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| Octuplets doctor being investigated |
| 2009-02-07 |
| A DOCTOR who helped a US mother of six fall pregnant with octuplets is now facing a state investigation. California woman Nadya Suleman, 33, already had six children when she fell pregnant with six boys and two girls that were born on January 26. Suleman told US TV show Today that her fertility specialist doctor provided IVF treatment for all her 14 children. The octuplets were born prematurely and aren't expected to be released from hospital for weeks. Suleman's other children are aged between two and seven. In the Today interview Suelman said she hasn't ever been on welfare and doesn't plan to be and will instead rely on family, friends and her church to help her. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 will instead rely on family, friends and her church to help her. In a nutshell, innit? For her, it isn't about the children. Her obsession is with pregnancy and care of the progeny is someone else's problem. She has been pregnant for the better part of eight years. Why a Dr. would, time after time, impregnant so obviously disturbed a women is unforgivable. above all, do no harm. She has been on disability for all the children. Who paid for the in vitro? It's about $15,000 a pop. Of all the various treatments for depression, I'm not familiar with pregnancy as a fast-track cure. Pregnancy is the kind of bad decision one makes when clinically depressed. Not a treatment. The tragedy is that when she finds the reality of all these children does not ease the "lonlieness" of her pathology, she is a prime candidate for suicide. And for taking her babies with her. None of this will ease her depression (with psychotic breaks, I would venture) and the children are products of an obsession, not love. All 14 are about 3 months away from ward-of-state when all the facts and deficiencies come to light. And it's going to get ugly on a rights vs. capabilites platform. Damn her faustian fertility freak of a doctor. |
| Posted by: thinempwimble 2009-02-07 22:47 |
| #5 Something about these people who go through all the fertility treatments and wind up with quads, or worse six or seven babies. If they want childern that bad why don't they just adopt. Or is all about them wanting the "experience". It is a sore subject with me. |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2009-02-07 16:26 |
| #4 No worries mon. Nanny state to the rescue. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-02-07 12:47 |
| #3 Name. We need a name of this fertility specialist. Her relatives already lost a house to foreclosure keeping her boat afloat. This whole deal has a funny smell to it. She did get $165,000 in workman's comp which obviously needs to be rescinded and repaid. The estimate for her hospital bills is heading toward $400,000 and will be well byond that. She had 46 hospital staff in attendance during the delivery period. The kids, at 1 lbs.+ each, will be in hospital for weeks yet. The cost to care and raise 14 kids under seven years old will be staggering. What is going on ? What were the plans here ? |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2009-02-07 12:45 |
| #2 I think emerging international law prevents one from doing item (c) there ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-02-07 12:11 |
| #1 Due to an injury in 1999, Suleiman has received several hundred thousand dollars in workman's compensation? She can now raise 6, NO WAIT! 14 kids but can no longer work? Ok, I get it. Solution: a. Workman's compensation terminated. b. Impregnator Doctor marries Suleiman and takes care of everybody, pays all medical bills and reimburses all workman's compensation paid. c. Impregnator Doctor and Suleiman pic on front cover of next JAMA. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-07 03:53 |