for handouts and playing the blame game and take responsibility for their actions.

Hey,wait a second.You guys are pointing out this woman. Im not saying what she did was the correct thing to do BUT, WHAT ABOUT THESE OTHER WOMEN with 4-5 kids that we the tax payers are paying for that have no jobs and dont even know the fathers of there kids. i love children but im tired of paying for other peoples kids.

The babies are here, we keeping talking about what should not be. The most that can be done now, is making sure that the babies are taken care of. They didn't ask to be here. Despite the choices their mother made, they should not have to suffer for it.

When I first heard about the I babies I thought here it is again the tax payer getting the shaft,. Right off the bat the doctor that insemated her should be made to pay all of the expesses and the childeren taken away from her she had no right to give birth to more when she couldnt take care of what she has. allso she should be fixed where she could never have any more babies. You might say this is harsh but she broght this on her self with her irrsponseablity. I think the tax payer should put thier foot down and put a stop to all these women that are on welfare getting pregrent and costing the tax payers more taxes, it is just plan abuse of the screwed up system we have and are politicans wont put a stop to this till people rebell.

This is America, not China. We can have all the children we want to have. If all of the people who are critizing her sent her $1.00, she could buy the formula and clothing necessary to care for her children.
Instead of try to analyze her, why don't we support her needs? The fact is, the babies are here and we need to pitch in to help. I can hardly approve of the repsonse she has recieved, considering the mess our country is in right now due to bad decisions of our leaders. The medical bill could be paid in full if we all helped just a little bit. She may surprise everyone and be a wonderful mother.

The babies definitely should be supported so they have a good life. But is it really a good example to leave them with the mother, who is obviously not fit financially, mentally, and physically able? The best chance they have is to be adopted out to families that can provide. It save tax payer's money in the long run and more importantly keep the babies and previous children from suffering.

The clinic really needs to be looked into and rules/laws/standards should be set for situations like this going forward.

This is a story made in wellfair heaven. Take the kids away, put them up for adoption!

Give her a reality show. Then she will be able to support them on her own. Cause it seems like everyones more into her business then their own anyways.

Nadya' back injury ovbiously did not hurt to much to carry 8 babies! I am sick and tired of supporting others who woirk the system while we the middle class struggle to pay bills, keep our homes and out food on our table instead of hers!.
Those 8 babies need to be taken away from her and placed in stable, CLEAN homes with people who are emotionally, physically, psychologically not to mention financially equipt to give them the life they deserve. They are here and need our help but Nadya doesn't.
She needs to be neutered! When will the American people wake up and stand up. I am tired of being my brothers keeper .. willing to helpo but not keep. Enough is Enough

I feel ir is suspicious that she already had so many children with no income; and that she had fertility treatments to have more. It is as if the woman wanted the government to give her a free meal ticket on everything being able to get money via her having kids [it increases by family size]. I have known of women who live off the system by having kids: kids by different men and trying to collect from them all & having foster care children in the home as well, etc. After initial ads in the newspaper to meet some of the men too who in all essense get trapped by them having kids that they are liable to care for.
This woman is single, with no income, with a displeased mother, and 14 kids! She had too many kids to have to have more, what was she thinking? I think some help should come to her, but not how she thinks. I think she should have some free nanny help care provided for her- 2 people max, and that she should be forced to go back to work and support most of the expenses of the children. She obviously cannot work with 8 babies at home at the same time,so help should be provided ther, so she can go off to work.. She should have to work to feed, clothe, and educate so many kids at once.
A POLYGRAPH SHOULD BE GIVEN AS WELL to see if she deliberately tried all in pursuit of welfare money/gov't money. It would be not right for millions of dollars to go for care of her kids, money from tax payers money and that could have been one of the woman's objectives to begin with...

I personally am very resentful that this woman has chosen to birth so many children. Already, her mother is caring for the 6 she has and has clearly stated that she cannot /will not care for more. Regarding health care, there are so many children, born to responsible parents, who need health care ( and diapers, formula, etc.), she is a resource hog. Also, if you forget the money, she'll get it, who is going to love and nuture these children? The drain on society has just begun!

Hi Robin, I was wondering, This a woman with no job...No Home to speak of..On aid..WHO paid for the artificial insimination???? That place should be shut down...Next..a normal person would have to have the proper amount of bed rooms for girls and boys...She has no job no home of her own.... The children need to be taken away from her and given to families who care... I am a 51 year old grandmother who is raising my 2 grandchildren, I can barely get help with.But what taxes I pay are paying for her kids....but yet not mine....Where is this fair...There are so many people who need help and can;t get it..And people like her that just want more money from you and I...So she keeps Poppin them out.ALL her benifits should be dropped.She is a welfare thief...

Until we stop glorifying and making celebrities of multiple births – for example the Gosselins and their 1.3 million dollar mansion, free trips all over the country every other week, free tummy tucks, free hair implants, free Gap clothing, free EVERYTHING – we are going to see A LOT more of this type thing.

I don't want to see these kids go hungry, so she obviously will need some help. With that said, this woman needs to get back to work and put her plans for school on hold. It sounds like she already has a college degree. I'm all for advanced education, but not in this case when she has a larger responsibility for her children.

Shut down the clinic that helped this woman; adopt the babies out to homes where they can take care of them; get laws in place where crazy people like this can't be "enabled" to endanger innocent lives, use taxpayer money to pay for the babies, and and adversely affect herself as well as the rest of her family.

Re:8 babies
Obviously the mother is incompetent and her Doctor must be aware of this , If any one should pay the current bills it should be him,not one dime of public funds should support her, If most people have 14 children and have no means to feed or care for them Childrens Services would step in and take them away . Which is what I feel should be done ,How was she feeding the others before this attempt to get fame, recognition and money from the rest of us? I feel sorry for her children but until she can show that she can feed ,clothe,and care for them as the rest of us do she is an unfit mother .

I don’t want to see these kids go hungry, so she obviously will need some help. With that said, this woman needs to get back to work and put her plans for school on hold. It sounds like she already has a college degree. I’m all for advanced education, but not in this case when she has a larger responsibility for her children. Infertility treatments are extremely expensive and require a great deal of planning. She must have been planning to take advantage of federal aid from the start. She already had several children she was caring for by herself. I question who actually paid for the infertility treatments. What a misuse of financial aid.

I think the doctor that helped her have these babies should be responsible for takeing care of them. These things should be checked out before doing such a procedure. Who paid the doctor BILL for this procedure in the first place!!!! I think this lady should have these kids taken away from her!!!! If you can't afford them then you don't need them!!!!

Once again it appears that a pysch evaluation might be needed as part of a doctor's assessment of a case prior to any procedures. In this case, the doctor probably needed one as well. What was the doctor thinking knowing this woman already had six children. I agree the doctor and clinic should pay the medical bills. Let's make people responsible for their actions!

her dissability needs to be revoked....If she can take care of all these kids and carry them around her back is fine.......She has taken enough of tax payer money...Student loans are for school....Not raising children....If her mind was in school .... she would not have went ant been artificially insiminated again....Knowing she could not afford the children she has....She did it for more money...and....As usual..our tax payer money will get tossed to her....And there will not be enough to help the people that really need it...All assistance should be stopped..And she should face Child neglect charges.hild welfare should step in and take the babies.She does not deserve them...The first children had disabilities..and she goes back to the same donor!!!!!!Hum...Means she just hopes of more dissabilities...More money.... HUMMMMMM

I can not believe what I am reading and hearing. This is a joyous occassion. The birth of a child or children is a beautiful and exicting event. Everyone has been bashing this poor woman,because she is single and the events surrounding her conception. I mean think about the first big octuplet births here in the US, that woman had barely anything to support those children, the only reason she wasn't blasted was-she was married. Secondly, we as a people have been come very comfortable judging and critizing others for the choices they make regarding their lives. What is even worse for this poor woman and her children, is that she has a sorry mother that now as turned against her own child posting videos of her everday life. You should always stand by your child, NO MATTER WHAT. This story and several others in the news the past month or so have made really consider whether or not I would like to be an American or not.
Thanks
JOHN

What a system - What a country - What a travesty! Only in America. This scheming leetch has been living on the taxpayer since she put in for her back injury. I find it rather peculiar that her injury prohibited her from re-entering the work force all these years - but was not servere enough to keep her from volunteering to a full term multy-baby pregnancy - guess having to having octuplets is cake walk these days. The medical team - what a joke; have they ever even heard of the Hypocritical Oath relative the patient's (mother and babies) health and welfare. Total irresponsibilty on their part. These buffoons have made a mockery of the medical establishment and should be brought before the state medical board, "slapped" with a malpractice suit and suspended. Is it any wonder this country is in such dire straits? Only in America... God help us!

So many things about this story don't seem to add up. The grandparents disagreeing with what she's doing, yet still allowing her to live there? They must be profiting as well from public assistance? The Dr. performing the IVF-is she an experiment? Getting paid to reproduce? How in the world does a mom with 6 kids have time & $ to get her nails manicured & her eyebrows waxed? Attention corporations & "Extreme Home Makeover": the PR backlash would be HUGE if you even think of donating products to this woman–she is clearly not deserving!!

Lets be clear here, the woman that now has 14 kids is mentally unstable (what a joke that is), yeah like a fox, she is slick because she knows that lots of people are going to think of nothing but how the kids are going to make it & she knows that soft America will cough up the money to pay for everything, so in realty we the taxpayers now have 14 more kids to raise, if she had worked as hard at a job as she has at having all these kids, she would be a good employee, this woman has already lived her whole life on the backs of the taxpayers so for & looks like she knows how to work the system, I know its not the kids fault that they were born to a mother that has put them on the Welfare rolls from their birth but lets face its not the taxpayors fault either but she is expecting us to pay for her actions...I don't want to hear about "if we can give billions to bail out our economy, why can't we give funds to help these kids (& their mother)" because bailing out this economy helps millions of Americans keep their jobs & homes & also keeps them off of the Welfare rolls, the bail out will also create jobs for those Americans that lost their jobs because of our failed economy but once again you soft hearted people only see that these 14 kids need to be treated like royality with everything in their lives to be free to them, I hear she is already recieving funds from the Gov. for the first 6 kids that she created, so now she does it again so she can get another check for the 8 she just had...seems to me she is nothing more then a human incurbater.....

" I think people should just focus on their own lives and stop trying to fix others"... That is what this lady just said on my tv.... I want to ask her something..... Who the hell do you think is gonna pay for these little babies? If you dont want others involved in your life.. STOP

It's situations like this that should make us seriously think about enforcing a child cap. Maybe China's is a bit harsh, but I'm sure we can find a happy compromise somewhere between one and four freakin' teen!

i actually have been wondering how a woman in her place with no job,and six previous children, was able to afford the invitro procedure . i actually thought if she could have paid for the procedure then she obviously could afford to raise these all these children. again, how did she pay for the invitro to begin with?

This woman is a NUT! And we the american people get to pay for it. Someone said this morning that "ok she made a bad decision" and something about fat cats on wall street....... Stupidity doesnt give you the right to an unsigned check!!!!!! I am sick and tired of my taxes going to lazy, stupid, individuals that CHOOSE not to be a productive member of society!!!!! Welfare is a JOKE !!!!!

Mornin' ME
Isn't the physician as or more irresponsible in this situation knowing about the prior six and the finacial situation? Is this woman being used as an advertisement for his fertility practice at Ca taxpayer expense? Uhgg!

WOW! 14 kids?! dont you think thats 1 to many?!

I am a single mom and I would love to have more children, but I thought I was making the right, responsible choice not to have any. I guess I can also become irresponsible, have a litter of children, my 15 minutes of fame and hold the taxpayers responsible. It sounds like the American dream is alive and well in CA. Did she have fertility treatments to have all those children? Who paid for that? Student loans? This lady is a testament to what this society is coming to...make irresponsible choices and let someone else take care of the repercussions.

I have three children. I am losing my job in the banking industry. Here is a woman with fourteen kids and has her nails done!!! Come on, give me a break! How did she find the time, let alone the resources??!!

Im sure everyone who is judging this woman has something in their closet that we can blog about to. Because it's ALWAYS the people that talk negative about other people that are not happy with themself and probally has something terrible about to blog about other then having children. God himself said populate the world. Satan tears it down. Who's side are you on.

She owes $50,000 in student loans apparently she forgot to take Economics 101

I see that she has fake nails. If she is broke then how does she pay for her nails? I have no sympathy for this woman.

I noticed octo-mom has a French manicure on artificial nails. I work and can't fit them into my budget. I'm so glad she wants to better her life with school while she is ruining the life of her parents and the taxpayers. Had she considered brain cell implants

Since when is 50K in student loans outrageous? Isn't that about average? If not, I feel pretty crummy for my 60K to become a teacher! I certainly don't want to start an argument over how much money a person needs to be making in order to 'properly' raise his/her children–my husband and I probably wouldn't make the cut.

I, and everyone else in America, should not have to pay one dime for an insecure, psycho idiot that has fertility treatments to feed her insecurities! If that's the case, then send me some money, taxpayers! I have twins!! She just smiles in her interviews because she loves the attention! She should be spayed!!

we should take all the kids away and she should have to do time for stealing. state funds.

There are thousands of couples out there who could make wonderful homes for these babies. It is quite obvious this lady is selfish and unable to provide for them. Shame on her.

I don't understand why everyone is giving her such a hard time. There are other woman that have IVF and have multiple children. We don't know if they have debts or government help. Just because her dirty laundry has been made public, now everyone is mad at her. Is it cuz she isnt' marred? Or because she already has 6 kids? Look at John and Kate plus eight, they have a TV show!

Truly this was not a good idea for her to make, however, those children are a reality and will need to be cared for. I just wonder if this womane is the one that needs to be in charge of them. Many women in this country cannot have their own children and would jump at the chance of caring for a child. Women who are more responsible than this mother. Mothering goes beyond just the money to provide for their needs. Without outside help how will she give them the emotional stability they will need????

The point is that SHE made an irresponsable decision, not the doctors. It is no doctor's right to tell a woman how many children she can have. Thankfully all the children are alive and healthy, but the blame for her state lies solely with her, and now the american people are forced to pick up the tab. Sounds to me like John and Kate plus Eight syndrome!

Children are a blessing and we can't always meet all their needs and with our communities and families we manage to survive and carry on. But whichever way you view this story the facts still don't fly. She was not a married woman trying to conceive a child with her husband who ended up with this many kids unexpectedly. She knowingly went into this situation disgarding any common sense as she was single when making this decision, she had NO money, and no job. Who did she think would take care of these needs? I'm still waiting for the little magic ferry to put a incredible check in my mail box to pay my bills so iI won't lose my house, so I can feed and cloth my children, etc. but it doesn't make it happen. Why not have the same standards as adoption. Couples have to show they are capable of the task of adopting just one child. They can be turned down because of age and income and mental status and marital status. Apparently none of these standards were even brought into the picture for this immature female. I have been a divorced mother of two for the past ten years. I have a child with a learning disorder and personally paid for testing, tutoring, and any help I could get for him so he would have a shot to make it in this world even though he simply learns in a manner that doesn't fit the public education cookie cutter mold. There was no help from the state or anyone (and especially not from the public school system). I WORKED MY TAIL OFF AND TOOK CARE OF MY OWN CHILDREN OUT OF MY OWN LABOR PUTTING MY OWN MATERIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS ON HOLD MOST TIMES SO MY BOYS HAD WHAT THEY NEEDED. This has been no easy task I promise. I can't get my hair cut most times because the boys want to eat for some reason and the school system just doesn't allow them to attend school without clothing (which they are always out growing daily). My fingers nails are done professionally or by myself – - Not a need. My body parts are all my own (given free to me at birth and I have a great acceptance of who I am and don't need to replace my starter parts). No job=No insurance unless as an unemployed/unproductive member of your community you are receiving state or federal assistance -– of course that means she is using my (a tax payer) money to pay for her irresponsible selfishness. Yes we should help the children NOT her. There are homes waiting to care for, nuture, and give the attention that a child would demand (not to mention 14 demanding all their needs from only one very incompetent person who cannot even work to feed herself). I just do not believe she can meet the needs of these children physically or mentally and there is an over abundance of facts to support this statement. The doctor I do agree with others should be held accountable and should help in the financial responsibilities of the children he chose to ill advisedly bring into this world. If this is how he behaved on this one decision what other "ill-mannered, unprofessional, unethical" choices is he involved with and does he really need a medical license if he cannot even process basic logic. If she had no money who did the doctor think was going to pay for it? Like so many he probably thought "Don't worry we can get around the system and still get our money out of it for our services". Very arrogant on his part. I think his license needs to be investigated along with his practices.

School loans – - – HA HA. I thought these student loans were for students at an acredited school?! Not raising families, children, clothing for a single-parent home of 15. I want to go back to school to help other children who have been through similar problems as my oldest but right now that desire for myself is on hold (there are other practical ways I can serve at this time). Not to mention that with our economy in its current process of deterioration so many eligible students are finding great dificulty in getting loans just to go to school to get A JOB not to have children they know they cannot provide for. Isn't that some type of fraud or is California really that different in how they just hand out money to anyone even if they are using the money for what they agreed to or not. Maybe if I moved there I could get student loans. Oops, wait a minute, I can't do that because I know many mothers go to school and work and raise their children but as for me that was a choice I could not make seeing the struggle my oldest went through after their father walked out of their lives I need to be available for my youngest. To be honest with you our children are gone in a "skinny minute" and there are no do overs. You had these children they didn't have you. You are a parent and you no longer have the luxury of being self-centered and if you are they are the ones to pay not you. Before you can help anyone else you must take care of yourself. These children will be faced with all sorts of issues we cannot begin to know at this time and will need emotional support. If their mother still has not dealt with childhood issues of her own and making poor choices to date because of those same unresolved issues how will she be able to help them? You can be in a crowd and be lonely. She truly needs to resolve her own issues and figure out how she is going to focus on the needs of her children. Children without disabilities are more than overwhelming but 14 with several special needs mixed in – - – - SHE WAS NOT THINKING OF ANYTHING ABOUT HERSELF.

Potential parents must file applications and be screened for the adoption process (not only for children, but even for pets!) to ensure they are suitable to provide and care for their potential children. I have not done the research, but is there not a similar process for in vitro or artificial inseminations?

Good morning Robin. Why do people pass judgment on this woman. God has given her the gift and desire to give love and to nurture these kids and I beleive it is up to us not to pass judgment on her, but to offer any help we can. Send her a note and let her know we're praying for her family. It does seem like an overwhelming job to take care of 14 kids, but by the Grace of God, and the love and understanding of her fellow Americans, she'll do a great job.

I don't have a problem about her having 14 kids, my problem is when the tax payer will pay her expenses. California already giving us "I owe YOu" on our tax refund. And then this Octo-Mom is getting money from the government. It really makes me mad. I think, she did this in purpose because she's planning to stay home and collect money from us. This is a business for her. I watched the Dateline last nite, and one or three of the six kids has already dissability. Sad, very very sad.

I cannot believe this woman is flat broke but can obviously afford acrylic nails that are perfect! Give me abreak, have you ever tried to pick up a newborn with talons like that? A good mother makes good judgements and does the best for her children before, during and after thier birth. All this woman did was make sure she could have as many babies as possible for attention, greed and irresponsibility. These kids will have mental and physical dissabilites long after her window of fame is over. Way to go MOM!

I think it is perfectly fine to have 14 children ONLY IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO SUPPORT THEM!!! I love children don't get me wrong but I want to support the ones of my own I don't want to have to support hers as well. Quite frankly if she can not afford them now, I would like to know how she was able to pay for the invitro fertalization. I would have more sympathy for her if the couple had, had the babies naturally.

GET A JOB!!! We all are.

she did it for publicity for 15 minutes of fame and of course the stupid media is falling for her tricks and putting her in the spotlight duh who paid for her nails, who paid for her fat lips, she did, while we, the poor public paid for her kids, go america the country is not right.

It seems funny that she has no job and no income but has money for a manicure!

Why is it that irresponsible people always benefit? Hard working, honest people are being laid off, living pay check to paycheck, trying not keep homes, & still have to support irresponsible, ignorant people. But can we get help? Seems the only way to get help is act irresponsible, & lazy. You have no husband, no job, yet you do infertility treatment to have 8 kids?! And expect me to pay for them. I'm angry with the mentalty of people who want everyone else to pay for their idiocy.

The doctor is bound by confidentiality laws so this woman can tell any story she wants and the doctor can NEVER speak up to say what really happened.

I find it hard to believe she was implanted with embryos at all.

Rather, I suspect she got her hands on some Clomid, widely available on the internet, and was 'inseminated' the old fashioned way.

We are just feeding into her!! She needs those kids taken away from her! She can't even provide for herself. Isn't that considered child endangerment? Its not a crime to have that many children but it is a crime to con people out of money...meaning getting money from the taxpayers to pay for her irresponsibility!

This post is for John from 2/11/09 @ 9:11am. Please John, don't give up your American citizenship and leave this country...we also need your tax dollars to keep this women and her brood on welfare. It is bleeding hearts like yours that make a mockery of the entire system. So you think it is okay for people to keep reproducing whether they can feed them or not?!

That woman is crazy and the doctor should loose the license.I think a woman who wants to have babies that way should be required an evaluation just like they do with sex change surgery.

I feel sorry for all those kids because their future don't look good.
The way this kids live is some kind of abuse!

This woman is insane! Point #1 she claims she had no siblings growing up and wanted her kids to have siblings....TWO! TWO kids make siblings, 14 kids make a class! Point #2 Whoever the doctor was that did the implant had to have known she had 6 kids at home, he should pay 1/2 the costs to raise these kids. Implanting in her was negligence. Point #3 If there was a woman down the street from any of us, doing child care in her home, by herself, for 14 kids, all under the age of 7.... there would be 20+ calls made to CPS on that situation. Isn't there a law that 1 adult should be present for every 5 kids? This whole situation is terribly sad for the children and horribly criminal for the selfish mom!!!!!

This infuriates me. We have so many hard-working families facing unemployment and financial ruin with the current state of our economy. I watched her interview on Dateline NBC last night, and her casual and carefree attitude about her decision to have more children, her lack of
employment, and the assistance she is receiving in order to raise these children left me sitting with my mouth hanging open. I wish I had the guts to walk through life letting society pay for my selfish decisions.

Very irresponsible...and I think she got surgery on her face. Who paid for that too? Tax payer?

Everyone is mad at her for having 14 kids, but the way things are set up in this country she is able to do such a thing. She can get welfare. Medical is paid for , food stamps,WIC. Everything she needs she can get paid for by the gov't. (us) College she can get for free because she is unemployed and has kids. They will PAY her to go to school. So why wouldn't she take advantage of all this country has to offer? Others do all the time. It's there for the taking.

Hey Robin-

I love kids too but this lady is just out of control she knew that she was in debt for $50,000 in student but it didn't stop her from having all those kids. i believe that she just doesn't want to work and get money from the state and have three handicap kids is even more money in her pocket. I believe that she should have the kids taken away from her and she should have her tubes tied.

Instead of complaining and criticizing her about her choices, lets be proactive and help her out. She seems to be a loving and caring mother, all opinions laid aside. She wants to continue to better herself and the lives of her children by continuing her education. Now that we see she has a need, we ought to work towards helping her out.

She has no money, how did she pay for Drs. bill to get pregent? Let alone to have her nails done.

I hate the fact that young children are going to suffer because of her stupidity. She knows that it will tug on someone's purse strings, that is why she is doing all of these interviews. With $50,000 in debt and 14 kids there is no way this irresponsible mentally deficient leach is going to ever get her act together. I'm sure Obama will put a little pork in the stimulus package for her....oh wait....according to him there is no earmark spending. Politicians without pork is like the pope without a funny hat.

I SAW IT POSTED "SOCIETY HAS HIT A ALL TIME LOW". YES, I AGREE AFTER READING MAJORITY OF YOUR POSTS I THINK IT IS SAD HOW JUDMENTAL AND NON UNDERSTANDING OUR SOCIEY IS. I SUPPOSE THAT NONE OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION CORRECT? I THINK THAT SOCIETY AS A WHOLE NEEDS TO BE EDUCATED ON THE ISSUES OF OUR LOW CLASS, POVERTY STRICKEN, AND SINGLE PARENT HOMES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND DIFFERENT CURCUMSTANCES OF OUR SOCIETY.
DID SHE WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND SAY, "HEY I THINK I WANT TO HAVE 8 MORE KIDS TO ADD TO MY DIFFICULT LIFE". NO, I DO NOT THINK SHE SAID THAT TO HERSELF. NOT ONLY THAT PEOPLE WHO FORM OPIONS LIKE THE ONES POSTED HERE, THAT NO NOTHING ABOUT HER OR HER SITUATION OTHER THAN WHAT THEY HEAR ON THE NEWS, NEEDS TO STOP AND ASK THEMSELVES WHAT IF SOME HOW YOU ENDED UP IN THIS SITUATION. WOULD YOU WANT ALL OF AMERICAN JUDGING YOU SAYING THESE TYPES OF THINGS? NO DO NOT THINK SO.
I WOULD NOT CHOOSE HER SITUATION FOR MY LIFE AND I AM NOT HER SO I CANNOT SAY WHY SHE WOULD CHOOSE WHAT SHE DID. I DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE USUALLY MAKE THE BEST CHOICE THEY ARE ABLE TO IN THE SITUATION THEY ARE IN. I BELIEVE IN THE FREEDOM OF FREE CHOICE. I WOULD NOT CHOOSE THIS BUT I DO NOT JUDGE HER EITHER.
I AM HAPPY FOR HER THAT SHE IS ABLE TO HAVE HER FAMILY HEALTHY AND HAPPY EVEN IF IT IS BIG. I AM SAD FOR ALL OF YOU WHO MUST PASS JUDGMENT, NOT ONLY PASSING JUDGMENT BUT MOST ARE CAUSING MORE TO THE DETERIATION OF THE FAMILY AND AMERICA THAN THIS WOMAN EVER COULD. BEING JUDGMENTAL, SELFISH, AND NON GIVING IS A HUGE HUMAN PROBLEM. HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD HELP THIS YOUNG WOMAN BECAUSE YOU WANT TO? OR HOW MANY OF YOU ARE HELPING THIS WOMAN ONLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO (TAXES) AND IT MAKES YOU MAD?

One of the things I have seen in the US, is a lack of Cause makes effect.

A woman who already has 6 kids, is eyeball deep in debt, and expects to pay for 8 more children, and their medical bills with money she gets from her student loans, after her post-graduate work.

Some would say we, the people should help her out. And I find that distasteful. The reason being, that there are women in the country, that are running themselves into the ground to support their 1or two kids without any assistance, yet we are expected to assist her, when she has 14 kids?

I'll keep my money in my pocket, and pay for things I can afford, as opposed to throwing my money out the window, supporting someone who knew what she was doing and could have chose not to do it.

I think the news should consensentrate on more important thing then her oh robin I watch you every day I think your a fine lady k:)

This woman is clearly is insane. What's more, she is a criminal.
If she is on welfare or disability and she got a large financial
setttlement, from something, then she is a criminal! Both ways, ALL of the kids should be taken at once!

First time for me to add to a blog but this one has really made me angry. I grew up VERY VERY POOR the 6th of 7 girls.I am working as a single female disabled veteran 60y/o so I can have something for myself and my family. I have been working for 45 years thinking that someday I will have social security and now to know that my hard work is paying for a woman who wanted "more children" not that 6 was enough. We all have needs which are important to live on this Earth but the medical doctor fulfilled this woman's wants not her need. I AM ANGRY! The solution for money to care for "her wants" is to have the medical doctor who did the procedure pay for the 8 children including all current medical till all these children are 18 years old. FROM THIS DAY ON, ANY GROUP, ORGANIZATION, TELEVISION STATION THAT PAYS HER FOR "TALKING," I WILL NOT EVER WATCH OR SUPPORT AGAIN. Has anyone looked at her finger nails-manicure with acrylics on-hummmm, BROKE sure-I almost believe that one-how did she pay for those nails???? Wow, I can't believe this ME society and how warped it is. Hopefully, the BROKE California state will be very watchful and Child Protective Service will be there or may be we will have another Andrea. People think she looks like Angelina Jolie but I think she looks like Andrea Yates. Just my thoughts!!!!!

Didn't the medical team who helped this lady get pregnant know about her pre-existing 6 children?

And didn't they know that she had no source of income?

I'm a physician and it strikes me as strange that if a woman wants to get an abortion, there almost seems to be a psychological, emotional, and theological debate that goes on before she is allowed to do so... but for a divorced, unemployed woman to have 14 children that she cannot support (and the ideal dream that she has that she'll just go to grad school THEN get a job does nothing to explain how she expected to pay for their upbringing in the meantime)!!

I think that the medical team that helped her get pregnant should pay for the upbringing of those children – like child support.

And by-the-way, if she wanted a big family had she heard of adoption? There are easily 14 children out there someone who could use a maternal figure in their lives! Oh, but wait, adoption agencies have limitations such as the ability to support the adopted child... something that apparently the IVF clinic personnel didn't consider!

Is anyone happy with this? Not the taxpayers, nor the grandparents, certainly not the older children she has, not the clinic with all its negative publicity its received and the bloggers. Oh wait there is someone who is happy with this...the unknown and unaccountable sperm donor!

I have a couple of questions. If she is in such dire financial straits as she claims, where did the funds for the fertility treatments come from? Also, what doctor in his right mind would perform fertility treatments on a patient with her medical and financial history? The real story here should be identifying how many medical ethics were violated to feed one patients ego and one doctors wallet.... Deep doesn"t begin to describe where she is going to be when the 15 minutes are up...

I love children. However, as a parent I want to give the best to my children. That is why we choose to only have two. Two is what we felt we could give the best of our time, energy and love. I do no see how you could do that with 14 children. The love yes, but the time, energy and money – NO. It is not right for the tax payers to foot the bill for her to all of those children. Again, that is why we have two and not 3 or 4!!
If you are going to have them, then you should be able to care for them emotionally and finacially!

i think it totally irresponsible on her and the doctors part to even consider this kind of procedure. she should have her head examined and the doctor should investigated and made to fund all costs of raising these kids until they are 18 years old and also have his right to practice medicine pulled indefinely.

Robin
I know that you try to show both sides of an issue. If you look at all the blogs on this issue you will see that a overwhelming number all speak to the same thing.That this mother and her doctor where irresposible. We the tax payers are going to pay.

We have more pressing problems in the world than spending our time criticizing a woman who enjoys being a Mother. Anyone who criticizes her for being lazy obviously hasn't chased a bunch of small children around all day, bathed, fed & loved them – it is very exhausting work and Childbirth is not a day at the spa! After reading the harsh criticisms on this blog, I feel like we need more loving mothers in this world studying for their doctorate degree in psychology!!

Why is everyone so negative on here? Who knows, she might meet a rich successful single guy, maybe an architect, who has a dozen or so kids of his own, fall in love together and get married. Then they can use the President's stimulus plan to buy a house with 18 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms

100 yrs ago, having a large family with the number of kids that Ms. Suleman has was the norm, not unusual. However, there were almost always 2 parents and the ages were of a greater range, older children to help with the younger ones when needed..... look at the family from Arkansas, and not 10 children under the age of two. The positive side is that she is planning to finish her education and not just sit home and have more babies. If what she says is true, then that gives me some hope that I won't be paying for her mistake. I will wait to pass judgement on her for a couple of years when we hear how she has managed her time and the responsibility of all of those children. More of a concern to me is will the clinic she went to change some policies so that this doesn't happen again? I believe a responsible decision was missed by all parties involved, not just the mother or the doctor.

Lawana,
Who is judging, I am merely stating a fact, everytime the grandmother is on camera she is running the daughter down, and no I may not be a grandmother at this time but hopefully I will be when my children are ready to be parents, and like anyone I will have to make the choice how involved or uninvolved I want to be, this grandma doesn't have to be involved if she doesn't want to be, she is choosing to be and then wants to act the martyr, she always has the choice to say no, and I think every idiot out there that thinks these babies need to be taken away because the woman is poor needs to check their own hats in first, maybe everyone that has been divorced and broken up their family needs to have their kids removed because that will definitely cause emotional damage and scarring to the kids who cares if the parents can afford them everything, how about everyone who lost their job, hey let's take the kids away you can't afford them now, you know it isn't hard to be a good parent when you only have to be a parent a couple of hours a night or on the weekends and the rest of the time strangers are raising your kids, and the ones saying let the kids starve, I hope their are no children in your life because this type of mindset is very sadistic!

I wish the Ann Curry interview was less lenient and more to-the-point, asking questions such as those asked by several people on this blog, like:

1. "how'd you pay for it?"
2. "you say you're trying to do it independently – then, why are you living at your mother's house and not your own?"
3. "you say that you aren't using the government's help – then who pays for food stamps?"
4. "you say that once you get your degree, you'll be able to support the children – how did you expect to study, go to class, and even go to work with 14 children at home?"

Perhaps Nancy Grace can take up the baton and ask such questions...?

Katherine Gary's blog (from above) is right on... can not sum it up any better.

Even if you don't consider the financial problems with a single mom having so many children, how can she possibly give them the individual love and attention that children need to thrive both physically and emotionally? With multiple births there is a higher possibility that some of the new babies will also have disabilities. Raising the child she already had who is autistic was enough of a challenge. Now she wants to be an expert on child rearing? Let's see if she still feels like an expert when most of them are teenagers at the same time! As for the woman who said we should not be able to legislate how many children a woman can have... and mentioned foster parents with large families.. think about it.. it is because of irresponsible women such as the one we are discussing that the people willing to foster children have so many..Thank God there are people who will foster children. I have four children, three of them are adopted.

If the media in any capacity, does anything more than direct this confused woman to the same assistance provided to any other person in America, and nothing more, then the responsibility for sending an obviously wrong message will be the fault of media.

Help her out, are you kidding? That is exactly what is wrong with this country. I'm not giving her a dang dime (unfortunately I am as a taxpayer)

Poor people, let's help everybody out! We'll just punish people that have worked their tails off to get what they have and give it to irresponsible people to squander.

This is an example of why our country is sliding down a slope to socialism. What happened to being responsible for ones own decisions and actions? Life is hard, it's even harder when your stupid. Whether the state takes her kids or she keeps them, it will be a financial burden on that state that will be paid for by guys like me that work hard to make ends meet.

Now I feel bad. I would love to help with a suggestion for her.

Get a job!

This woman is obviously not mentally or emotionally capable of raising even one child, so how can California let her keep 14 children? The answer is they cannot and they should not. They should immediately remove all 14 children and adopt them out to good and loving families! It will admittedly be hard on the existing 6 children for a while, but much better for them in the long run. The mother should be institutionalized to see if her mental issues can be resolved, and the clinic that performed the IVFs should be forced to cover the medical bills for the octuplets. Even if the mother is one day deemed "cured", she should not be allowed to see these children again, at least until they're adults.

It may not be illegal to bring 14 children into the world, but if you can't support them and you don't have a spouse to help, it is borderline child abuse. If the taxpayers are going to be required to foot the bill for the care of these babies, then we should have a say in this. I say put these poor children up for adoption and let loving families give them a safe home.

I'm glad the woman got help from florida but we've been on the housing list for 10 years from the florida keys.We finally had to leave the keys . Now we are going to be living in the woods in inverness,florida. we have no address. This is my mother's place. Must leave after this week. My husband has been trying to get his social security disability for 11 years after falling 30ft. and having a 300 lb. mast hit him on the head.He has 5 doctors giving him a 100 percent. He also has lukimia and keinback's disease of the right hand. He broke his hand on Dec. 1 of last year. when we went to the hospital get help we found out we have no insurance. They never set his hand. He still has a broken hand.We took our last 75.00 on a doctor and still got no help. That was money we could have used.He has other medical problems too. . We had medicaid but when social security denied him they cut it off. I was at a job for a year. I only missed a day and a half.We had to leave the keys. had a job but no housing. Could'nt afford rent. Costs 4000.00 to move into a place. I only made 8.00 a hour.Please help if possible. Have no idea what to do.Can't get help anywhere. He has medication do and I have no money. I love my husband and I feel like a failure. 24 years married. We watch you every morning. But that is coming to even coming to a end. If you could help that would be great. I don't know where to turn. Thank-you.Please email me back if you have time.Have much more to say but don't want to bug you too much.This is the short version. Desperately seeking help. Scott and Tina P.S. (If we kiss Obama could we get help too.) (911)

I CAN NOT BELIEVE THE MEDIA IS GIVING SO MUCH ATTENTION TO THIS. IT SEEMS AS IF THIS IS COMING DOWN TO ECONOMIC STANDING AND BEING A SINGLE MOM. WHEN JOHN AND KATE HAD THEIR 6 CHILDREN AND ALREADY HAD 2 AT HOME, TLC GAVE THEM SHOW. A COUPLE IN ARIZONA HAD 6 BABIES LAST YEAR AND IT WAS ALL POSITIVE MEDIA COVERAGE. EVERY TIME I TURN ON THE NEWS THE FIRST THING I HEAR REGARDING THIS STORY IS...SHE IS A SINGLE MOTHER....SHE SHARES A HOUSE WITH HER PARENTS. SO IF SHE WAS MARRIED AND HAD A BEAUTIFUL HOME THEN IT WOULD BE OK??? STOP THE ECONOMIC DIVIDE THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS! GIVE THE WOMAN A BREAK ALREADY!

No it is not illegal to have 14 children, but it is morally wrong to spend $100,000 on the procedure to have all of those children when you are unable to support them after the fact! That is not fair to those children. She went overboard and there is something with her!

No, it's not illegal to have that many children. But to have that many children and expect the taxpayers to pay for it? That's completely different. As I see it, if we're paying for the kids, I think I should get one of them. She knew perfectly well what she was doing when she had these kids. They are her meal ticket and unfortunately the way this world is, she will get what she wants and the kids will suffer. This woman should be sterilized, though, it's a bit too late now.

Since when did personal responsibility for one's choices go out the window? Uncle Sam, aka the U.S. Tax payer, shouldn't be responsible for providing for the poor planning of any U.S. citizen. Yes, as citizens of the United States of America and as decreed in the Declaration of Independence we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness but not at the expense of other citizens / taxpayers. The doctor and the practice should be prosecuted for gross negligence due to the burden placed on the U.S. taxpayer. The 14 children should be immediately remanded to child services custody and placed with foster parents with adoption being the ultimate goal. The mother should be mentally evaluated for her present state of mind, sterilized to keep her from attempting IVF again and prosecuted for gross negligence due to the burden placed on the U.S. Taxpayer. Unfortunately, in our kinder, gentler nation none of these actions will be taken. She will receive Welfare, food stamps, and educational benefits for her master's degree. The fabric of her life will quickly disintegrate to chaos unless she has the support of a like minded organization such as a church. Either way, with 14 children, 8 of which are infants, in her life she will be involved with child services numerous times and ultimately loose custody of most if not all of her children. The sooner the better.

What about the $160K+ Suleman got from her workman's comp settlement? Let her pay for her own selfishness and irresponsibility! Why should taxpayers have to pay for it?

There is nothing wrong with having multiple childred IF you can afford them. However she can't and knew she could not when she started this debacle. We already have enough people in this country with children that have no money and have to rely on state/county funds to feed and clothe them. It is not only unfair to the children we are already supporting, it is unfair to the 8 newly born that they start life on the welfare line.

God never gives us more than we can handle. It would be nice to be positive about this situation, instead of us once again running people into the ground. As far as the tax payers go. I am a tax payer and what upsets me more than an american women having fourteen children, is knowing that this economic bail-out money is going for outrageous bonuses that we the tax payers will have to pay back. What's wrong with us? We will support foreigners but we won't help our own. God Help us.

This is a clear-cut indicator of money being the root of all evil once again. Need I remind you that fiat money is not real money in the first place? What much of America is essentially saying is that because this woman is not wealthy, these children are better off NOT EXISTING. Do you not see how ludicrous that is? I'm sure if you ask these children in a few years if they are glad to be alive they'll all tell you 'yes'.

it is sad shame that this woman and her Dr have acted so ignorant. The children will suffer for this. I think the Dr that Planted those babies should have to support them
He after all is supposed to be educated and held more accountable. she should not be able to keep any of those babies

We think this is ridiculous that she has no job and has 14 kids...how is she going to raise them with no income....she should have thought about that before she thought about bringing them into the world...people that can't have kids would love to have one and she took it upon herself to have 8 kids she could give them to someone who actually has a job and could take care of it.......

IM NOT SURE WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT 14 CHILDREN. BUT IF THEY DO THAT IS THEIR BUSSINESS. EXCEPT WHEN THEY CANT PAY FOR IT, THEN IT BECOMES MY BUSSINESS. RORE, WE AS TAX PAYERS BECOME RESPONSIBLE. FURTHERMORE, I SHOULD GET ONE CHILD ONE WEEKEND OUT OF THE MONTH, IF IM PAYING FOR THE CHILD.

This woman is totally irresponsible. Now, if you believe everything the news reports, she has been living on food stamps, aid for her disabled children, and disability. So if she's broke, how did she pay for the fertility treatments? Sounds like the tax payers have. I for one don't want to give her more tax dollars to have more children. It sounds like she has the same addiction to pregnancy as others have to plastic surgery and tattoos. Momfields needs to look at the bigger picture. People aren't angry about large families who can AFFORD the children they have, or to people who run foster homes that exsist because of irresponsible parents who have children and don't care for them and they need other people to. Which, is where those 14 children just may end up. Other note, if an educational institution is about to give this woman a Master's degree in counseling (she'll be her own first patient), then I should be getting mine in rocket science.

I just read the comment on tv where the woman said that it's not illegal for this woman to hav 14 children and that there are bigger families out there. It was also mentioned about adoptive families. Here is my comment to you, there may be bigger families out there but these families probably aren't out there getting pregnant over and over again for purely selfish reasons no matter the cost to the children, and if they are shame on them the same as there should be shame on this woman. And don't bring adoptive families into this discussion because that is people providing a home for other people's children whom would not otherwisehave one. That is the stupidest remark I have heard because adopting a child to give them a home is a very unselfish thing to do. Continuously getting fertilized and having this many children without means to care for them is extremely selfish.

I would like to see the law step in and take any and all money she gets from this to pay her bills allso if thier is money left its left in a fund to help the ones that really derseve to be helped. really the women should be charged with emmbezllement and fraud as its can be seen she had plans to take the system for all she could.

Even if a person is found to have 14 CATS and has no means to properly care for them, Animal Control is required to remove the animals "for their welfare." What they don't do is pay the "hoarder" more money as she/he chooses to acquire more and more and more animals that they cannot provide for. It would seem that society has more concern with the nurture and welfare of animals than of these beautiful, innocent children.

I am one of 14 children raised in NYC whose father worked as a tire salesman and later for the NYFD.People dont know what they are talking about when condemning large families like ours~! When my mother gave birth to#14 the day before Mother's Day in 1971, we made the cover of the NY Daily News. We also had one several years in a row, The Largest Family Award at the annual picnic at Wolfe's Pond on Staten Island. My parents were civic leaders of the B.L.A.S.T. org that defeated the installation of LNG tanks on Staten Island in the 70's and are members of the Right to Life anti-abortion organization. They provided well for us, as we grew up. My mother stayed at home and my father worked. We had wonderful Easters and Christamases and all my brothers & sisters grew up and have successful careers in the endeavours they chose. What I HATE ABOUT THE FOOLS that condemn large families, saying that they can not afford them is they fail to realize the parents will do whatever is neccessary to take care of the children they love.We didnt grow up on welfare as some nitwits seem to think are the sole support of large families and my father worked very hard to match the support needed to ensure our quality of life. This new family of 14 has many challenges ahead of them and for people to condemn them, I am appalled. My mother received so many hate mails after the NY Daily News article in 1971 that it broke her heart. I remember wanting to go after the one ignorant woman in Long Island who said it was her husband's hard earned tax dollars that supported 'people like us', which was so ignorant and unfactual, that had I met the woman, I would have slapped her face~ Large families aren't what is wrong with America, selfish,self rigteous,ignorant, pro-choice narcissists are~!

Why is it so wrong to help this woman out. We help out tons of families that are on welfare everyday. I am sure there are a lot more families out there with even more kids and we help them out. What makes this case so different. Shouldn't we be thankful that all of her children are happy and healthy.

I think is it no ones business. Why is the press so into this story ands what right does anyone have to judge this woman? If she did this pregancy for publicity You reporters are doing a good job of it. Let the state take care if this. I do say she needs to get a job! For any one to judge her on how many children she has is wrong. I am getting sick of hearing this story.

I think that with anything in life, one must think outside the moment. This woman obviously did not think or care about how her decision to have this many children would affect her body and health, the children, or those around her. Yes, if she can take care of her 14 children on her own, I'm all for it! But her poor mother is the one tt is taking care of these children, and so will all the taxpayers. This type of logic is what has our nation in the financial mess that it is in today. Just because you can do a thing does not mean that you should do it. This was extremely poor judgement, and yes, this mom is extremely selfish. She'll never be able to get a Master's degree because she will not be able to focus on long enough on course work with 14 babies crying and needing this and that. Again, her poor mother is going to be the one raising these children, that is if Child Protective Services does not step in. One last point, if the cat lady can have her cats removed for having too many cats within a confined area, then so should this woman. 14 children in a 3 bedroom home is cruel and inhumane.

UNBELIVABLE! This world is full of nosy people...let live and let God...who are you all to judge? As long as you do not have to raise these children...who cares? She seems to be a loving mother and has a well supportive system...Look at the real things...like mother young, old and dissfunctional...bringing children to this world and killing, abusing or giving them away....THIS WOMAN HAS NOT ASKED NONE OF YOU CRITICS FOR A.N.Y.T.H.I.N.G. and if she decides to accept anything from the news world money or not...its her right and the world has given her that right as all this coverage....CHECK OUT THE OTHER ONES THAT HAVE THAT MANY KIDS...LIKE shown on the discovery channel and they keep adding to the life line....whether they have 8 and adding. Mind your own! Get a life!

I am a product of a large family of 10. Dad was a postal employee; we had no medical insurance and were fortunate to have experienced no major medical care crisis. We were not on welfare or food stamps. Mom returned to work when I entered highschool. She paid for the tuition! Incidently, they both had only an 8th grade education as victims of depression of the 30's.

Dad was proud to serve the country, and is a Purple Heart recipient.
Mom was proud we required no government aid since it would be a crime to her to rely on taxpayer money.
PRIDE in our independence was inherited from our immigrant grandparents. This was the reason they came to the USA! Had they known their tax money would be spent friviously, and even stolen, they may have supported Mussolini and Stalin (Italy and Russia). Where would the USA be today!

JUST MORE TAX's for us the one's with real job's my wife and i don't have KID'S we know we CAN'T AFFORD THEM KNOW

One more thing... Suleman is now the new face of the welfare mom. Nicely manicured fingernails, nice outfit, and good hairdo while her poor mother is at home taking care of her children who probably are running around with diapers and t-shirts on.

This woman has the same parental planning skills as a feral cat, and as such she should be spayed immediately. Why do we believe that she may be done now, with her grasp of reality and what it takes to really care for a child, she might think that she could go for another dozen or so.

Having 14 children is not a crime. People are outraged because of this womans circumstances. She has no father for these children, no money, her parents have claimed bankruptcy from helping her support the first 6 kids, 3 of those kids are disabled, she gets food stamps, the money she got from disability and student loans she used for in-vitro fertilization, her nose job and lip injections. It is selfish and irresponsible to purposely have so many children all at once with tax payer money and burdening her family. She wanted fame and now she has it, she is hoping for her own TV show or free handouts and if she gets that she will set a bad example to many people. In this day and age people who can't afford children shouldn't be able to have them.

WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS IN OUR COUNTRY, DO PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THE ISSUSES THEY BRING INTO PLAY WHEN DOING SOMETHING LIKE HAVING ALL THESE CHILORED. WE AS A PEOPLE MAKE THINGS EVEN RUFFER ON EVERONE WHEN WE CONTRIBUTE I A MANNER SUCH AS THIS CASE OF A SINGLE MOTHER HAVING ALL THESE CHILDRED, WITH MORE CHILDREN STILL AT HOME..

Hey Robin,
Wow, another blog from me-the old lady. WE ALL NEED YOUR HELP, PLEASE!!! If it is irresponsibility on both the woman's part for her wants and the medical doctor providing those wants at the expense of all of us taxpayers......CAN YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THE FOLLOWING......Can we as taxpayers sue them for abusing the tax dollar? Can we do something because with the economy the way it is there any justice for the taxpayer? I am still very angry and now I have my wants and that is justice!

Having one baby, let alone 14 with no plan is irresponsible and immorral. This woman has an obligation to each and every one of them, not the American taxpayer. I have 6 children and no one is rushing to my aid to help pay the enormous expenses associated with having them. I knew what I was getting into when I made the conscience decision to have my children. This woman had no plan, no husband or significant other, and no job and she is delusional if she thinks she is going to have any time to go back to school. This woman has placed all of the responsibility for the care of these children square on the shoulders of the taxpayers. She has placed these children in danger. She clearly thinks that she has found a loop hole in the system. My preys are with the children, not her.

I think she's a nut job!! I think that this was NOT a miraculous event. This was a man made fiasco for publicity and money - both on the mother's part as well as the doctor/clinic's part. Disgusting!!! She isn't capable of caring for 14 children - especially seeing how more likely than not she's going to end up with more than three who are special needs now.

I think that woman is a nut case and cannot possible raise all those children on her own. She will need assistance(welfare) and (medical) from the taxpayers. The doctor should be the one responsible for all money issues since he knew she was not married and did not work as well, as she already had six children. This girls mother and father talked to the doctor and asked him not to do this, but he would not listen. He needs to be held accountable. Total irresponsible doctor and mother. She is not on assistance sorry but if the Federal Government is paying $190.00 per month because of her current disabled children that is welfare and food stamps are welfare. She is going to school on government assistance otherwise known as FAFSA low interest loans, that she will never be able to pay back. I am sick and tired of societies mentality that welfare(taxpayers) are to provide money, food, clothing, medical and housing for irresponsible selfish people like this woman. She is only thinking of herself and I think the babies should be put up for adoption or the doctor who impregnated her should pay all her bills medical and living expenses. They are both irresponsible people who do not care about the helpless children that they brought into this world. It is time for accountability from all.

In regards to momfields...sorry, but NO, I have been foster parenting in many states since 1987 and there is usually a limit of about 6 children in the foster family home, including your own children and you must have a waiver to have more that that number. You also must prove that you can support your own family before you are able to qualify to take care of the foster children, not to mention, the other background checks, etc. So unless she is talking about a group home, which also have limits or a facility, or other special classification, she is mistaken.
Fostermom Debi

My Grandmother was left a widow with 12 small children..she never drove and she raised 12 wonderful human beings...6 boys and 6 girls.my Grandfather had nothing to leave her when he died at 42 years old. The only unfortunate thing about her life with 12 childen is that not 1 of them had a chance to go to college. My Dad wanted and regretted it all of his life. He wanted to be a Dr. but it was not possible. They lived in a 2 bedroom very small apartment which was right next door to the school they all attended. The grocery stores were close by and so was the movie theatre which they loved. Now today we have a young girl living in a prison..waiting for her trial ..who allegedly killed the only daughter she had ..and unknown people are sending her money to eat her way to oblivion. So...tell me..why scorn a girl who loves her children..all 14 of them...I think she could use the help instead of Casey Anthony....At least give Nadya a chance to prove she loves those children enough to sacfrice her well being to care for her babies!!!

Ave, you are missing the whole point about large families.

Nobody is condemning large families.

Sounds like you had a responsible Mother and Father to support your large family.

The whole point is that she has no husband or paying job to support 14 kids.

BTW – using capital letters in an email is a sign of rage.

Ave,
I think you are seeing this all wrong. Mostly people aren't slamming large families that do so and have the means to care for them. It appears your family was made with love and by natural means. But the difference is that this woman unnaturally made these babies out of selfisheness and to fullfill her own mental need. She does not have the means to care for these babies and any future medical problems they may have. My concern is that at some point as these babies grow, she will begin to get bored with them or stressed out by any special needs they may have. This will end up being the problem. I think this woman is obsessed with "babies" not children. Hence the fact she just keeps having more and more.

I want to know how this doctor planned on being paid esp. since she is UNEMPLOYED. We are angry because we have tried unsuccessfully to find a Fertility Specialist that was affordable and would start with IVF. We will never have children otherwise, yet this woman with already 6 kids finds and gets a doctor to implant 8 embryos. I'm saddened and sickened at the same time. We have the money to raise a child but can't get the help. She doens't have the money is unemployed, is on state assistance and had 8 more babies on top of the ones she can't pay for already. Those kids... all of them should be taken from her. That is child abuse, other kids from other families have been taken away for less causes. She's unstable, Period. If the doctor would have taken the time to interview her properly he would have known that. Is it fair that the public pay for her "wants"? She should have to be made to get a jFULL TIME job in 6 months, and off of WELFARE COMPLETELY. IF not then the kids should be taken immediatly. Also, just because she says she's going to go back to school, she should still have to get a FULL TIME job and be off of WELFARE in 6 months, and not let off the hook. She chose to be IRRESPONSIBLE, it's not the publics responsibility to raise her kids. She just put even more of a financial burden on the state of California and her people that are already struggling. She should also be banned from having more children.

What wrong with all you Americans? Let's help Nadya Suleman
raise her kids. Why is everyone so negative that a woman has
a few extra kids than most of us. I say let's set up a help fund
to help her out. Just tell me where to send the money.

Shannon,
If you think this is noone's business then why are you even on this site blogging about it? Kind of being a hippocrate don't ya think?

Let's get this straight. A lady with a back injury, six children, no husband, no job, is currently a student, and lives at home with her parents decides to have more children by invitro fertilization. Her doctor implants 6 eggs which turn into 8 fertilized eggs and produce 8 babies. She and the doctor that helped her must have serious mental and/or ethical problems. I feel sorry for her parents that bear the burden of taking care of these children while she finishes her education. Yes, children are a blessing, but shouldn't we try to bring them into the world by using some common sense. It's just seems like such a selfish decision from both the mother and doctor. I agree with others in saying, "What was she thinking?" I'd also like to know where the money came from to pay for the invetro fertilization; I understand that is a huge cost, like $25k, and I'm sure the clinic did not do it for free. If the government somehow paid for this procedure, this would be another area that should have stricter regulations.

Ken Starr, I hope you are joking.

robin this is getting more tacky every day but we all have to remember that we still live in a free society and just because we don't agree with what people do does not mean that we should tar and feather them in the public square.
"sean in santa rosa"

She disgusts me! 14 kids? We should not have to pay for her terrible mistakes. She is going to TRY to go back to school but who is going to pay for the 4-5 babysitters a day that watch them while she is gone? She wants to be a counselor? She needs a counselor!!! She obviously has some kind of mental disorder, that needs to be diagnosed to make sure she can even take care of 1 child. i disapprove all the couples that have huge families, its just wrong, they ask the community for help and they get it! during this recession the community needs that money and should be saving it for something more important like a new road or something everyone can use. its not our problem they cant afford the numerous children. what about those people that cant have any children? i think her kids should be taken away from her and given to multiple families that can give them the love and attention they deserve, because everyone knows she wont be able to no matter how much welfare she gets. Also there needs to be a law on how many kids a person can have, say 7 at the most thats still way too many but it would be better than all these people that have 8-18 kids. Plus there needs to be a law about fertility treatments, if you don't have much money, no job, AND/OR your not mentally stable then we cant help you have a baby. Too bad we couldn't do that with all pregnancies.

Doctors have no business deciding whether their patients will be "worthy" of parenthood. If that were the case, we'd likely have many fewer children in the world.

With all the outrage over the birth control component included in the earlier version of the stimulus bill, perhaps we should reconsider whether covering birth control would actually save us more taxpayer money in the long run. Compare the costs of birth control for this woman versus the costs of 14 children over many years...perhaps a lifetime. All of her kids may end up on welfare. Who'll pay for that?

How did she pay for fertility treatments which are known to be outrageously expensive? Last time I checked, food stamps don't cover that...

Since the doctor made it possible. Let's have him pay for them. If I was a tax payer in California I would be more than a little irritated at the prospect of paying for the bad behavior of these two people. (mom and doctor) This is a slap in the face of every person who has had to go through the process of adoption or in-vitro responsibly. The legitimate fertility doctors should be furious, that this doctor has made a mockery of a noble profession.

My wife and I recently spent 3 years and over 50k at a well known infertility clinic and still have no children. Now taxpayers will support this woman – who already has 6 – in raising and caring for these additional 8. Maybe instead of becoming another burden to taxpayers, she should help those less fortunate who could give a child a loving and self-supporting home.

Ken, you are the problem with us Americans. Instead of saying lets help this mom out by providing her the means (products, services, education, mental help) to pull herself out of this pickle and possibly provide a future for herself and her children, you would rather just give handouts of money so she doesn't ever learn that she needs to be responsible for her actions. Well, many of us Americans are getting tired of this point of view. And with the economy and so many people finding themselves unable to even afforde for themselves why should people feel that they need to help this woman who chose her situation?

Why was this woman approve to have more children in the first place?!
#1 ) She's jobless.
#2 ) She's living with her parents.
#3 ) She's in debt.
Are we not seeing a pattern here?
Can someone PLEASE think of the children?!
Fertility Clinics really need to do more backround checks on people, or at least make sure they are financially stable. But alas the taxpayers get the bill for a few peoples ignorance once again, Hooray.

I agree with all the bloggers, SHE and the IVF Clinic are irresponsible! I've had 4 kids, and been a signle mom, but because I worked I couldn't even get food stamps! There was even one time I went to the blood clinic and sold my blood so the kids could rent games and movies. We even went out and collected cans so they could have an allowence. Sounds weird, but we did what we had to do. Now that they are all grown up I have time to go back to school. Now, at 48 some think I'm crazy for wanting to learn animation/simulation programming! And before they thought I was crazy for trying to raise 4 kids!! GO FIGURE?

And by the way, they all don't like welfare, but know it's there as a temporary assistance, NOT a way of life. I think this woman should have known this!

This woman is ill! Some viewers wonder why she's being criticized for having a big family .... maybe it's because of her prompt decision to hire a publicist to promote TV interviews that would provide big bucks, free gifts ... and maybe even a new home! It's a degrading way of using her babies for profit.
And WHO will be changing diapers and feeding the 8 infants .... not to mention caring for the other 6 children (meals, dishes, LAUNDRY) while Mom's at school??
Oh ~ does Mom have any ideas about how SHE might pay some of the hospital bills??
No one cares how many children she has .... when SHE can pay the expenses herself, and provide their daily needs on her own.

Robin, I think it is stupid and selfish and an attempt to focus attention
on herself for this person to bring more babies into this world when
she has THREE children with disabilities already. She does not look
like a person who is mentally stable. Her answers to the financial
and health questions don't make any sense. I felt like Anne Curry
was having to pull answers from her on the Dateline interview.

She should be in a mental hospital as a patient. The children should
probably be split up in different homes where their needs could be
met. And, the Dr. who implanted her knowing she already had
six kids needs to be in JAIL

Sadly, there are many people who have learned to live off the government at all costs, even the cost of a child's best interest. She's already getting disability payments, (one for herself and another for each child). I understand the disability is for a back injury–give me a break, how can someone with a bad back carry carry 8 babies! She's also getting food stamps. No wonder Social Security and government welfare programs are going broke! I know a 58 year-old woman with severe degenerative disk disease and has worked since she was 16 and has been waiting two-and-a-half years to get an answer from Social Security on whether she qualifies for disability benefits! She's not alone in her venture to do nothing productive except have children in order to support herself. My sympathy is for the kids, not her! My prayer is that the children will be removed from her care and placed with someone who will love them and nurture them, as opposed to her own mental deficientcies!

This is disgusting and selfish. I can not believe in the year 2009 we still have stupid women making stupid decisions! Ms. grad student you think would have half a brain to understand what comes along with having so many children. Lets see how a single, unemployed mother is going to raise 14 children in her mothers home, and provide for them. Oh yea with government help thats how. But does everybody see how quick she was to get interviews and now has a website for donations. It makes me sick how now taxpayers...people who actually go to work everyday are going to pay for this. Her older mother, who should be enjoying retirement, is now taking on her daughters problem. She is nothing but selfish; do yourself a favor Nayda and pull your head out of your ass!

Wow!...it just typifies so many Americans' attitudes though. The entitlement epidemic has reached outlandish heights. Too many people run around thinking that this world owes them what they want...no matter what.

This woman should be charged for larceny, fraud, and child endangerment. The kids would be better served in adopted homes with parents that have some grip on reality and an income. Just think what the next generation from this family will ask of us!

Like many others, I also noticed that she is expecting us to pay her medical and child care bills, but she has that manicure, and probably many other things that would make us all sick if we knew about them.

But she is not the only one suckiing the rest of us dry in this country...just one of the most proud!

She should have stopped having babies long before number 6! She couldn't afford them then, she can't afford them now. The taxpayers should not be responsible to help her raise her children, any more than we should have to bail out all the homeowners who made mistakes with their mortgages, and are now losing their homes! Or pay for the company execs who get million dollar salary bonuses even when their company is going under. When do the rest of us, working hard, making our mortgage payments, making wise investments, and paying for our own children going to benefit? SHE'S JUST PLAIN NUTS!

I know we should not tell people if they should or should not have kids. Where is the line drawn!? We need to be responsible adults before making decisions. There needs to be preplanning and counseling before making decisions like these. People need to develop a plan A, plan B, plan C for emergency situations. This is a consequence of poor decision making on of the parent and the medical professionals.

At some point people need to be personally accountable and responsible for their decisions. I understand and totally agree that resources need to be available to help people get back on their feet ...but temporary help, not permanent support. These resources need to provide people encouragement and support to be self sufficient and personally responsible. Not just monetary help, this is a quick fix. How about an actual proactive plan. This is more long term and a better solution for the American citizen and community. Not to mention puts less stress on every citizen as a tax payer. After all resources are exhaustible. Quite possibly we might be exhausting our resources with this economic mess. Sometimes people need to learn consequences so they do not make the mistake again. Ooops! Did I say that, someone should suffer with the consequences? No not suffer, but life has consequences and God knows we need to learn from them. Well, maybe people need to admit when they’re wrong, deal with it, get over it, make a proactive long term plan and a quick fix for temporary help, implement, and move on! How about something new? Instead of take, take, take, mine, mine, mine,... how about GIVE HELP, RECEIVE HELP, THEN HELP YOURSELF!

I would love to hear how much money she is going to get in support. At some point there is a line. What does this say to people who make good decisions in times of toughness and they get no help? I know life is not fair, but this is truly not fair. This is taking advantage of the system. I know we need to be all right with our rhetoric and political correctness, but to the point where it takes advantage of the system? It is just “shooting yourself in the foot.” It’s stupid! Do not apply this by assuming I mean we should not help people. That is completely wrong. Honestly though, where is the line drawn? Maybe, we need some new lines and regulations to prevent the system from being taking advantage of? (Since we are in such a mess why don’t we just trial the Fair Tax for a year or six months, might as well, what could it hurt?) Where the hell did COMMON SENSE, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND CONSEQUENCE GO!

As a health professional what were these health professionals thinking? Did they consider her financial situation to ensure this would be a healthy choice? They are the ones that need to pay for her mess. They should have never had let it happen in the first place. With the risks involved of being able to support her family, if she wanted a child she should have adopted one child. There are many children that need homes. There needs to be some new regulations to prevent the system from being taken advantage of because of this case and many others like it. This is not the tax payers job to pay for this mess. This is not a result of unforeseen hardship where governmental assistance is needed. This is the result of poor choices on both sides and they should be responsible for everything. Poor choices = consequences! Wake up people!

Not only does she have her nails done, you can't tell me those lips are not cosmetically enhanced! As for paying for the babies delivery and hospital care, maybe the state of CA or MedCal should sue the so called doctor that was responsible for the procedure itself–i am sure he has insurance. The taxpayers of CA should not be held responsible for this and the doctor should have his license revoked because this should be considered malpractice of ultimate proportions. I also think that after seeing the home in which these babies will probably be taken to and with a mother who does not work, the state should remove them from her care and let families adopt them–those that have the mental well being and means of giving basic care to a child.

There should be a news special to highlight the concerns of parenting so many children – the financial costs, related stress, loss of free time, burdens imposed upon family and society, and medical expenses. CNN could remind the public of these very real concerns as a means to reduce the likelyhood of others following this example. The social services system is already over-burdened, under-financed and under-staffed.

Why is everyone being so mean to this woman?
Everyday women have baby after baby to get more food stamps and they already have 6 six with 6 diferent men,maybe they dont even know who the babys dad is!
People is ABORTION any better?
What about that doctor who did this? It was $$ in his pocket. Shame on him not the mom.
We need to pray for the children and hope they stay healthy and safe.
The way people are treating this mom is SICK, stop judging.Aren't there more important things to worry about.......

I am for people staying out of others bussniess but when this BS is happening and can rasie are taxes and she cant suprort her self or the childeren than I have a god given right to yell. If a person is able to rasie that many great butr this lady cant and if you really look at she is doing a lousy job of rasieing herself. People are making laws on smoking this is one that should be laws to protect the tax payers.

This is ridiculous! Tax payers should not pay for her mistakes. Let the welfare organizations take these babies from this worthless individual and give them to parents who are looking forward to raise them as decent human beings. I don't want even $0.01 of my taxes go towards this person! Don't try to justify that the money is wasted on other ways!

I say let the doctor and the clinic pay for the children, I (with all the other hard working Americans) have spent a lifetime paying for the mistakes all these free-loaders with nothing but time to figure out how to take every spare dollar out of my pocket. Rich or poor its time for them to all be held accountable.

Talk about brainless! She's more a rabbit than a role model! She deserves to be sterilized, and the children placed in foster care for their safety and welfare.

How could this mother with 14 kids, no job, food, house of own and afford artifical fingernails which require every 2 -3 weeks of maintence at prices starting at $20- $50 per visit? Plus the dangers of having them with newborns. Also, please compare her (mother's)old photos and compare the fullness of her lips......she had them pumped up!. Get your Plastic Surgeron opinion, please! Where does she get the money for these "glamour pamper treats?"
I hope the government steps in and places these kids in households that can take care of them, before its to late. She has to crack at sometime with all the young children and no spouse. I feel there's going to be a real sad story in the future with her.

I am sick and tired of all of these people that have more than 1 kid, never married, live in 1 parent households, and expect to live on taxpayer dollars. She says she is getting her masters degree in counseling. After getting that degree, how long do you think it will take her to find a job? Another 10-15 years? And then she gets a job, who do you think is going to end up paying for child daycare? You think mom and dad are going to take care of all those kids? I think the California child welfare department or whomever in that state, should get of their ass and take these kids away! She is 30 something, lives with mom and dad, still in school, and doesn’t have a job, come on. There is something wrong with this person. By the time I was in my 30’s, I gradutaed college, lived out on my own, supported myself through being employed. People, we need to get our heads out of our asses and take responsiblity to raising our kids. There are way to many people taking advantage of this.

It is obvious that given the many interviews in which Miss Suleman has participated in that her responses indicate that the state of California should seriously consider evaluating her mental stability. Then with the given results remove the children from the home and place each of them in a home that can provide for them and meet their needs.

Marlene

She is definately crazy. Student loans are intended to go to school with not pay for 14 children. I don't know what kind of money she thinks she can make with a masters degree unless she plans on being the next major movie star or winning the lottery she won't be able to work enough hours in her life time to make enough money to support all of those children by herself . I would like to know if social services has made a home visit yet. If the doctor that treated her after delivery hasn't done a psycological consult for the octuplet mom he should be examined too. These poor children won't have a chance if they are allowed to go home with the crazy mom. She oviously has no good judgement and views all of this nonsense as positive. Isn't California broke already. What about all the hardworking citizens who are layed of are working paycheck-paycheck. Most people are furious about this whole story. Many people and myself included are planning on boycotting any companies who donate free goods and services. If she can't take care of them which oviously she can not, there are many capable families who are. These children deserve a better future than a crowded home that they didn't ask to be brought into. She should be ashamed of herself. I am a mom myself and I know it is not physically possible to take care of that many children all under the age of 7 with only two arms and hands. Who else is going to help her and how will all those needed to care for these children fit into the house they are suppose to go home to. I sure in the hospital the ratio is probably 2:1 for the premies and this doesn't take into the account of the other children at home.

incredibly irresponsible is what this is. The Doctor, the boyfriend and her were wrong to do this. . She should be supervised at least by CPS. DCFS, State , Fedral. Because we all will be paying for the children now. She needs mental heath treatments and can not and will never be able to handel the children . The kids are at risk, they are being abused she has no job ,house or help so it is child abuse. Kids get taken out of homes everyday for less. There are alot of programs to give her help fed,state, but she should not get a penny unless CPS< STATE< FED< all supervise and protect the children she is unable to protect herself let alone 14 kids. We all will pay for her the most we can do is protect the kids by haveing someone from CPS ,DCFS, oversee everything she does. PROTECT THE KIDS REMOVE THEM OR PUT SOMEONE ON THIS CASE TO PROTCT THE KIDS who makes sure they are protected. .

Hi,
What was on the plate that has been on the tv, where is there a balanced menu, ie where is the veggies, fruit, milk or salad. The items shown where high in fat and sodioum.
How is a mother of 14 going to give all the care for them, let alone go back to school.
How is she going to be able to give them a social life, ie extra school activities, music , scouting etc.
Thank you
liz moore

I know that there are a lot of people out there that love children, but this is just too! much. I am of the belief that before bringing a child into this world any responsible person should think it thru on how they will feed, clothe, and pay for their childrens healthcare and educational needs. In this case I don't feel that this woman was thinking at all. And what doctor or healthcare facility would in any way offer to do the fertility treatments on someone who already has six children, for heavens sake it isn't like she could not and did not already have enough mouths to feed and worry about. What are these people thinking. And I do not blame this womans family for feeling the way they do, enough is enough already. I also think that the state child welfare department should step in and take most of the children and put them up for adoption in good homes of people who cannot have children and would love to have one or two. This would leave this woman with a workable situation. This situation would be hard enough if she had a husband but she is alone and going to try and to this herself !!!. What planet is she from?

‘john an kate I am sure would be the frist to say raiseing 8 is very hard it is a full time job with alot of stress.. Let alone raise 14 and no husband . impossible to do this for 14, and alone . PROTECT. the kids

in regards to 14 kids, the mom is on welfare, food stamps and has 3 chidren with disabilities, reported $50,000 in debt+, but yet she apperas to have finely manicured fingernails, a good looking wardrobe of clothing, her eyebrows are in perfect shape. so how does she pay for all this with being on assistance, and no job. so our tax dollars are paying for all this?
paul

wow she already had 6 kids before she had the octuplets. 6 is enough for anyone. especially anyone without a job! its not her fault she had eight babies. no one is ever expecting to have 8 babies, but i mean even if she only wanted one more that still is to many. how did she plan to feed at the least seven mouths and hers? now she has to feed 14 kids and herself and she wants our help. screw her! she has to many kids and i hate to say it but someone should take some of them away. they should treat it like they treat every other case were a single parent has to many kids and no job. just because no that she is "famous" doesnt mean she is above child protective services! save some of those kids from poverty! then we wont have to pay for it and the kids are safer with families who can love and care for them properly.

whats to say...it's pretty much all been said

When do you need approval to have kids? We are not living in China. People, live your lives and let others live theirs. And the grandmother coming out making comments? Everybody looking to get in on the act.
The way I see it...you all are a bunch of sick individuals.
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Why was this woman approve to have more children in the first place?!
#1 ) She’s jobless.
#2 ) She’s living with her parents.
#3 ) She’s in debt.
Are we not seeing a pattern here?
Can someone PLEASE think of the children?!
Fertility Clinics really need to do more backround checks on people, or at least make sure they are financially stable. But alas the taxpayers get the bill for a few peoples ignorance

14 children is a heavy load. One child is a heavy load. I truly do not believe she is grounded in reality. Who will financially raise these children? It will be you and I, the taxpayers. For someone who is unemployed, receiving public assistance and federal assistance for her disabled children, she still finds the money to pay for plastic surgery and get her nails done. My husband and I work full time, are mortage free yet I do not have the money for frivolous expenses like nails or plastic surgery. I beleive these children are better off in an adoptive home where they will get all their needs met (mostly their emotional needs). Someone has to step in and protect these children.

Since when did anyone have children because they were financially capable of taking care of them? If this were a prerequisite, I don't believe anyone would have them. Also, this is a free country... not like China where you can only have one child there.

I would love to know where this woman got the money to have IVF treatments!! I went through that (with no success) and I know how expensive and time consuming it is, and I had insurance!! So here is this woman, who has no money, lives with her parents and manages to get this type of medical attention...Please......

February 11th, 2009 11:33 am ET

Why was this woman approve to have more children in the first place?!
#1 ) She’s jobless.
#2 ) She’s living with her parents.
#3 ) She’s in debt.February 11th, 2009 11:33 am ET

Why was this woman approve to have more children in the first place?!
#1 ) She’s jobless.
#2 ) She’s living with her parents.
#3 ) She’s in debt.
Are we not seeing a pattern here?
Can someone PLEASE think of the children?!
Fertility Clinics really need to do more backround checks on people, or at least make sure they are financially stable. But alas the taxpayers get the bill for a few peoples ignorance

Are we not seeing a pattern here?
Can someone PLEASE think of the children?!
Fertility Clinics really need to do more backround checks on people, or at least make sure they are financially stable. But alas the taxpayers get the bill for a few peoples ignorance

I work in a hospital and see unwed mothers and children having children.
My question is Invitro is not free. How did octomom get the funds to recieve this procedure? Did I as a taxpayer pay for this? I know as a taxpayer I am going to support her and the 14. How is she going to find the time to get her degree and raise all these children? Did we just fall off the turnip truck?

I'm sure all of the comments for this question have been reviewed by now. I read through them, and some of the responses surprise me, when they shouldn't.

Robin, there was a time when having a large family was a necessity. My grandmother brought 12 children into this world and each one was a single birth process. She also had 5 miscarriages/stillbirths. It was a necessity because they ran a farm and in those days, large families were a guarantee of family labor. Also with the instances of children's deaths due to disease and living conditions, the more children the better chances of survival.

However, with today's cost of living and the fact that this woman has no one but her mother to help her raise her children, you would think she would have thought it out more. But, the deed is done. No one seems to take into account that she, herself, may be a victim of her environment or that she needs psychological help. Getting pregnant doesn't require intelligence; it's an act of nature.

Some women like the way they feel when they are pregnant; I certainly did not. She obviously did not consider the reality of her actions, but her doctor certainly should have had some of that knowledge. What is the solution:

There is no solution that is good for everyone involved. If you consider the obvious - putting the innocents (the children) first, then they should be placed into loving caring homes and their mother should receive the medical/psychological care that she obviously needs.

This moron had the nerve to hire a publicity firm before she spoke up?
Sounds like she had an agenda to keep and used her pregnancy as a tool to gain publicity and money.

Quite honestly,I think this is ridiculous! She already had 6 kids,unmarried,not working...how is it that she could even have the opportunity to use fertility treatments. I really don't care what she SAYS she "plans" to do, in my opinion she planned very well from the start and it's paying off already. Everything will be covered for her...medical bills,increase in food stamps,her welfare/disability payments will likely increase etc. And after all this she is going to get a masters degree...which will also likely be the result of some sort of federal or state grant money because she is 'underpriviledged' as a single mother. Maybe not though,I mean she may pay for it herself and use the cash she 'earns' via her newfound celebrity or the income she receives from the reality show. With our country in it's present economical situation I find it especially annoying that something like this can be allowed to happen in the first place.People everywhere struggling just to hang on to their homes and so on.Myself included struggling just to get by...my son just a few payments behind on his student loan (which is substantially less than hers) and yet they are now after him and me as well to pay or else they will destroy our credit.I've worked my entire life...never received food stamps or been on welfare...but yet.our credit his and mine is in jeopardy.I suppose maybe I just didn't take the right approach....should've just had a couple dozen babies and let everything else fall into place! Frankly,it's disgusting what she's done and the doctor who helped her as well. But hey,why not...afterall we live in a society where people who pull this kind of stunt are rewarded with fame and fortune. In too deep?? Nahhh,she's got all the bases covered.

Here's my thoughts....take this whacko and her litters off all government aid and make the fruitcake doctor that did her procedures pay for her and her kids for the rest of his life. I bet he would think twice before doing something so stupid again.

If we forbid all CEO's from cashing in on failed efforts, then we can pay for octomom and the fourteen.

I think balance.
What is addition?

I want to know who paid for the IVF? There are couples out there where both of them work and they want a child and cannot afford the procedure. All of her kids were via IVF. I think this is a scam in which both the doctors and the "mother" not "mother" woman expect to make alot of money. I am in the medical field and what those doctors did was unethical. They really wanted to play God and show everyone what they could do. Those babies will most likely run up medical bills of $1 million dollars each. That woman has something wrong mentally. I think she and the doctors misjudged how this would be percieved. It is not a miracle but an abomination. She has no intention of actually working for a living. When she said she does not want to raise them on welfare she is really hoping for some big money payout for her story. If this was not true she would be more concerned with how she would raise these kids and she is not. She already tried to sell her story to Oprah and if she gets a "reality" show we should boycott the sponsers and the station. I hope the CA state medical board looks at what those doctors did and why. Like I said to those of us working folks one round of IVF can cost upwards of $7000, not paid by insurance. So, the taxpayers paid so that she could get pregnant and now we pay for the kids. The best thing for the kids would be to be adopted. Who knows one of her daughters might try for 10 babies. Its a litter.

Those of us in the medical field that work with these types of neonates are appalled at how selfish both the woman and her doctors are, they all need to be punished some how.

This lady has a major mental problem. I think we as tax payers should write to our government officials and encourage them not to help this person. It is clear that she has had all of these children to get more "free money and assistance from the government." I think it would be best for these children if the state children services would take them and give them to families who can truly love, spend time with them and can financially provide for them..

What surprises me most is that everyone is badmouthing her and that no one has written one kind word about her in this blog. She is not the first 'poor' woman to have so many children. So what is it about her that is compelling so many people to react thusly? I am not saying that I agree with her choice to have so many kids when she is clearly ill equipped, financially, to provide for their needs by herself. What gets me is that usually there is no shortage of religious groups or family values groups to come to the defense of people who reproduce like rabbits, stating things like ". . . it's God's will to go forth and procreate . . . ," and the ever famous quip, " . . . thou shalt not judge, etc. etc." However, is money the criterion for being a good and responsible parent? Do poor people not have the right to go forth and procreate like the rest of us? I'm sure that rest of us know how great we are, right?! I would like to know more about this woman and her children before I make comments about her parenting and personality. Perhaps, she is a very loving, caring, and nurturing mom. Love is also important for a child's well being. What she cannot provide for in terms of finance, she is perfectly capable of securing in form of government assistance. I have yet to hear that her kids are starving, or that she beats and batters them each night to bed. So maybe she is not such a bad and irresponsible mother after all? Maybe, what we need is fair reporting. I think it would be nice to see this story covered from other angles as well other than just financial.

Believe it or not Nadya Suleman has posted a website to ask for donations for her 14 children. Can you believe it? According to Y! Buzz, she is accepting monetary donations including credit card payments!!! She has also included an address where goods can be sent. Is she serious?? According to one comment on the website, an IVF procedure can cost up to $9,500 not including the medication runs about $3,000. Just a reminder that these costs MUST be paid up front! Guess she should start saving to pay for her children she already has and not have any more.

This lady obviously needs help (mental) If we as tax payers are going to have to foot the bill for all her children then she just needs to adopt them out. Pure and simple this is ridiculous!!

It seems that if an american citizen decides to reproduct in her own country, it comes down to not how many kids she decides to have or what God approves for her to have, but what the majority judge her on what they think is accecptable. My reaction is good for her and i'd rather spend my tax dollars on something more tangible than an infrastructure in a hostile country that will in no way ever come to respect the constitution our forefathers left in our hands, The hands of free people that realized that there are things worth giving up everything for. God bless America

Strictly speaking ... Nadja is not taking welfare payments. Like maky other single mothers, she has been attending college in hopes of getting a good paying job. Hence the student loans.
As any other person, child tor little-old-lady, assessed as being eligible for diaability, the three children get montly checks.
The food stamps program has good nutrition for low income families in mind ... she would be in the wrong if pride kept her from accepting these for the sake of her kids. After all ... she was approved.
FINALLY ... SHE IS LIKE MANY OTHERS WHO BELIEVE THAT AN EMBRYO IS TRULY A HUMAN BEING ... TO ABANDON THEM WOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE. Furthermore ... these were dear to her as her own unborn children ... HERS ... so ... since the embryos were many years old already ... the decision was made to do a "Hail-Mary" play ,,,, abd ,,, FOR THE FINAL TIME ... have all the remaining ebryos implanted.
Given the circumstances ... it would have been likely that NONE ... or ONE baby would have been the result.
OR ... she just was surprised that a pregnancy resutled ... AND was unable to give the permission for selective abortions.
SOME OF US CANNOT ACCEPT ABORTIONS ....
HER MOTHER-INSTINCT OVERCAME "PRACTICALITY".

What is this woman thinking. How is she going to care for all these children. She has no job, no husband, and she lives with her parents. Someone needs to step in and do what is best for these children. They are the victims here. Also the Doctor who helped her have all these children needs to lose his license.

Nadya Suleman is selfish, narcissistic, irresponsible and fits the profile of a sociopath. Her selfish motives for having 14 children under the age of 8 was clearly for attention and getting companies involved in supporting her. All of the attention shown her by ShowBizTonight is just the thing she hoped for. When the attention wans and she doesn't get what she thinks she deserves, those children will probably not make it to their first birthday. This clearly a case of child abuse. Its a tragic situation which should have been aborted. Since it was not, a medical intervention should be done ASAP.

I read she used her disability payments from a work injury..to pay for the IVF!. ANd that for each of her kids with a diability the state pays about $800 per child. Not including money for food ect. Three of the babies i read have "special needs". If the sate had a limit on payments ..let's say ..if an unemployed mom...had more that a certain # of babies they would cut support...I bet she wouldnt have had 14 IVF's done.. In NJ they cut back on funding for unemplyeed mom's on welfare..guess what the ..Birth rate the followingn yr dropped sharply. Go figure.

What was she thinking she is not married and wanted kids after the fact that she has already had six kids and no job, no husband I think she has a mental problem. She wanted attention and the only way to get it is to have more kids and then ask the veiwers and the world to help her out, and why does she have $50,000 debt she should have gotten a job for her six kids that she already had. This is not right something wrong with this all.

my wife and i stop at 2 kids because it was hard 2 raise them with a job and here this woman doesn;t even have job or a husban and trying 2 raise 14 kids yets get reali think the goverment and her self art 2 be held responseable not the tax payers

I think the 2 people responsible is the doctor and the mother of the 14 children. they should be accountable for ALL the cost of medical bills and raising them. So what if her credit goes sour or the doctor loses money. Why should the citizens of CA pay? They did not ask for this. If she has no job or income why is it her nails are done, hair is done, she wears enough make-up and she has a website for donations give me a friggin break. Come on woman, give CA a break and start fipping burgers and have some dignity. There needs to be tighter regulations for invitro. Too many women having multi births and can not afford to raise these kids and society ends up paying. It just is not fair.

I love children, but it is totally irrisponsible for this person and the Dr.s to have done this thing. Now that they are here though these children need to get the very best of care that this woman CAN NOT provide them. She doesn't live in reallity.

I think it is a shame for CNN to advertise her website for her. That being said, she had this plan and it is coming to fruit and all our griping won't help now.
I hope all the kiddies do OK ...I will not, however, be paying or donating to this scam.

My husband and I think she is the most irresponsible person. These poor children, what life could they possibly look forward to? We have 2 Saint Bernards and a Main Coon cat that we have a hard time supporting. Can't imagin 14 children. Our 3 grandchildren are great in small doses, couldn't deal w/14 at a time, thats a small class room.

I'm appalled at all of the airtime this looser is getting. She can afford plastic surgery and the nail salon but now she wants the public to support her irresponsible decisions. She is hawking for a reality show...if any network actually does this, they should be picketed big time. Anyone that actually does donate to her "site" are ignorant. She is a very greedy selfish person and I feel so sorry for those children that have her a a so called mother. (just remember "donaters"....you will be donating so she can have her greedy pleasures)

May want to check with Bob or Rafer but to have 14 kids doesn't it take a father

I feel her actions were completely irresponsible. She should have used the money spent on obvious plastic surgery to help support her children. If she seriously wants the assistance of the American public to support her family she should surrender children to adoption and allow families who long to adopt and can afford to raise the children care for them.

Suleman should be governor of Californiaaaa, she is smarter than
present impersonator and the whole damn legialature, although a
crook and a thief. So, what...aren't most politicians ON THE TAKE?

WOW.........Didn't realize how easy it was to steal peoples money.......HUMMMMMM..........Lets feel sorry for this ladies ignorance......Lets help here........HUMMM all you people that want to help!!!!! Maybe you might want to be checked.....This is a woman that we the people were already supporting...With our taxes....Some people have nothing else to do but think of gags to make money...Some SUE anyone and everyone..Some Doc Shop for pills...Some are welfare Thiefs...And the list goes on....This lady went over board...She knew what the attention would bring.And look at all you fools....Jumpin right on the wagon....Lets give her welfare and dissabillity....And lets send her money cuz we feel sorry for her...Yea right WAKE UP PEEPS she is workin the system and doin it well..These children need to be taken...She has no since of responsibility..No job..No Home..Actually no life of her own....She needs to make a life of her own...Then think obout getting these children back.I can't beleive there are so many gulible people out there.....HA HA HA hey ya I need money Ya wanna help me HAHAHA so do alot of other people in this world...And these people did not ask to be put in this predicument.....And no one will help them...LIKE MYSELF...I support 2 of my grandchildren by myself...I ask for help from no one...Then there is this ignorrant woman that thought this out...She can sit on her but...AT HOME while all you peeple have a pitty party and send her money...HAHA while she gets her nails..hair...and cosmetic surgery...while her parents raise the kids..WOW neat Maybe she will make enough money to go have 8 more.........;THINK ABOUT IT FOLKS SHE IS A THEIF

Robin, I know this might be something Nadya doesn't want to think about. Adoption to someone out there with the resources, desire and not capable of giving birth without medical assistance. I see another Government Bailout coming – "Suleman 8"

Nadya Suleman says she doesn't receive help from the government...I beg to differ. The food stamps she recieves are provided by the government. Apparently she has her mother pay for supporting her children in everything else. I find it hard to believe that as a mother, who professes to LOVE children so much , would continue to bring them in to this world without having anyway to support them HERSELF. I 'm not interested in what degree you want to acheive, you have mouths to feed right now. Your wants and needs are secondary. It is incredibly irresponsible for you to have had more children when you are unable to support the ones you currently have. It is also an incredibly childish attitude to insist that you should be able to have as large a family as you want with out thinking of the consequences.

Robin-

The doctor should not only be ashamed of himself, he should bear the burden of support for these children instead of all of the rest of us.
She had been turned down by an obviously more reputable physician. Her Mother told the doctor that she could not afford it.
Just another case of '15 minutes of fame' for both the doctor and Ms. Sulemon that we'll all have to tolerate for quite some time.

I do not agree with her decision and am concerned about the future of these children but I think the attack on this women's choice is as wrong as her decision. We do live in the United States of America... where we are all free to make our own decisions whether right or wrong. The focus should be on what should be done now not spending time reprimanding her and spreading the story of "how dare she ask for help". Are we more interested in tearing her down and pointing a finger or making sure those children are provided for and helping find options and resources? I thought President Obama brought this country to a point where we quit living in our ideals and live in reality where solutions are more important than gossip and ridicule!!! Everyone who is bold enough to tear her down.... are you bold enough to put the children first and realize by refusing to help you are hurting eight, no make that 14, innocent lives? The blah blah blah is so trivial when you realize what is really at stake here.

Nadya Suleman, How convenient that you are now accepting all major credit cards ....and even pay pal! Those children that you say you are able to support, (although all the while being unemployed and having your mother pay all of your bills), have now become a business for you. You had the taxpayers fund your irresponsibly, foolish choices and now expect them to continue to do so by supporting you and your children from here on out. Shame on you.

I think that the physician should have sent this woman to have a psychological profile done prior to starting treatment. It is obvious that something is very wrong when there are 6 children in a home already that has a parent with no visible means of support, no emotional support for herself, and apparently living in squallor. Even her own mother is against her.

Now this mother has a website for donations. Correct me if I am wrong, she chose to have these children. How did she think she was going to take care of them. She does not have a job. She has no money. Next thing you will he she will be looking for the father for childsupport. Get a life....

ok besides her not having this woman is not as bad as the family on the channel TLC the family show is called 17 kids and counting. I agre this woman should get a job and not make america support her. But come on if you are going to bash one familybash them all.

i think this woman and her doctor should be held accountable for bringing all these kids into this world when the mother couldn't support the 6 kids she already had! it is uncontionable what they have done to those poor kids! as a mother of 4 myself,i can't even imagine why a mother of 6 would want any more children to support! may God forgive her for her selfishness.

ok besides her not having a job this woman is not as bad as the family on the channel TLC the family show is called 17 kids and counting. I agree this woman should get a job and not make america support her. But come on if you are going to bash one familybash them all.

I was not very interested in this story until I heard that she wanted such a large family because she was an only child. I too, am an only child. Growing up, I too longed for siblings. I agree with what she says that childhood friends are not the same as having a brother or sister. I still to this day wish I had siblings. I always tell my friends to love their siblings, because they're lucky to have them.

However. She is not acting responsible. I understand that she didn't mean to have eight children, but in my opinion, she should have been grateful just to have the six children she has! Why was that not enough!? I do not have children yet, because I'm getting my life in order to have the means to pay for them! Babies, healthy or not are expensive! I would like to have four children, but I'm open to the thought that that might not ever happen. But if it does, I will have the means to support them – not on the taxpayers dollar. This is a very selfish inconsiderate thing for her to do, and now we're all paying for it.

I believe that the doctor or doctors who helped with the birth of these children should be paying child support now.

has the state of CA stepped in on this situation???????? with out a network of help there is NO way this woman can care for these babies... I think that the state needs to find homes for these children so that they can get the care they need at least for the start of their lives. It makes me sick to watch this... I feel so badly for the children. They will need alot of care and I am afraid they are not going to get it with her. Its humanly impossible for one person or even five to do it. There are 14 children. I also am against the website for donations... she is fully responsible for this mess and to ask for money... not a good idea. I just don't feel that it would all be spent on the babies or her other children...

It is a good thing that she accepts PayPal on her website. Not only can people make donations, all the taxpayers can also send her a “money request” through PayPal for reimbursement of their taxes that will no doubt be used to pay the medical bills and support her children.

I noticed that this women gets her finger nails done. It also looks like she has had her lips and nose done. Does she really think anyone will give her any money?

Not only the manicure it looks like she has had lip enhancement and some facial surgery !! And who is going to be taking care of 14 children while she goes back to school ??? She is clearly working the system and should not be allowed to keep those children. The taxpayer is getting ripped off !!!

Ms. Sulemans need for state funded welfare isn't what bothers me...it's her pursuit of a counseling degree!!! What a scary thing to think that she may one day advising your loved one into thinking it's alright to run around willy-nilly doing as you please without regard for the good of the community, health of the planet, or personal integrity. Somebody advise her to switch careers, please!

When a system fails, this is who you get along with the glorification of families with many kids in the media. Just look at Jon & Kate plus eight and the family with too many kids to count. This mother was looking to cash in just as these others have.

I apologize bloggers when I said earlier that "no one came to her defense." I see some of you are more open minded and willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. I got carried away after seeing so many heated comments!

How selfish can you be? A lot of us would like to have more kids and/or be able to stay at home and raise our kids. But, because of selfish women like this – I have to put my baby in daycare and go to work EVERYDAY so I can support her and her kids. How unfair is that? What makes her think she's so special and that it's OUR job to take care of her family? The kids should be taken away and given to people who have morals and money.

I am a mother of 4 with ababy on the way. I find it hard just to stay sane dealing with my children on a daily basis. I do believe all mothers are MOY-Mother of the Year, but we should also be mindful of the lifelong decisions we make for ourselves and our children. Now that the babbies are here we cant go back and change that someone should think positive and see what we can do as united citizens. Give her a tv show. we have jhon and kate plus 8, 17 kids and counting, need I name more. Others are talking about their tax dollars, our tax dollars were gone a long time ago and food stamps don't strech as far as people who don't recieve them think. Lastly one mothers student loans did not send this country into a recession,with the money Jhon Madoff stole from investors we could all be out of a bind.

Very irresponsible! I work my a$$ off so I can pay taxes and support her kids. Since I am paying then I should have a say on their future. Take them away and put her in jail!

POOR CHILDREN – TO HAVE A MOTHER LIKE THIS! These children should be given to families that have jobs and homes AND can give them good lives. Even this woman's mother was appalled by the whole situation. Something must be done.

Someone truly dropped the ball on psychiatric pre-screening that is done prior to IVF. This woman is irresponsible and deluded. I'm not against single-parenting, but to purposely have so many kids that she becomes a burden on her family and the tax-paying society is beyond selfish! I think her sense of reality is very warped and at this point I think it is in the childrens' best interest that they all be taken from her. As for the website she established, I don't think ANYBODY should donate a dime – she's already going to be fleecing the poor taxpayers of California for quite a bit of money. I'm a charitable person and believe in giving to help those who are in a bad situation due to circumstances beyond their control but this Nadya Suleman put herself in a bad situation on PURPOSE!!! Shame on her!

I am a single mom who works to support my children and I am very upset that I now will be paying taxes to support a woman that has chosen to have all these children.

I have 3 kids now and in these times it is a struggle to take care of their needs, But... maybe i will have 11 more Kids, quit my job, Recieve Food stamps.. But not Welfare! Get some publicity, start a web site and sit back and wait for all the Freebies to come rolling in, and if it works more and more people will try it. Ahhhh Now thats the way to do it!!!

Thanks Angelina Wannabe for sharing your Secrets to Success!!!

To Octuplet mom with 14 kids; Hell no! Not gonna send any money. Give some babies up for adoption so someone can care for them, you selfish greedy woman.

Yeah, this chick is nuts. Or really cunning. How ballsy is it to have a website up asking for donations...and she accepts all the major credit cards!! I bang my head, wondering why I didn't think to do that when my two children were young. In fact, maybe I can still jump on that bandwagon, as I would love to send my girls to any college of their choosing on someone else's dime. Or buy them brand new cars. Or take them shopping at high end stores. Hmmm. I think with just the right angle, we might be able to get a reality show out of it. I see $$$ in the future!!....not!!!

Ah well. I imagine some people out there will help her support her children, and more power to them, because this girl is never going to be able to take care of her children without some kind of financial aid, donations, TV offers, book offers, strollers from Oprah, etc. But unfortunately, all that does is perpetuate the idea that its ok to be irresponsible because there will always be someone else to pick up the ball.

Its a sad situation, and too late to overcome. If its a degree she wants, I recommend a Masters from the school of hard knocks. I hope her children survive it.

I can not believe that this women wants us to help her with her kid. I know it is not the childrens fault but a lot of people need help. She should have never did this on her own I just don't get it at all.. I am disgusted.. I feel bad for her mother and I am not sure how she thinks she is going to go back to work or school or whatever and who is going to take care of all of these kids while she is doing so.. and besides how could you ever make enough to support all of them.

This woman is so INCREDIBLY SELFISH!!! She only thinks of herself and all of her wants and desires. There is no way she can provide for all of these children in the way they deserve. I also believe that the doctor that implanted the eggs in her should be held responsible for them. Maybe that would make him think twice before giving any other woman chilren that she is not capable of providing for. The hard working people of this country should not have to raise these children !!!

What is done is done. I think the doctor should pay all the hospital bills incurred for these children being born. He should help with the financial burden for a bad decision he made. As for her needing assistance from tax payers. I think the welfare system provided for years to families who abused the system and paid unnecessiarly for years without making those families responsible for a portion of the money to be repaid back after the children turned 18 or payment arrangement once they finish school and/or time limit as to them working. EX: 3 months full time work. They need to stop using our tax payers dollars without some kind of penalty, limitation and repayment programs. Five dollars a week reimbursement adds up especially in this economy. If, everyone in the USA donated just one dollar to Octopulet family the family would not need welfare assistance. Maybe now the different state programs will review there guidelines.

Come on people – get real. This wasn't a gift from God – it was a science experiment. And if you think it's a gift, then for goodness sakes, help her take care of them financially. God doesn't seem to have the money.

Ar you kidding? She'll file bankruptcy on all those medical bills. She can't file banko on her student loans unless they grant her a "hardship case" filing and Ifully believe she has a plan all mapped out. Why in the world does she need 2 degrees before returning to work? Such rubbish. She is prostituting her child to finance her newly chosen profession of child hoarder. She will never go to work. How do you pay for daycare of 14 children? Live-in boyfriend? The more I hear about this woman, the more despicable she becomes in my eyes.

There is a reason the gv't (at least in Michigan) requires daycares to obtain 1 person per every 6 children. Science has proven that 1 adult can't emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually control more than 6 children on their own, That same reason is why wild animals like "APES" live in communities. Let alone give each child the right amout of attention. There is something called common sense, if you are single fine you want kids: there are THOUSANDS maybe millions of children NEEDING to be adopted. Their parents were selfish enough to leave them (most of them). I feel Nadya is being selfish. I am a single mom have been for almost 7 years. My children are 11ms apart. I give them all the attention they need as individuals but I know if i hade at least 2 more it would make it harder. Not-to-mention my sanity. My mom also a single mom when i was 16 my father passed. I have two young younger sisters and one who is 15ms younger. My mom had us to help her and she deserved it. A 7 year old is not capable of helping out a baby. And they say she lives with her parents? A 33 yr old woman, that means her parents are early or late 50's/60's. If they are blessed to live long lives GOOD, but shouldn't they be able to live those lives w/o having to support yet another family again. Aren't they allowed to retire?? She should be ordered to either be married in the next year or give up some of her children for adoption. My dad's family did it, and they stayed within the family. So all my uncle's and aunt's still knew each other. At least my grandma and grandpa had the common sense to know they could do it.

This is a dire situation for those children, given the mental state of their mother. What will she be like when she is sleep deprived and financially strapped and trying to keep all of them safe, let alone bathed, fed, cuddled and nurtered. The home shown on TV is disgracefully sloppy and looks chaotic.
The Doctor's Malpractice Insurance should pay the medical bills and he should be investigated for Medicaid Fraud.

Penny...the doctor didn't make a bad decision, the mother did! Why should the doctor be financially responsible? What happened to being responsible for your OWN actions??

That's the problem today...people are always blaming someone else.

This nutjob is a muchausen by proxy case just waiting to happen. She's an attention junkie who will do anything to keep spotlighted. As for support...how about making the fertility clinic pick up the tab for all the kids support...since theyr'e the reason they all exists.

If the taxpayers have to pay for these kids I think the mother and the doctor who helped her should be put in jain for 20 years!!!!!!!!!!

I belive this woman is suffering, and attempted to eliviate her pain with the love of children. Social services should look into having the children removed from this woman, i fear that harm will come to these children if they are left in the care of this woman.

My dentist and her husband, a lead prosecuting delayed having children until their student loans were paid off. Due to this delay, she is no longer able to have a child of her own. It really frightened me when I saw that dark, filthy bedroom. Normally, prior to giving birth, the mother goes into a "NESTING MODE," however, this didn't happen with her. Can you imagine as a new mother taking your new buddles of joy home for the first time, only to put them down in a dirty crib that doesn't have sheets and if they did they would be dirty. I worked for seven months doing the nursery and getting supplies that would last six months. Where is all the support from her church. Her mother is exhausted caring for the six children. She had these children knowing she didn't have a husband nor did she have a crib, yet alone clothing, etc that they will require after they come home. I guess that she thought Dr. Phil would come to her rescue; I don't see that happening! Also, the expense of having these children has been put on the harding working people and none has been given by her. She already has three (3) children receiving disability payments. Having eight (8) children, it would be more reasonable than not to believe that many of these children will have disabilities and/or limitation (BE ASSURED THESE CHILDREN ARE OUR RESPONSIBILTY AND NOT HERS). She continued to state that she would not be on welfare; however, upon more questioning she came out and said she received food stams, etc (SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS WELFARE) Her doctor will definitely be brought up for a review about his outrageous conduct with this patient. Why would you implant 8 embryos in a woman who has six and is financially incapable of financially caring for them. That doctor knew the risks to the babies and also the mother. He should have criminal charges brought against him.

There is no way that she can raise her children on her own. She will not live long enough to pay back what she has taken from the state and Federal government.
It is time that we stopped giving people money because they have children with disabilities. What kind of disabilities does her children have that the taxpayers have to give her $1900.00 a month to support. It is not costing her anymore to raise those children as it does to raise normal children. The school systems(taxpayers)are paying to educate her disabled children.
Now if she was disabled when she worked at a hospital(was it her back)how the heck could she get pregnant and carry 8 babies with all the back strain associated with a pregnancy? Talk about taking the tax payers for a ride. It is time we stopped all this foolishness supported by taxpayers for someone's stupidity and ignorance. She is smart enough to get what she wants from all of us. Time to stop the subsidies.

When I first heard this story and started, I felt like this lady was out for attention and money. No husband, no job, no home of her own...there are so many things wrong with this picture. I figured she was hoping to get a truckload of handouts and tv show like John and Kate Plus Eight! And now with the unveiling of her website that accepts all major credit cards, plus paypal, I am convinced!!! It is not fair that she expects other people to take care of her children when only she made the decision to add to the six she already had...

I think she should have thought it through first and she should have asked herself can i handle all of these kids.Also she is asking for ordinary all americans to help her raise money but in this economy i don't think to many people are going to be willing to help her but then again i could be wrong.As for the medical bills i think the hospital should atleast pay some of her medical bills so she can get back on her feet,however in her case i think it's going to take a lot more then that.If she doesn't clean up her act child services will probably will come and take them if she doesn't care for her 14 kids properly.

Nadya Suleman needs to remove her web site asking for donations from the web. Not only is it in poor taste, the rest of the country is having trouble supporting their own families and I for one do not want to "bail out" this irresponsible mother. The doctor who allowed this to happen should lose his license.

Thank you, from a fat Irish girl.

SHE LOOKS MORE LIKE JENNINE GERRAFALO TO ME

well they say she is getting death threats that's not right either. as another person said we have been robbed by the best so she isn't any worse than any of the others, except for the fact that here are 14 babies that need love and care. they should be given to people who want and deserve them !i would take one but they probably wouldn't let me have one because i have to work for everything i have

The best thing for the babies is to give them all up for adoption. Make 8 families happy. It would give the kids a chance in life.

so i am wondering how this woman paid for fertility treatments to begin with if she is so broke? i am sure she will be grasping at any media attention she can- which is not a good reason to pop out as many kids as possible. i feel bad for the kids, not for her.

How soon before she can download a few more? Maybe at this point she should go for an all time world record!? No reason to let her true talent go to waste,right? Probably even make a few more $$ as well! Sounds like a plan.

I like to konw who is paying for this women to get her artificial nails done? I am a working mom My husband works two jobs and I can not afford that luxury any more . But I am so happy that my tax dollars are paying for this selfish women to treat her self. And where dose she find the time to have them done? It has to cost her at least $40.00 a month.

Why does everyone believe her when she says only 6 were implanted has it been verified that there are 2 sets of identical twin or was 8 implanted??? – as we see she has a problem with the truth– I also want to know is the government going to prosecute her for lying about her income when she filled out her form for food stamps – she was getting food stamps but had $10,000 – $20,000 to get pregnant this last time – she gets her nails done lips done & takes great care of herself with NO income – how about buying some FOOD for your kids!!! By the way SSI for disabled kids that she gets is income based (so there is another government program that can prosecute her for lying about income because if she can get away with why not the rest of us??) to & i have never heard of someone getting it for a child with ADHD
This is not fair for evreyone else who has to pay to raise her kids!!

What a shame. Those poor poor babies. The deserve a stable family, and look what they ended up with. I do believe the mom loves them, but when she talks it is all about her. Not what is best for her 14 children. This should have never happened. The sad situation when someone wants more than they can handle or afford.

This is what I think I watch a lot of reality T.V and I have watch a lot of were I say to myself sometimes man if they can get a reality show why can't I and I really think she thought this out and plan hmmm John and Kate plus 8 , 17 and one on the way they got people to help them and they pay them why cant that be me . By the looks of her she like money OK she has no money to pay for her other 6 children she has but she spent money on her face or lip job and got her nails done I mean people living off of the Government Can't afford that I am not putting people down on welfare because the way this economy is there is going to be a lot more people living off the Government But no she wants to sit on her ass and don't want to work and make babies and expects us tax payer to pay for her but she really thought somebody was going to giver a reality show . But you no what someone will and this will pass in a couple of months like this has never happen and then it will happen again with someone else ..

I JUST HAVE A SUGGESTION INSTEAD OF OFFERING HER MONEY AND FREE THINGS WHY DOESNT SOMEONE OFFER HER A FULL TIME JOB AND FREE DAYCARE WHILE SHES WORKING SO SHE CAN SUPPORT HER KIDS!THAT DOCTOR SHOULD HAVE NEVER AGREED TO THAT MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH WORK FULL TIME JOBS WE HAVE 2 CHILDREN AND WERE BARELY MAKING ENDS MEET SHE SAYS SHE LOVES HER KIDS SHE CANT EVEN PROVIDE THEM WITH A DECENT HOME, FOOD (WITHOUT OUR HELP)AND ATTENTION THEY ALL NEED. I FEEL SORRY FOR HER CHILDREN

Listening to her talk and reading what she has said in response to question asked of her, I feel that this woman need some kind of mental help. She should seek some kind of counseling.
She could probably get the people to pay for that also, seems she is looking for a free ride
What would I know tho, I work for a living.

Wow!! People are so critical of this woman and how she is going to be on welfare for however long she may be on it. Why not give her the benefit of the doubt and give her a chance to prove that she does intend to go back to school and get her masters and become financially able to care for these kids. All i see here are negative remarks referring to her as a "disgrace" and what not. Forget not that at the heart of this situation there are 14 precious souls that have been brought into this world. Maybe a future president. People are mad that she may use some taxpayers money to assist in the upbringing of these children. What about the 1 million dollar bonuses given to the CEO'S on wall street? Bailout (taxpayer) money used for the filthy rich to get even more rich. This lady would not use anywhere near that much money on welfare if all of these children were on welfare to the age of 18. I do agree that it was irresponsible to have so many intentionally but i don't believe that all the negativity is necessary. Who on this comment board knew exactly when they were gonna have a child? Who here knew for sure that they were going to be completely financially capable of bringing up their children? He who is without sin cast the first stone....

I have to say that I was "sick" when I saw her on TV showing the babies asking for money. DID ANYONE LOOK AT HER NAILS? For someone who cannot afford anything sure has money to get her nails done. Second, I am a nurse and fake nails should not be allowed in the NICU! They are one of the leading causes of infections and should not be exposed to vunerable infants such as those-her own children!
She does not deserve a hand out. She made the decision to seal her fate and should dig herself out. If she can't there are a lot of people out there looking to adopt who can afford children!

seriously- is she stalking Angie Jolie, she said in the Anne Curry movie she does not really watch her movies, or know who she is but AJ said she received letters from this lady.

I hope she is investigated out the yahoo...come on- there are thousands of kids out there who have ADD/ADHD and do not get disability and if she could carry octos she must not have so much damage and disability- she can carry them and looks fine so what kind of disability payments does she get each month? Maybe metal disability.

What doctor is she doing or paying to help her get all this money from the govt.?

She is depending on her parents right now and already has pushed the loans and help...no wonder why the people who seriously need or want to go back to school or get help cannot because people such as herself are pathetic and abuse the system.

I see she has a pr person- and is looking for a reality show- give me a break- any station or company who sponsors her or donates is gonna get negative publicity. And if ABC actually gives her a house they are gonna lose alot of respect from the public. She is a greedy woman who did this for the money and uses people- the govt, her family and her docs and who else the public- look at the beg blog from her.

She is going to to a counsler- oh lord- haha she is pyscho as it is. I got a feeling this woman is gonna be going nuts and doing something to her kids if she does not get some help...hopefully DHS steps in and says hey you need to get a job- even slinging burgers or bagging groceries- yeh right I am going back to school- no one is gonna hire you as a counsler babe and you do not look injured or disabled to me except mentally.

I agree with alot of the statements that are here. The problem I have is where is the council on how to raise kids. No one says that one has to be rich and money in one of the many factors when raising a child. From having just 2 I feel overloaded at times trying to make sure that as a mother I am giving each that right amount of guidance, support and time. Today's kids are left to the t.v. to teach them and all of the other electronic devices.
Is she being paid for all of these appearances? The website was my breaking point. To take credit card payments there are fees involved. How can she do this? I feel so sorry for the parents, and mostly for the kids who in my eyes have become a commodity for her.

I can't believe that people really think that there is nothing wrong with having all those children at taxpayer's expense. This woman is totally selfish and irresponsible. At least in most cases the filthy rich earned their money and their is nothing wrong with capitalism. Much prefer capitalism over communism. Danielle thinks this woman is OK and that it is fine to use taxpayer funds for her selfish actions. Danielle are you on welfare so it is OK.She cannot care for all those children in the first year herself, maybe once they are able to feed themselves, dress themselves etc then maybe she will be able to handle the bundles of joy. When you take into account her hospital bills, and money that it will take to raise these children to become self sufficient and on their own will take millions of dollars. And just so you know I am a single mother with three children through not a my choice, I am a widow and raised them on my own since the youngest was 6 and the oldest was 11 at the time of their fathers death. I do have the knowledge to know what it takes to raise children on your own without state assistance. I worked and paid the bills and paid for their health care by my self.
Joan

Please Please Please tell this lady no more nukie nukie for you, or make her a NUN.

On the subject of the octupletmom, I agree with what most of the bloggers feel, who is going to pay for all these babies? You've got to feel sorry for all the babies, and it's a damn if you do,damn if you don't situation, but I don't think she deserves or should get government help(welfare etc.) or donations, I see where she has a website "begging" for that, the nerve of that woman. Someone suggested the in vitro doctor should pay for them, that's just as good an idea as any,for being so unethical as to allow this woman to go through with this pregnancy. He should have delved into her background or counceled her on whether she would be able to handle that many kids, financially and physically. What a piece of work this woman is.

Doctor of octuplet implantation has another woman implanted with quads on the way!

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-octuplets13-2009feb13,0,3363063.story

after rereading the article, she has been receiving disability payments since 2000 for a back injury. Wouldn't the constant pregnacies disqualify her??? Being pregnant puts alot of stress on your back . Carry 8 must have been painful. It just disgusts me about this whole situation, I think the media should stop talking and promoting all this. Let the woman fall flat and face the reality of life. I just hope and pray the children do not suffer do to the irresponsiblity of 2 people. She should think about what is best for them all. Asking people for donations to help support the children that she chose to bring into the world at a time when people can't really afford to spare money is selfish and greedy. Why doesn't she have the Dr help support her children?

This really is a sad situation, in a time that is economically unstable .... The bottom line is that this Dr. has a responsibility and he failed ...... he needs to loose his license and everybody involved in this "experiment" needs to pay ....... This procedure should have never been done !!! and the medical team should be held responsible .... I hope that social services are keeping a close eye on this family, I fear for these children .... their mother is obviously unstable, and with this many kids the grandparents are gonna wear down ........

What doctor in their right mind would inseminate a single unemployed mother of 6 with a pre-existing injury with 8 more children? Were they all out of their minds?! How is she to take care of them, let alone carry them, bend to pick them up, or feed them, with a injured back? Ive personaly experienced the inability to lift bend or carry anything over 5lbs due to back injury, how does this woman expect to be able to care for so many children? Not only is it unfair for her children to be brought up this way, but also for the men and women in the world who want children and CAN care for them, yet have no means of conceiving a child. Can our government not see that this woman is cheating them, as well as all of our tax payers?

Where did she even get the means to afford such an expensive procedure, and not once, but 4 times. Last time I checked , It was 10,000$ just for insemination. Did we pay for that too?! If so, I want my money back!

The hospital bill alone is going to drain hundreds of thousands of dollars from the tax payers. Money which could be used to aid our country in its current economic crisis. With that in mind, What kind of person would want to bring so many children into a world that's going through so much turmoil? Why is this even legal?! Why have we not entertained the thought that perhaps this was all previously orchestrated as a means to living work free, 14 welfare checks a month and a house full of worker bee's. I'd bet money on the fact that these children practically raise themselves once they are able. I would hope that with this, the government would continue to keep tabs on this family over the course of their lives. I worry that these children will be subject to neglect whether the mother loves them or not, she is unfit to raise 14 children by herself.

I don't believe this woman should be shown any sympathy and or pity for her selfish actions. Matter of fact, I believe she should be investigated and charged with child endangerment, for she has brought many children into an unfit living situation.

mathematically, there is not enough time in a day for anyone to take care of 14 children(diapers alone would take up most of your waking day)- i would consider helping any family that stepped up and volunteered to adopt one of these kids.

It seems to me that a responsible doctor would have asked done some kind of genetic counseling. Octomom says the embryos were all created by the same donor. Out of her previous six children, three of them (50%) have disabilities, which means there is a high risk of the new babies suffering disabilities. It is sad that apparently that doctor was not concerned with human life, but more concerned with the money she had in her hand to pay for the infertility treatments. The scary part is, unless she had a tubal ligation after the last births.. she is still able to have more babies. Some people comment on the fact that people did have large families in the past and that older ones helped with younger ones.. but what the forget is that those people had most of them one at a time, the older ones could help out, but also when the older ones were in school or attending activities, the mom had more time for the individual nurturing and attention the little ones needed. Does she realize that when the oldest is just 20 yrs old, the other thirteen children will ALL be teenagers.. Heaven help her! She has no brothers and sisters to help out.. just her parents who should be looking forward to retiring and relaxing.. and this could shorten their lives and then she will have no family support and assistance. This is a very sad situation which really cannot have a happy ending. I do hope that if the children are removed from the home, there are some provisions made that the children can at least know their siblings. It is a shame to separate siblings, but I know it is tough to find families to adopt an entire family. I know because many years ago, I DID adopt three children at one time to keep siblings together. California already has extreme financial problems and now they have a large extra burden with the huge medical bills and care for the new babies. This woman is either very selfish or needs mental health care. As for the death threats.. have they been verified or is this just a PR scam by the firm representing her.. That will get her some sympathy, and they have made a big deal about getting that info out there. If she has been getting death threats, that is wrong. She doesn't deserve to die.. she needs medical help and counseling.

"Very irresponsible! I work my a$$ off so I can pay taxes and support her kids. Since I am paying then I should have a say on their future. Take them away and put her in jail"

WERE YOU JUST BORN A JERK, OR DID YOU HAVE TO STUDY?

As someone stated she may be a very loving, caring and nurturing mom, but any mother by herself can only take care of and nurture so many children and do it effectively. Some of these children are going to pay the price for her not being able to care and nurture all of them and yes God did say go forth and multiply but he didn't state that it had to be one person doing it all. I just think that she and the doctors all used very bad judgement in this situation, and the doctors should be checked out over this screw up. And no I don't think we should be like China in that each family can only have one child but where is the stopping point? At what point does a person say enough I can't take care of any more no matter how much they love children. Sometimes you have to reallize your limits !!!!

Has anybody here ever been through infertility treatments? Found out you couldn't have a baby when you had wanted a family? Found out you couldn't have a second child when you had wanted a big family? I have and I cannot believe the animosity you are all spouting toward this woman about the taxpayers when she is "taking" so little from the taxpayers than those cheats on Wall Street or in the banking industry. She is an American citizen and a human being she is entitled to have children if she wants to.
Let me say this - if the medical community wants to use what they call "psycho-social issues" to DENY fertility treatments then they better get off their God pedestal and develop meaningful and objective criteria to use to decide who is "worthy" in their human eyes to receive medical treatment to have THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

Yes, I have been there. Doctors ARE NOT GOD. Nor are they adoption agencies. But I watched them think they were both with my own eyes and it is wrong.

How much did the in vitro fertilizations cost and who paid
for it.? Should some one who is receiving financial help from
the government be allowed to pursue futher fertility treatment
when it is obvious the bill will fall on the tax payers.

Why all the big ta do over this woman, and yet there is hardly anything about Dominick Wesley Arceneaux the little 3 yr old boy missing since tues in Arkansas?

Lets just ignore the breeder and tot mom. they do not deserve attention when there are children missing.

I saw something this morning on CNN that I thought I would never see. I actually saw a commentator acknowledge the fact that when they keep talking someone one dow,n may make life harder for their families or KIDS! Those poor babies did not say "HEY, I want to born to you so the whole world can trash me before I am even a week old".
What that lady did was wrong. The doctor should lose his pratice. The kids will now have harder lives THANKS to the MEDIA! WOW! Just think you can tell your kids "HEY, I trashed talk about some babies! When you trash talk the Mom you are doing harm to those kids for the rest of their lives. I hope when they get older that they get the chance to change their names so people will not contiune to bring up the way they came in this world.

I personally think that something should be done to regulate these fertility companies more and screen the potential women too that are wanting to use these services. Shouldn't there be some kind of income research or background search done on the women or couples that are wanting to use the fertility clinics? I don't know how she is going to handle raising 14 children without some help from the state, that is a big burden even for a married couple to handle. Also, if she is drawing disability from the state for a back injury, how come she was easily able to carry octuplets? I think there is more behind this story than we all are being told. I wish only the best for the children, that they don't suffer in the long run.

As an Aunt of 15 children, I know how much work it is to be a paren. I have 1 sister who is Mormon with 10 chilren and saw how some of her children were neglected emotionally. She assumed that giving attention to the children as a group was sufficient. WRONG
When you have many children you don't have enough time to give EACH child alone time. I think it is VERY IMPORTANT that each child gets "Mommy & Me" time. It is very selfish and ingorant that this woman already has 6 children. It is not fair that she will probably EXPECT the older children to help out with their siblings. When you are still a child yourself you may resent having to take care of that sibling ALL the time. When does she think she will have time to get a job. How will she be able to pay for child care when she is "working"? Does she think that her own mother will be able to care for all these children or did she not take that into factor. As a saying you can love a puppy or kitten, but you should be able to love and take care of it when it gets older.

This story is really a travesty.... for the kids and yes the tax payers!

Robin, have to say though that for the first time in over 25 years I feel let down by CNN news. ("News you can trust"). Had a conversation with some friends following the initial report about the doctors' surprise in discovering that there were 8 instead of 7. The fotage in the initial report showed a black mother and black babies ... the ethicity was sure enough discussed by my friends at the time.
It is disappointing now to see that the fotage apparently was not related to this story. This point should have been made clear when the story was first aired.

I agree with most people said about Nadya Suleman. She should have well-thought about having a child or children. Without income and depending on the welfare, it is totally a irresponsible act of parenthood. She will not give a good example for her childen. Depending on other people to pay for their daily basic necessity? It shows that she is a lazy person. The pain living as a single child in her family does not justify having 14 children without income. I have friends that are from single child family but they still think twice in having even one child, even they are financially stable. There are other circumstances besides finance, whether you will provide time and good example as a parent. Now with 8 small babies, she will be over-whelmed caring all of them. What a irresponsible, not well thought, careless act-of-life.

Hundreds of BILLIONS for morally bankrupt Auto & Bank Exec.s; Not one Penny for Octo-mom. The level of our hypocrasy is astouding!

She's never going to work. She received a rather large disability settlement a few years back ($165-168000) as a result of an injury while supposedly holding down a patient at some kind of mental ward during a so called 'riot' among the patients one of them threw a desk and hit her in the back.Probably where she got the cash to pay for the in vitro. Afterwards she was advised by physicians not to work in any field which would involve "sitting,standing or walking". Hmmmm,doesn't leave many options? But anyway,it was apparently advised that it would aggravate her back injury....although (my opinion here) I'm sure carrying 8 babies around in your belly for months would not,right??(ask any woman whose ever been pregnant if it made their back hurt) lol Also read along with the same article where I found this info that as if this wasn't enough already,while driving to an appointment to see her doctor about her back problems she was rear-ended by another vehicle sooooooo consequently is currently in the process of filing a second claim on the original claiming that had she not suffered the original injury she wouldn't have been on her way to the doc and therefore wouldn't have been involved in the auto accident. I am not an attorney,but you know,it's just crazy enough,wouldn't be surprised if she gets a large sum out of it as well. It seems she's good at a couple things....having babies and swindling people out of money. Like I said before,she has no intention of working and even if she did....doing what??? Remember,no sitting,standing or walking........who in their right mind would hire her????

From a child-support view, we need to crackdown on who pay's who don't , who goes to jail for it, and where the money actually goes. I don't have children, but I watched all my close friends and family struggle and fight over this issue. I feel that the term " Dead beat Dad" was way over used and even crossed the line of discrimination, this women is a good example of that. Now I am 40, worked, paid taxes and watch irresponsible people having 2-5 kids starting at 16-17 years old, paid very little or no money for taxes in there life and they collect $5,000-$7,000 in tax refunds each year for having more kids....and tax payers flip the bill, this women is another good example of this. This women should have a mental exam done first, find out if any laws were broke, and put on a ankle bracelet , house arrest to pay back some of this money, also this will make sure she's with her kids and not running around getting her lips and nail done. Having more kids when your already collecting state aid..in any form, should be illegal. I feel this is a big problem, and a type of scam, I have seen it first hand many times and severed all ties with some of my own friends and family because of this.

14 children is ridiculous! I think that people who rely on goverment assistance to support their children should then be subject to the goverment deciding how many children they can have. In these difficult times the last thing anyone needs is to bring more children into this financially wrecked world!

Multiple embryo implantation should only be considered if a person has been unable to conceive children the natural way and has no children.
If you already have 6 children, no deal.

Three of her 6 original children (also through implantation procedures) are
special needs children. One is autistic and needs constant care.

The physician involved in the implantation procedure should come under
investigation by the state board of licensing and the AMA for deceptive practices for financial gain.

this woman is mentally ill and needs to have some counceling. she is looking for love that she will not find. she is having these babies to make up love missing form her parents. its to bad that the doctor and this woman didnt have common sense to get her the help she needs. maybe now she will get the help. these children will need lots of attention and they will be looking for it in wrong places just like the mother. so please consider her life style before the procedure and get her help.
i became disabled(back) when my children where small
i raised 4 children. i was 16 when i started. have a child that is handicap, it wasnt easy to raise him. he is 22 now .
my other children would act up if i showed my son any special attn.

this woman has 3 that needed special attn why would you want to bring more children in this world when they have a good possibiility of being disabled.
before she can have more children ,she should be court ordered to not! have more kids., and some psyco help at least till she has full time job and can support them on her own
my heart goes out to all 14 children.
children dont come with instructions and if you dont have support it will take and wear a person down

Everyone keeps comparimng me to Nadya SUleman. My situation is much different! My husband and I chose to have 14 children . They are spread out over many years though! We did not live luxuriously but we had everything we needed and did not rely on teh system!I life was hectic at times-but manageable and very blessed! My husband and I were a team and we enjoyed our family very much! UNTIL-my husband died very unexpectedly. When he died I had 2 children in preschool, 5 in elementary school, 1 in junior high, and 2 in high school. The other 4 were college age or older. It was (and continues to be) a real struggle trying to raise these children as a single parent- and I don't have any babies–let alone 8! Yes, I think it is POSSIBLE To parent 14 children as a single parent -but I don't think it is necessarily a good situation for the parent or the children! I have develpoped health problems from lack of sleep just keeping up with things. Ther eare only 24 hours in a day and I can't devote what I shouldto each individual child.My children cannot be involved in all the activities they used to be involved with when there were two parents. I cannot get them everywhere by myselfand I don't have the $$$$$$$. they are WONDERFUL children and doing well in school and socially but I wish I could give them so much more ! they say it take sa VILLAGE to raise a chidls -but the village never showed up after my husband died-we live in a busy world. Hopefully, Nadya's children will get that village to step in. I hope people remember it is not the children's fault that their mom had them. Don't punish the kids for what may appear to be their parent's bad choice!

THIS WOMAN CLEARLY HAS ISSUES – IS IT NOT A VIOLATION OF SOME RULE TO USE YOUR "STUDENT LOANS" TO SPONSOR THESE LATEST 8 !? I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE DR. WHO RECENTLY SPOKE OUT – THESE CHILDREN SHOULD BE LEGALLY ADOPTED – STRAIGHT FROM THE HOSPITAL, IT WOULD SURELY BE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST! IT ALMOST SEEMS CRIMINAL TO DO ANYTHING ELSE GIVEN THIS SCENARIO. IT WOULD SEEMINGLY TAKE A HEAVILY "BONUSED" CEO TO CARE PROPERLY FOR ALL (14) CHILDREN – THE GRANDPARENTS ALREADY MUST BE "WITHERED" AND "TAPPED OUT"($$$)........CARING FOR HER FIRST SIX!! MAYBE ANGELINA COULD TAKE A FEW??????

To all the people spouting off about this woman taking less money than the wall street bailouts, and the big company's. Your comparing this ingrate to an 800 billion dollar bailout? HAHA!

Are you all daft? If we didn't bailout these company's, imagine how many people would be out a job. Possibly even you. How can you defend someone who is obviously doing this for Money and Fame? You don't bring kids into the world just so you can get a Tv show, and whats up with her nose job, and Jolie lips? Who's she trying to fool? Come on people, Open your eyes!

I stand behind the people saying she belongs in Jail 100%.
For child endangerment, and trying to cheat the government.

As for the people saying, " Oh I cant have kids, do you know how it feels, Blah blah blah " Go take one of hers! don't sympathize with someone who knowing she couldn't take care of these kids, still brought them into the world. I mean shes got back problems , money problems, food on her walls and lives with her parents. Not to mention her older children will most likely be burdened with raising the new ones. Fine, Great, She wanted a big family, She should have been able to take care of a big family then. Not take money from everyone else to do so. What about the people who try and try everything to have a child but never succeed? Isn't this a slap in the face to those people who are able to care for a child, and have the means to give them a good life, yet cannot conceive, and this woman goes and brings 8 more into an already crammed home already struggling with money. I think anyone defending this woman needs a serious mental evaluation.

Death threats to the publicist? So the peanut gallery is heard from!!!
People question the mental stability of this woman, I am also one of those people. But to send a death threat to someone? Sorry I do not see where some idiot threatening death is going to help solve this dilema, or even pose a decent alternative. For those simple few who have threatened death, in what is being called very "graphic" detail, put that brain cell to use and offer some solutions to the real issue. 14 innocent lives, 1 unstable mother, and your tax dollars.

LOOSER! Another hand-out recipient... What can she possible give these kids except welfare??? Another drain on us tax paying responsible citizens… I hope someone can adopt these kids and provide a decent normal home. A RESPONSIBLE COUPLE(s)!

Exactly what time does she think she is going to have to go to school? Every expectation she talks about is unrealistic when the kids are factored in. What is worrisome is she doesn't get that using student loans to raise kids is fraud and getting food stamps is government help and normal people would use what money they had to raise the kids they had not pay for more invitro-she should have stopped at one or two–and used her money to give them clothes, food and go back to school–She could have been a real good mom-except she is a liar and so self absorbed and in need of attention that she can't do anything right. These kids are not going to be raised with good values and will be wanting mom's attention–if only she can take it off herself long enough.

Masters degree in counseling? wow her face is probably in all the text books for counselors on what not to do, yes the Dr. should have to help support them!!!!!! LOL!!!!

Why is everybody attacking this woman for having multiples? There have been other cases of multiples and people have always responded with an outpouring attitude of support and goodwill, one example: The Mashe Miracles
Received donations from Baby Formula and Diapers to money for the children’s college fund. Countless of other cases of multiples born in the United States have received so much assistance from the public as well as from businesses that those people enjoy a life 100 X better then they would if they hadn’t had multiples. Let’s give this mother a break, let’s help her with all that we can so those children can have a home and plenty of help to grow up healthy and happy with their mother and siblings. Yes I agree Nadia made a bad decision to have more children when she is flat broke with no real hope to fix her financial situation, but aren’t children a gift from God? It will represent the United States a lot better if we UNITE to help this mom then if we take those kids away from her. Even if Nadia is crazy and wants to look like Angelina Jolie, which I believe is nothing more than the media interpretations, I say stop attacking this mom and let’s give her a hand or have we lost our sense of community?

In my opinion there are many good people that need help to survive. In some way, they fell into hard times and had no choice. These individuals shouldn't feel shame or embarrassment because of it.

Many of the ones who get assistance, don't know shame. This has become their job, thanking the taxpayer for their contibution which helps some buy homes, cars, drugs, four wheelers, and many other items the average taxpayer can't afford. Some have followed this pattern from one generation to another.

Now we have this developement. Naturally she'll be supported. In my opinion she isn't stupid. She knew what she was doing. All at everyone elses expense. Isn't it nice. Just remember, the children didn't have a choice and requested nothing. So don't blame them.

If this country is going to survive, we need stricter guidelines and less special interest groups. Too many people are permitted to induce their will on others. We either change or fail. There aren't options.

Has anyone taking a minute to step back and see all these nasty things being said and thought for just one second about these children growing up and reading all of this....

if shes a single unemployed mom where did she get the money for the invitro thatsw expensive

I would realy like to know where this lady got the 100,000.00$ for the fertillity drugs she payed for?

I do not agree with the mother having 14 children...by no means....but the media needs to stop calling her "OCTO-MOM." Maybe they could just use the term 'the woman who just gave birth to Octuplets."

I'm a single mother of one, a full time job and college loans. My 5 year old son keeps me super occupied and definitely costs me a grip to raise. i could not possibly imagine having 14 kids to raise on my own, not just the financial cost of raising them but the love and attention they need. That is absolutely insane! What was this lady thinking?? She made a huge mistake deciding to have 14 kids without finishing her career, no job and definitely no money to raise all these children.... unfortunately not only us taxpayers are going to pay for this womans stupidity, the worst part is all 14 of these children are going to suffer.

I know that we can never understand what is going on in her head. I don't see any way she can possibly take care of all those babies without negelecting the rest of her "herd". Has anyone thought about social services placing children in homes where there will be "normal" role models. If these kids grow up thinking this is normal we could possibly have a new government department. Each of these kids could have 14 kids and each of those kids...and some one would have to support them all. Any body else think this is a good idea.

Apparently, there is now talk about NOT allowing the octuplets to go home with their birth mom as she will be unable to properly care for their needs.
California child services department is now involved in this matter.

well Stephanie , to be honest, I hope they do grow up and read all these. So they can know how selfish their mother was/is, Of course I'm sure they will have already learned that by the time they can use a computer.

Im sure Nadya will need help supporting her children but do you not think she should have thought about that prior to having these children. Even if her intention was to only have 1-2 more, that is clearly more than she could afford. She is on food stamps with no job allowing tax payers to support her choices. Im all for people receiving help from the government, especailly when needed, but this woman has taken advantage of our sytem and continues to make CHOICES to further put herself and her children at risk. Someone needs to step in and say enough is enough before she costs tax payers even more of their hard earned money.

I think the media should have there attention on welfare, an social services, an seeing if there doing there jobs right .This lady should be brought up on charges? I'm sorry but she was on welfare allready an with six kids an then having eight more, thats just wrong. An the doctor should have charges brought up against him allso an be put out of buisness to pratice in any state. If this lady gets a book put out or a movie,or her own show, then she is not the only one who is sick in the head.

I believe the real question with this whole situation is if she is so broke where did she get the money for the IVF??? They do not perform this for free. This situation shows that persons who live off of welfare and public assistance have no problem to adding to their dependency by adding more children. We should look at this situation and pass rules and laws that prevent this.

I can't believe these things I'm hearing about this poor women. I mean poor in many ways,not to interested in her income right now. What has happen to our society, that we would pick on,trash talk,belittle, and do anything humanly possible to hurt this women. I'm furious that I hear non-stop coverage that's all negative about a motherly figure like this,are ya kidding me.. Not 1 corporation has given diapers,wipes,food,house or van. If she where married and "they" were struggling every company on the planet would be tripping over each other to help. America, where is our compassion for help one of our own,actually 15 in this case. Lets forget that she has some issues and START up and take care of this entire family. How about volunteers to help her around the clock, housing ,clothing. Not this slew of idiots who want to crusifieher and take here children away. I heard that last night on one of your programs and lost it. HELP THIS WOMEN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess I wonder what the doctor was thinking, when he did this. Where did she get the money to have this done??? I also wonder, when and if she does go back to work, how is she going to make enough money for all of the cost of child care and paying back her student loans? In this day and time, it's hard enough to raise one child much less, how many does she have????????????

Well I hope most of you did what I did I called my state reps and senators and congresmen and told them they need to make laws to protect tax payers and childeren like hers all she planed was to exploit them. she had the money to get insemanated but nothing for a home or any thing. The law shjould be if you can get pregant than in no way should you be able to get insemanated to have alot of babies. i dont thin k we have a right to tell people how to live but these women dont know a dam thing, she has her head stck up her rectume fertizling her brain.

While I think having 14 children is not anyhting I would like to do, I think the media is really taking this just a bit overboard!
If everyone is going to get on this woman's case then they need to get on the case of all the other people who are on welfare with 14 kids! Believe me, they are out there you just don't hear about them.

This was her decision. Yes, she may be "using tax payer dollars" but I think the bigger picture should be focused on how illegal aliens will be benefitting from this absolutely unecessary trillion dollar stimulus package while schools and universities ,such as the one I attend, are getting hit with millions in funding!

You can't come down on the people for what little impact they have on the system when the real peoblem lies within congress!!

i wished that everyone would leave that mom alone.and let her be .cause there alot of people that get help from food stamps,wefare.that really don't need it cause they are able to work.then there are our elderly people that need that type of help and cannot get . the bible tells us to judge other people ,it seems like everyone has already judge her.

....schools are taking a big hit by getting millions of dollars in budget cuts, that's what I meant to say....besides, this is no different than the bailout that all the major corporations are getting. Does anyone stop to think about where all THAT money comes from?

This is outrages! She collects income for a back injury; has children that collect disability benifits; gets assistance from Welfare; and her parents have not paid mortage since 2008? Isn't there a law in CA to protect children? Is this giving others the right to repeat what she has done?

This woman should be charged with Child Endangerment!!! She is broke, almost homeless, and obviously not a responsible adult! Who in there "ruight" mind say's to themselves; "I am jobless, broke, live with my mommy and daddy, already have 6 kids, humm I think I'll get invetro again!" Seriously, are you kidding me?? And what about the Doctor/ Office that did it?? Are there not laws or at least some kind of moral guildline to do at least a background questioneer??? If there was and she didnt lie about her situation, she should have been tured down for the procedure! And further more if the did know of her poverty level, that Doctor and that office should have to cover ALL expenses, NOT the tax payers.If I thought for one second my tax dollars where paying for that unfit mothers babies I would quit my job so they could collect money from me!

I think Xrtreme Home Makeover should step in and build a home for this woman, her kids & her parents to live in. Give these 14 kids a chance now that they're here. I think the mom & her parents would be best to raise these kids. She would need help even if she DID have a job & a HUSBAND, don't you agree??? I also think the Dr who performed her procedure should be PROCECUTED! Or at least Fined! What was he thinking??? $$$$

It has never been reported as to how she is paying for all of the medical expenses. If she is on "assistance", how was she able to be artificially inseminated or what ever was done to get this many children? This cannot be an approved medical proceedure, can it?

I cannot believe the insensitive selfish stupid people who think all this should be exactly the way they should do everything. I'm totally ashamed of this segment (hopefully only a segment) of our population who are so smug and vindictive. I have 7 children-the first 3 ala natural, the second 3 a family of 3 we adopted and totally supported., the 3rd I adopted years after my husband died. I have 2 comments no matter how much I love my children adoption will always be second best. The wistful sweet look on my little son's face when he asks me about that other mother makes me want to cry for him. I have 4 adopted children and no one else stood up to take them! In our state a child has to get SSI to have a medicaid card and he was born with health issues. The only check we recieve is $175. for SSI and his card. We live on my social security check and I have a nice home. When you people have done anything for anyone you will have a right to yell your head off and that includes the well known psychologists who are well paid for opening their mouths.and they usually don't know what they are talking about and are enjoying their 15 minutes of fame.

My family and I believe that any publisher or production company that chooses to create a tv show or a book deal or anything else that in anyway helps this woman, should be ashamed. This woman knowingly and intentionally gave birth to these kids without any concern for how to pay for taking care of them. I applaud Dr.s helping women have children, but if they can't afford to take care of them, it is gross negligence on the Dr.s part and the mother's. This woman is simply looking for a hand out from either the government or some tv network willing to pay her for what she has done. Even rag magazines and gossip columns should be ashamed of themselves for even printing stories about this shameful woman. She is looking for a really big pay day, and some fool is going to give it to her.

The damage is done, the babies are here. However irresponsible the mother's actions were, there are now 14 children who are truly going to need a village to raise them. My prayers go out to the little ones, as they are the only victims in that home. Everyone else is a volunteer.

enough of this already i dont agree on what she did but there are more important matters going on the media keeps putting more coal in the fire and the crazies doing interviews about taking babies away please if its not this that keeps on getting shoved in our face its the crazy nancy grace that keeps on going on and on about the little angel that the mom killed in florida

The doctor who implanted these embryos needs to have his practice and license reviewed. Not only did he jeapordize the mom's life but the babies as well
Since it was her choice to have multiple births it should be her responsibility to provide their care. If that is by marketting herself, then that is fine.
It isn't fair for thousands of California state workers to get laid off so this woman can have her "dream team" of children

pregnancy is a beautiful part of life but....im eating breakfast and i honestly lost my appetite when see her face....

This is insanity, first of all she can't afford to support all of those children, plus the state is footing the hospital bill for the babies which will be in the hospital for awhile. Where are the daddies of all these kids? Why should she get all that money from tax payers, she's obviously disturbed. All of her children should be taken away from her and placed with more emotionally, financially and mentally stable families.

She is another one of those parents whom try profiting from her children. What is wrong with this world, you are suppose to love and support your children both emotionally and financially, not profit from them. This crazy woman should be court ordered to have a tubal ligation and not allowed to have anymore children.

Is this woman off with her mental stability or is she just trying to get her own show on TLC?

I believe that she did this intentionally, thinking that everyone would be in awe and give her all the support she needs. As with the other women that gave birth to multiple babies, they received free diapers, minivans, etc. This was Nadya's way of getting extra free assistance along with her moment of fame. I believe that the doctor who would stupidly do this procedure on a single mother that already had 6 children and on welfare, should be responsible for all of the medical bills. I believe that the Dept of Family and Children should step in and adopt these children out to families that not only want them, but can provide the attention and finances that it takes to raise a child. Nadya does NOT have what it takes to provide the proper home or support for not only these new 8 babies, but the other 6 she already had. Two of which are disabled. I hope the government will step in and do what is RIGHT, they like to step in on everyone else's business, why not step in when it is REALLY needed!

I feel that it is not anyone's business what this woman is doing with her life and it is not up to us to judge her. If the good Lord did not want her to have the children then she would have never had them. The lord is in control of our lives yes we have the choice in all situations, but he already has a path laid out for each choice. So just leave her alone do we not have bigger issues to talk about like the condition of the nation and all the job loss.

The octo-woman is not a "mother"! She was simply temporary housing for 14 very unfortunate children who have now become a side show for the biggest circus in the country.
Donna, WV

The doctor who assisted her in becoming pregnant should be mandated to pay for the children for 18 years. This was malpractice for him to all her to become pregnant with already having 6 children, no father and no money. We need to hold physicians accountable. They do not need to just do procedure for a few bucks. Why should the public pay for any part of this (care for the kids, care for the mom, education for the mom, housing, etc.).

Octomom DOES NOT Need all the publicity that's been out there. She needs her head examined, THE DOCTOR SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL EXPENSES and NOT THE TAXPAYERS or California itself. The children should be given to homes that REALLY and TRULY want children and not because they were an "only child", (boooo hooooo) Such a lame excuse it gags me as I was an only child and got married, stayed married, had children (3) and in that order. Again, the doctor should be held responsible and end this saga on the news. Angelina Jolee want-to-be needs to end. No more on T.V. Thanks.

Robin - What is the difference between the Octo-Mum and the series of Jon and Kate, plus 8 or the other show of the Duggar Family with 17 children who basically owe their family living to the TV series about their huge families. Since Jon & Kate first appeared on TV, we have seen them purchase two additional homes, the last a huge, expensive place, then they all went to Hawaii (how many of us can do that?) and we also saw Jon get hair transplants, and Kate having surgery to get rid of excess flab. Then we get to see the Duggars travel, the parents take an anniversary trip stating the whole time that they couldn’t go away without the older ones babysitting. Our nation watches these shows that tell us that if you want a super large family, don’t worry, a tv series will be made and you can live off the money that you make and you can also write books like the Duggars and Jon & Kate, and with all of those proceeds, your expenses will be met.

Octo Mom had Jon & Kate and the Duggars as good examples. The rest of us had the Waltons as an example, which told us that hard, diligent work was the answer!

Carol

Robin:

What is she thinking?

Would you like fries with that? the doctor should pay for this bill

Why haven't I heard anything about the father of the octuplets? What role does he play in all of this? Did the woman's doctor do the fertilization on a single woman who had no means of supporting all these kids? I would really like to know where the father is.

Robin

The decision to have a large family is certainly a personal one, but you would think that a single mother with no job wouldn't be able to afford IVF. However irresponsible her ( and the dr's ) actions were, the damage is done, the 14 children are here. My prayers go out to the babies who are truly going to need a village to raise them. The children are the ones who will suffer. The mother is a little busy enjoying her moment in the spotlight.....

i would rather my taxes be used to help the mother of 14 rather than bailout an insurance company that turned around and raised my rates, banks that have increased by interest rates, car companies, people that could afford half a million dollar homes and the wall street unemployed

i am tired of seeing this woman bashed on your program. i don't see you applying the same "code" to everyone else who is getting help.
i saw a blurb on your program the other day about a man freezing to death cause he did not pay his electric bill, no one seems to have expressed any outrage over this.

I'm sorry but anyone having this many Children, with no job, Husband, about to loose her home has to have some kind of mental problem.. I think the Doctor should have to step in and Help raise these (8) Children since he knew she was a single Mom, no Job, or Husband to help out the State of California should have her tubes cut, burned and tied.. Even if she did not know better, the Doctor sure did he should have to support them since he brought them into the World, the Babies are innocent, they should not be punished, because of there the Mom and the Doctor's stupidity... The Babie's are God's Little Angel's, but I say the "Doctor" should have to take care of all of them and not seperate them...

This woman is being irresponsible in even thinking that she can raise 14 children on her own, especially when some of them have disabilities. This would be a full-time and very demanding job for a stay at home mom. The doctor should have to pay big time for his part in bringing these children into this world. At a minimum he should have to provide for all the medical care for these children. The father of these children should also have to bear some of the responsibility for these children. These children deserve a lot better than I fear they will every receive.

I cannot get over anyone having this many kids. I think its pathetic she sets on her butt and begs for us working people to pay for her kids. I dont think so. I wouldnt give her or anyone else like this a dime. She needs to get a job and her mom needs to quit enabling her.

First this is so selfish and irresponsible of her as a mother and a citizen in this hard time. No one is "punishing" the kids here, its the mom in the spotlight. She can't raise these children without everyone else giving the handouts. There are many couples that need the help, because of layoff and the falling economy. Those are the ones who deserve to use it, not just because you don't want to work and have kids....stop living in the fantasy land!!!! We are in trouble here!!! We are far enough in debt as a country and as taxpayers, we don't need and can't afford to support her (as well as any others who want to live off of everyones else) because she doesn't want to get a job and make a living like everyone else. My hubby and I both work, and have two children...and we struggle sometimes. But you don't see us using these handouts, we watch the news and keep up on the economy. Bottom line here: Those of you living off the working americans, GROW UP! There are fellow citizens truely struggling and need the help!!!!

I think she pulled the biggest scam in history!! The Dr. should be legally made to support these children until they are 18 or 25. He knew what his was doing. No one in their right mind would use her as a counselor after pulling this stunt. Her Mother does not sound any more responsible.
Media-QUIT GIVING HER AIR TIME!!! She wants this so she can get free help for the rest of her life. I have NO sympathy for her–only for the children.

Fertility Drugs should require a mental test and Doctors should be held liable. She may get a free million dollar mansion, but can she make the utility/insurance payments while feeding & clothing her troop.

Education, even higher education, is good and all that, but Octomom is, obviously, not living in the real world by thinking that she can actually go to work outside the home. I'm sure she would look forward to going to work each day just to get away from the stress of caring for her children at home, but I'm sorry....she brought on this stress; she must deal with it.

What if Michael Jackson leases for free (tax write-off) Neverland Ranch to Octomom. Could be a win-win situation.

This woman should not have any more kids. She should have them taken away. MAYBE ITS TIME FOR A HYSTORECTOMY FOR HER. It seems that she is out for the money. It is a shame that she is selling them for personal reasons. It was reported that she gets $400.00 plus for 6 kids on an average per month. Does that mean later she will be getting almost $1000.00 for food stamps? And what about the disability? It was reported that she is receiving $900.00 plus dollars per month for 3 children. She also went into this knowing with this amount of children, they could all have disabilities. Does this mean, if all of these children have disbilities plus the other three, she will be getting almost $9000.00 per month? This is just wrong to knowing do this to your body and to the children you bring into the world. What about them, they are the ones who have to suffer thru the disabilites? Is she having all these children to keep from working, so she can keep having plastic surgery? She has also made the comment she takes care of her children. Why is it that her mother is the one was the person who was tired from taking care of her children? OH! I forgot she was busy having more, more. CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is she going to re- pay the state of California for the medical bills? 1.3 to 2 million DOLLARS. Did she pay for her other kids? Or did the state pay for them too? She is the states burden, also the burden to the taxpayers of the United States. We cannot afford to bailout the Octumom.

I think we should at least give her credit for wanting and loving all of these children. Every other day in the papers you read about children being abused, abandoned or even killed by their parents. Through charitable means, NOT tax payer dollars, everything should be done to help all of these children stay together as a family with their mother and grandparents. There are many other families out there with even MORE children but because there is a father in the home, no one seems to question it. Even if both mother and father are in the home and working, I doubt they would earn enough to support 14 plus children by themselves. I'm sure they would still get outside assistance both financially and with people physically coming in to help them care for their children.

Ok, I know everyone is angry at Octo-mom, but some of the comments people have made really are sick and twisted, do you honestly think that by wishing harm toward her, or throwing angry comments are going to help those children after all she is their mom. Besides you really think feeling that way is going to change things. Why not try and find a soulution that doesnt have such an angry tone because either way you look at it we all will have to deal with it and frankly there is enough anger in the world!

I don't know if anyone has asked this question but I have been wondering this from the very first time I heard about this women. Who paid to have the IVF done in the first place? This is not a cheap procedure, just all around WRONG!!!!! Not to mention the poor children, who is taking care of them when she is out running around getting manicures and buying cosmetics? I'm just saying.....

if this chic hasn't worked in years, then how did she get the money for cosmetic procedures, let alone, the money for invitro??? both of which are expensive. perhaps her mother, who hasn't made the mortgage pmt in almost a year footed the bill.
also, how old is this chic? if she is the reported 32, then that means she received her first invitro when she was 26! that is too young to decide that you simply cannot wait for nature to supply a baby. she wants to be a counselor, but is she against sex? who the heck has 14 kids w/o having sex? that's insane! she's in need of lots of counseling herself.
i believe a previous blogger asked the question: "are her hands ever full?" i mean, really, we see her walking to her car or in interviews, but never holding, strolling, or toting any of her children. she doesn't seem to be a very hands on mom.

All businesses should understand that making a contract with the "Octamom" will result in an immediate boycotting of the book, magazine, tabloid, or reality show television network by the American people. We don't want her rewarded with a million-dollar home for her irresponsibility and insanity.

i dont think this is working out quite like octo mom and doc ock planned instead of getting oohs and aahs they are getting aargh i hope everything works out for the young lady and her children and i think it is just wrong people are talking about trying to take her children without even giving her a chance

I feel sorry for the 14 children as they have no security. Can mom handle it, i doubt it. I think she never really thought this out.
As far as the doctor,didn't he just do what was asked of him.
I do hope all people will help her for the sake of the children.

When there is a family outing, is their a vehicle that will handle 13 car seats, and seat belts for the rest of the crew(a 7 yr.old, the mom, and a helper)? With a vehicle that big, wouldn't you need a chauffer's license?

California tax payers–open your eyes, on our local news in KY, they stated that CBS will be paying this ???mother??? for her story, etc. Hense, she should be held responsible for all bills......

My husband and I paid taxes for years and then we paid for the people who did not contribute anything when SS first started. We didn't complain about it. Later I continued to pay my taxes. I am so sick of hearing people cry "we taxpapers blah blah" It makes people sound like a bunch of sharks. People are so turned in on themselves that its no wonder the country is in this condition. I'm not a religious fanatic but would certainly like to see some Christian virtues showing up in this somewhere. Thank goodness I can stay away from people like that. I hope that I will hear about those 14 children as they grow up and I wish nothing but the best for them.

This woman presents a sweet demeanor resembling the Mona Lisa. However, there is something wrong, deeply wrong, She is obviously obsessive about babies and after these babies are approximately five years old she what is in place to stop her from doing this again or to stop a doctor from doing this again!!!!!

There are laws for child care providers that are based on the amount of children and ages that so many trained adults are to be present at all times with the children. What about her 14 very young children. How many adults will be present at all times to ensure these children are safe and loved?

if any of you out there believe in Christ then you need to believe God does not make mistakes. it is natural for us to not always understand why God does somethings but it is not for us to judge. I also believe that if we all can look in the mirror and say we have led a perfect life then we might have a right to throw stones at this lady. i also think God knew that he had to pick out a loving mother and someone who would be strong enough to take on the negativity of the world.we give to illegals in our country and to feed the children in other countries and i am not saying that is wrong but these babies are in our country and they need our help and if you think you CANT give, well yes you can!!!! just give a word of kindness.children need to be with their mother in less she is abusive to them.try a little kindness it might make you feel better and you wont be weighed down with all that bitterness.as an adult i have learned two things . one being " if you don't have anything nice to say about someone then don't say anything" and the other being" at least if you are talking about me then you are leaving others alone"shame on you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!if you truly believe in God then trust in him and love these babies AND the mom even when we don't understand Lori

I think that the ethics of the doctor who did the procedure should be questioned as well as the mentality of the mother. She may love children ( I do too!) but as a single mother who rasied two by herself and remained just above the proverty level and revcieved only Medicad for my children ( don't get me wrong I appreciated any help I could recieve) but how could be considered mentally stable to bring into the world more children when she was already has six she could not provide for. Also she was recieving disability for a back injury? . . . As a women I know that being pregant without a back inury is difficult at times and now she will be using her back to pick up infants to toddlers ALL THE TIME! I came out of work with serious spinal problems in 2005 and file for my diability and I am just recieved a Hearing on my disbilities! I'm 48 and I am not able to pick up or carry the adorable grandchildren of friends so how does she do this physically for 6 let alone 8 more? This is a disservice to her 6 children she already were blessed with now she has brought 8 more into this world by means that you see childless couples pay through the nose to have just one! I'm outraged that the doctor who did the procedure did not question the welfare of her existing 6 children's welfare let alone the 8 he implanted! To me, she has and the doctor has done an injust to all the children! And to say that she plans on using student loans to help raise her children is ludicrous. It took me years to pay back one student loan while raising just TWO children! Again I question this woman's mental state as well has the doctor involded!!!!!!!!!!!!

STOP IT....STOP IT....STOP IT.....I'm so tired of this badgering... And the nerve of Ann Curry in the interview to say to this woman..."You have six children already...what gives you the RIGHT to have eight more!" I mean really....What gives her or anyone the right to judge this woman!!! Who doesnt have student loans who went to college...condemn her for that?....She WAS working and hurt her back..condemn her for that?...Government assistance for her disabled children....condemn her for that?.....And Nadya just stated that she just wanted ONE more child....unfortunately all eggs took...was she to choose which ones lives and which ones dies..Could any mother??? What is the difference between the Octo-Mum and the series of Jon and Kate, plus 8 or the other show of the Duggar Family with 17 children? Where was this outrage then... IS this all because she is SINGLE?

TAKE THESE CHILDREN AWAY FROM THIS WOMAN BEFORE SHE SPENDS MORE OF THE WELFARE DOLLARS ON ADDITIONAL IN-VITRO PROCEDURES WITH THE 'EYE-BATTING' RATIONALE THAT ALL SHE WANTS IS A LARGE FAMILY. AT LEAST THE CHILDREN WILL HAVE A CHANCE AT A NORMAL EXISTENCE WITH NORMAL PEOPLE.
THIS WOMAN GETS MORE IN MONTHLY AID THAN ALOT OF US EARN WORKING 40+ HRS WEEKLY, AND SHE HAS NO INTENTIONS OF EVER WORKING AT ANYTHING BUT HAVING MORE CHILDREN. I THINK SHE IS CONNIVING AND DOES NOT DESERVE ANY SYMPATHY DOLLARS, THIS WAS HER DECISION, MULTIPLE TIMES, BY HER OWN ADMISSION, SHE WANTS MORE CHILDREN TO BE RAISED BY THE 'VILLAGE'...DOES THAT INCLUDE THE CITY, COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS?? THERE ARE MANY MORE DESERVING FAMILIES THAT ARE AND HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE FOR A LONG TIME–WHY SHOULD SHE BE PLACED AHEAD OF EVERYONE ELSE BY THE MEDIA.

As long as we the tax payers do not have to flip the bill for her she can have all the kids she likes. But her and her physician are very irresponsable if she can not afford to raise her children. If she can't afford to raise the kids then may be her doctor and the clinic he belongs to should flip the bill. This may make others and their facilities more responsible for their actions, to include their own bill.

I knew something was wrong with this crazy woman the minute I heard of what she did. I can't believe considering all the care, education, her mother, bills & future that she is going to be responsible for – was sooo selfish!! The rest of us are struggling without help. How dare she put herself ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE. She sure worked the system & then some.

Her back must not be too bad if she was able to carry 8 babies. During my pregnancies both delivering 1 small baby each my back was aching. I can't believe that she would get help in the way of debt relief when she caused her own problems, having more babies when she could not afford those she had.

Who are we to judge and condem ? She appears to be a very loving and nurturing mom. Thank GOD that the world didn`t read ,Mom of six kids gives BIRTH to 8 CRACK ADDICTED BABIES . I`m quit sure a lot of the mean and evil people with there negative nasty comments never gave that a thought . Her selfconfidence appears to be extremly high . Some parents can not love one child , I really believe all of her kids will know that ther mother really LOVES THEM. The most famous question how will she tae care of them. Anybody with a ounce of common snse know all of the media attention she`s getting. HOLLYWOOD, LIFETIME TLC and whatever else . Any T.V station or magazine thats out there to make money will help her in the process. Why BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING PAID!!!!!!!. Everybody wants to see and read about it . LEAVE HER ALONE. GO PRAY.

Wait – am I hearing this correctly? The woman who refused to donate her samples to those who are unable to conceive children is the same person who now has indirectly (whether she is aware of this or not) asked that same group of people for assistance in caring for her kids? Am I the only one who sees the irony here? Her comment to her mother reminded me of those kids who won't eat their dinner until their parents tell them whatever they leave on the plate will go to the starving kids who can't afford food. It is then, and only then, that the child will gobble up every last bit of food just to spite the other "kids" who would have received them. Sound familiar to anyone out there?

There is no way she can support 14 kids as a single mom. I was a single mom of 3 and I could just barely cover our expenses. I had no welfare or food stamps to help me either.

I can't see her being able to meet these kids needs in any way. She's outnumbered and sure to be overwhelmed. This is just a crazy situation and this woman needs mental health help.

Well im disgusted with the choices and steps she is taking and took. I however am worried about what is to come of Naudia. I can't imagin all the negative things she is enduring through. I think she rightfully deserves the stress and public scrutiny she is going through, but i am afraid of the day she won't be able to handle all this attention and financial stress and she may "flip out" and endanger her family or herself. I believe the only thing keeping her from "losing it" right now is the "hope" that some charitable orginizations or some "money miracle" will support her in her time of need. Im afraid that if her finacial needs aren't met and the public crucifiction doesn't end soon she may use drastic mesures on sadly her family, herself, or both. Im single with no kids and i sometimes find myself stressing about financial issues without national coverage on every aspect of my life. I hope Naudia holds it together for her whole family's sake...

No she cant raise the childeren she is going to exploit them and use the system and of corase are tax dollars. She is a very bad example of a women, she had six and she has done a very poor job with 6 so what makes you self rightious people think she will do better. If you people want what is best for the childeren you best hope the system takes them and puts them in loving famlies that want childeren. She had the embroys and she used them why didnt she let people that cant have childeren use them no she wanted to use the system and people and what ever she could get out of all of it.

Hi Robin, I cant believe this woman! All of these children need to be put in foster care (good) foster care till octomom gets a mental evaluation, and a home, and a job. Her parents did their job of raising kids. She is in serious need of mental help. Her plight doesnt even seem to faze her ( parents loosing thir home). What is she going to do dump all of these beautiful babies on grandma just like the last ones? Gandma cant take it anymore. All she is after is free money and free stuff. They are loosing their home but thoses nails look pretty good and the high end make up. This is a bogus website asking a country of people who cant fed their own children, so she is taking food from others so she can get her nails done! STOP SENDING HER MONEY PEOPLE! SHE ISNT SPENDING "YOUR " MONEY FOR HER CHILDREN!! I hsvent seen her buy 1 thing for her CHILDREN!.She has a pretty decent car to! And what about the babies all we hear is "octomom" Theses babies will be home soon and no one seems to be focusing on them just her. Cant the state come in and do something till she gets some mental help cause lord knows she needs it. She is a compulsive lier ( can you say casy anthoney) because she is going to one day get way overwhelmed and boom! Child abuse or worse. SHE BLACKMAILED THIS POOR MAN FOR HIS SPERM AND MAY HAVE RUINED HIS LIFE TO! please lets focus on these babies and not on her she loves the attention!

All this stuff about the mother of 14 is exhausting to listen to. The thought alone, of having 14 kids, BY CHOICE, makes me think the poor woman might just be crazy. Still, we live in AMERICA. The place of FREE speech, FREE thought, and FREE choice. It is her CHOICE to have 14 babies. When we live in a country where people attack each other verbally, mentally and physically about the choices we make, we cease to live in AMERICA. Bad choice? Maybe. But a choice, none the less. She is the one who has to live with it. She will be punished enough, without most of the U.S. population hammering her to death about it. The next thing I want to address, is the stupid names that the public and newcasters have come up with for people who are under their scrutiny. Names like, "TOTMOM" (Casey Anthony), "TOTGRANDMA" (Cindy Anthony), "BRANGELINA" (Angie&Brad Pitt), "TOMKAT" (Tom&Katie), and the most ridiculous of all, "OCTOMOM", "OCTOGRAM", and "OCTUDAD" (the mother of 14 and everyone involved with). Those names are the dumbest coined names I have ever heard. It really makes me doubt the people who came up with that crap. Nancy Grace, anyone from FOX NEWS, E!, and any other news program I can come up with. It just grates on my nerves to hear any of those names, period. Are the news reporters just spiteful enough to make up those humiliating names, just because someone does something they don't agree with? Is everyone just that angry and stupid enough to make up names like that for celebrities? What we have to remember, is that we were all born with a name. Folks, please use our names. We were given them, use them correctly. What if we (the intellegent public) came up with ridiculous names for Politicians, News corresponders, Military Leaders, Presidents, etc? The world would be a very confusing place. Let alone, just so irritating that the world wouldn't tune in anymore. So please, NANCY GRACE, And Everyone from News Stations around the world, give us our names back and quit reducing everyone to a coined catchphrase. Then the world would be a better place. Before I go, just to let you know, "BRANGELINA" sounds like a new, fiber-filled, angelic cereal, and "OCTOMOM" makes me think of some poor woman, with 8 arms, raising 14 children. Sound ridiculous? I bet I'm not the only one who thinks this way. It makes it so hard to take this stuff seriously, when it's really serious stuff. All I can think about when I hear those names, is cereal, and octopi, etc. Not the fact that there are 14 children taking my tax money while the mother gets lip injections and lives on welfare, and the body of a toddler, dead at the hands of a monster, while the mother gets pampered in a Florida jail cell. See my point? I thought you would....

I've noticed a few repetitive things in these blogs you people post. Mom of 14 unduly gets picked on for being a single mom. That's unfair considering there are single moms everywhere. I think single parents get picked on for having children, but in reality, single parenting is sometimes better for the children, if the parents are no good for each other and the quality of life is disturbed by fights, screaming matches, disagreements, etc. The usual attitude is that single parents WILL NEVER HAVE THE MEANS to raise children. That is a very untrue thing to think,People!!!! Rethink everything you are putting in these blogs. You have to know the details to make a decision. Secondly, it selfish to think only about the money aspects of this and where she got her nails and lips done. The real point of all this is still the little babies. You should wory more about if they are all going to survive and what we can do in support of the medical funding they need to insure the quality of life for every one involved. What if it was you and it was only twins or triplets? I'm sure you'd be wanting the help of the government to help give your babies a healthy start and thus a chance at life.You can't just automatically think that your'e going to see every penny go straight from your paycheck, directly to this woman. Chances are, you're not going to see a difference at all, and I'm safely betting that the majority of you bloggers, are either on welfare, SSI, etc. We all help each other, in some way or another. Most of the time, we don't even notice when we do. The bottom line is this. We need to band together to make sure ALL children are raised to have faith in their Government, their parents, the world. Whether that means 5 cents here or there, or 5 minutes of our time. The problem here in AMERICA, is that AMERICA is full of tight asses, and people scared to lose a dollar, whether they know it or not. The selfishness is not coming from the mother of 14, it's coming from all the rest of you who want to grab your wallets and your souls and run for the hills. Because nobody wants to think of the little babies who are found dead, starved to death, beaten, frozen cuz the parents couldn't pay bills due to lack of funding, etc. If we all came together, that would be pretty much the end of all those atrocities. Think about it people! I know we tend to look the other way and pretend things like that don't happen, but they do. And sometimes in our own neighborhoods, cities and towns. It's time for everyone to wake up and have a dose of reality. It's not going anywhere. Deal with it, or cease to be a true AMERICAN!!!!

I have several questions. How could this woman receive any type of government aid if she received a large settlement for her back injury? Don't you have to pay back welfare if you come into a large amount of money? It's obvious that any tuition money and government aid for her children, has not been spent on what these funds were intended or her parents house would not be inforeclosure! Any future government aid she may receive should be controled and her bills submited and paid directly like any other person on aid, who is not capable of taking care of their finances correctly.
Also shouldn't this so called back injury be checked into? I have not seen any pictures of her using a cane, walker, wheel chair! A normal pregancy puts a strain on a womens back, 8 babies on a bad back , give me a break!
Last as far as this prono outfit offering her one million to become one of their contract girls? They must be into giving away their money. This women has had 14 children, can you imagine the horror of seeing her undressed?

If I got any women pregnant I would be expected to support the kids ,
where is the doctor who made the call to get this woman pregnant

Come on people!!! This woman is very intelligent and knows how to raise and care for her children regarless of what you have heard in the papers/cable news. She's totally stable mentally!! People should help her out with a free van and house adequate enough to support all the children and possible live in nannies. Attention employers: please give this mother a "cushy" job that pays quite well to give her fame as she so desires and amongst other freebies!! Where's the sympathy for this great woman (possibly greatest lady of our time)? Feel free to contact for a debate!! You know I'm right!! She simply loves Kids!! Court

today I knew that I must comment on this selfish person! I am a 61 yr. old women with grown children and grandsons. I have adopted a special needs baby that was left in the hospital to fend for himself, at 23 weeks 1pound .05 crack addicted' he has cp autism adhd, was blind and deaf 2 holes in his heart there were so many things wrong with him that I wouldn't have enough room on this space to tell you. He was not expected to live. I went to NJ and brought him home on Dec.22 2003. He has fought a battle thats indiscrible, and this women turned down such wounderful help for all the children? I have been fighting for help for my little boy. an offer like that is unbelieable! and for her to turn it down! my God I can't believe it! my little boy has beaten all odds and is quite the handsome one too. he will be 6 yrs. old in April thank you for your wonderful show.

I have had 1 child. I spent many nights with little sleep to care for him, feedings, dipper changes, and comforting him when he would cry. All parents know that can be a full time job. While I know it will be impossible for her to care for all these kids on her own ( Even if she had a great job and money in the bank). My heart goes out to her because she is in a imposible suituation, but to add to her stress she's become the most hated mother in america. With millions of people scrutinizing her every move. I don't think I would hold up well with so many wanting to destroy my lives and break up my family. I believe america has lost it's heart, for the sake of a dollar. Is anyone willing to help out the most hated mother in america?

This is just ridiculous. How on God's Earth did this woman think she's going to take care of 14 children. Six is more than enough for some people never mind 14. What did she think she was gonna do for transportation, food, clothes, shelter, medical bills? Its just a shame. And shame on that doctor for doing this, knowing she already has 6 kids, no job, and no money.

What can she do about it now? She is the mother of the 14 kids and should take care of them the best way that she can. . A reality show is not the right thing to do. What message is that sending to the world? Enough about her. How are the babys doing ?

Lol, shes getting a degree in counseling??? Who the heck would want counseling from this nutcase?

i really dont trust people in general to rear their children. newborns are more than handful even with just one, especially your first. from what ive seen on tv there are those who do not need to have such an impressionable life in their care, and when assimilating this womans ability to produce offspring without a father figure i just am going to call her family "The Spawning", and hope. all i can really say here is America, and perhaps the world need to institute a license to become a mother and father. we have to come together to keep children in a harmonious environment. we will otherwise have to grow our school systems by including dorms on campuses for elementary schools on up. to keep kids safe.

This woman can not take care of these children and make a living for them too. She is trying her best to get famous. She has a mental problem.

Why didn't I think of that! Student loans to raise kids. That's exactly what that money is intended for!! If she is using the student loans to raise the kids, then how is she going to pay for her college that she so badly wants to do, in order to raise the 14 kids?!? In too deep.....WAY OVER HER HEAD!

I think this is a terrible. She can not give enough attention to these children to raise. I think it is terrible that she is collecting public assistance for them. I could understand if she had 2 from a bad marriage and need some help for a short amount of time. But even with a masters degree she is never going to be able to give these children the life they deserve. I hope that no networks are paying her for interviews and if she ends up with her own tv show i will no longer support that network. I dont care about her book and if anything it should be used for teaching methods at colleges. She would make a great case study for crazy people. I try to be a good person and not pass judgment but when you have no income and are still having babys let alone after you have 6 at home their is something wrong with your head. I hope the child welfare agencys step in and save these kids.

Please stop feeding Sulemans need for attention. Place the children in foster care. Put her in a mental institution, permanently. Confiscate all assets of the unethecal entities who performed the IVF procedure. And, use those assets to pay for the care of the children.

Suleman is a HUSTLER who has decided to rip of the U.S. taxpayer, not unlike A.I.G. management.

Can we say "gimmee gimmee gimmee"? Gimmee a house, gimmee food stamps, gimmee student loans, gimmee my own reality show, gimmee pampers, gimmee money, gimmee a life!!!!
And how is it that she still qualifys for food stamps when she had enough $ in the bank to have all the invitro treatments for the last 7 years? She claimed to have over $100,000 in the bank. But she couldn't help her mother with a house payment? WTH???? And how does she qualify for disability for a back injury, yet has a healthy enough back to have 6 prior pregnancys, plus carry 8 babies at one time? And how does she qualify for student loans, when she isn't even going to school????
I think someone in California needs to do some checking into what is considered FRAUD in most states!!!!
She is a liar, a thief, a scam artist, a celebrity wannabe and a great candidate for therapy!!!!

With the country being in the state it is financally, where does this octomom get off thinking we are going to help her. Any state assistance IS helping her . What is she -NUTS?? Take those kids away and I bet there would be good families out there that would give anything to have one. Why does the government keep taking care of all the people who make bad choices?? Hold them responsible.

Okay I cannot say I approve of what she did but from what I gather the embryos were frozen and if she didn't use them they were going to be destroyed thus she likely should be high on the approval rating for the right to lifer people as she chose to have the children rather than having them destroyed at least that seems to have been the gist of what she was saying to her mom. The Doctor who implanted them however should have his head examined as well as his practices. He could have just told the woman they were not viable and not implanted them. Hes should have shown some responsibility even if the woman did not. Yes there have been large families in the past and children survived them my mother was one of ten for instance but they were not all at once. If she had had these children through natural means I suspect that there would not be as great an outcry and offers of help would likely be lots more forthcoming.

I am completely outraged at this verdict for many reasons. I think the girl had mental problems to have to validate herself with that many children. I truly doubt that she loves to nurture anything. After all, her parents were taking care of the first 6 kids! In all the interviews I saw they were not happy with the situation they were "forced" to live with.
The person who insiminated her was at fault because I haven't a clue with who was going to benefit out of the deal. It is a lose-lose-lose scenereo for these reasons: the kids lose because they have never known what a real mother is and it is questionable the kind of care the next children will have; we lose as taxpayers paying for someone who isn't responsible; society loses because it is telling women that if you have kids you get money.

On that last note I want to say that I'm disabled; I have epilepsy. I have been looking for work for a year and have found nothing. I have no children because I was responsible and am happy with my choice. I have been turned down by the Social Security Adm. for SS and Disability several times. I have been living off of $400/month which comes from my roommate who lives in my spare room.
She comes along is paid overabundantly, give Nannys to take care of the kids and housing?
My dad is about to lose the duplex we're in because I haven't been able to pay the $600 rent for a year.

Something is wrong with the system to allow this to happen.
I have two college degrees and have been spending my time to find work to be an able, responsible person that gives back to others.

If you have read this far and know of something I can do to support myself, please help me by contacting me with any organizations which could assist me.
I want to do a news story on my situation. I think that it would help many more than just myself.

Maybe I should find Gloria Alred on this one. I agree with her in how she felt about the verdict. People like "the girl with 14 kids" rapes the system dry so when a disabled American woman comes along like me-I get nothing. If I had kids I was told I would get MEDICAL AND A MINIMUM OF $800/1000 DOLLARS MONTHLY!!
Who created this stupid rule?
What about if you're a woman with no children who has definate needs to live and support yourself and aren't asking for anything unreasonable?

If you are a News person and you've read this, please contact me at the email address here and we can work on a story together.
I have a 4 page letter that is going to the President of the USA.
I figure that is a good start anyhow.

Paulette Le Pore Motzko

Never mind what it WILL cost...I'm wondering where she got the money for invitro in the FIRST place. Also, I think we can all agree that she's had work done on her face...who paid for THAT????

this story sad and sending wrong message to kids like my daughter who 8 yr old and says mommy i can have tons of kids like Octumom there showing and people can pay for me to .... how do i explain this ... one lady getting all this cash sent in yet other kids are starving and poor to ...

This one is a easy fix. The D A needs charge the Doctor against his malpractiice insurance. for all those kids

The woman made a bad choice but if you look at the long haul what is the difference with the family on welfare from generation to generation that keep producing and the taxpayers keep paying.
For that matter I am a single taxpayer and I have to pay more taxes due to families that do work for a living and have children (when its their choice) they will end up paying less taxes even if they do make the same amount of pay as I do because we also have to support them.

are the powers that be in this state so ignorant that they would fall for such a ploy?? there are people all over Cali. that obtain money from the state and do so because they actually tell you it is not difficult to get. I know this because there is one in our own family that has done that. 7 kids all paid for by the state medical and dental for all of them including the mom. This octumom was aware that 6 (3 disabled) and going to have more??? this was done to obtain more money from the taxpayer. I hope the state takes these 8 babies and not put them in foster care but get them 2 parent homes that really want children and adopt them out so they can bond with a real Mom and Dad that will give them the security, Love, attention and spiritual raising they deserve. the other 6 should be carefully watched by child protection.
The one I mentioned with 7 kids paid for by the state was by the way a Registered Nurse and she lied and said there ws no Father when in fact theu lived together. sound like we could save money if investagations were a little bit better Huh