Saturday, October 3, 2009

Beware of what you wish for...

She's probably the most controversial mom on Earth. At the very least, she's the most exceptional mom on Earth. We must admit, that we have all heard about her: Octomom aka Nadya Suleman.
Nadya had given birth to 6 children, after being treated for not being able to get pregnant. She tried IVF and every time she got pregnant because of this treatment. On every IVF attempt, 6 embryos were implanted into her womb. She knew that having multiplets was one of the possible consequences of having 6 embryos implanted at the same time. She had given birth to twins before, but nobody could predict octuplets.. not Nadya and not her doctor..

Nadya had 6 children, was unemployed and had no income. Her mother let her live in one of her houses and helped her out with the children. Nadya dreamed of a big family, with a lot of children.. and no husband. She wanted her eldest child to have siblings, many siblings. And that's exactly what she did. After the 6th child, Nadya had some embryos left and she decided she wanted another child, the last in line. So she went back to her doctor - who was aware that Nadya was a single, unemployed mother of 6 - to get pregnant again. He implanted 6 embryos, just like the previous attempts. Only 9 days later, Nadya could feel her tummy grow. And not much later, her gynaecologist confirmed that all 6 embryos were alife. Later on, they noticed a 7th baby in the womb.

Nadya's delivery was carefully planned. No less than 46 doctors, specialists, nurses, care givers were at the scene to help her out. All 7 babies came into this world perfectly sound and safe and the gynaecologist was preparing to get the placenta out of the womb, when he felt a little hand: miraculously, an 8th baby was born...

Nadya has 14 children in total now, lives in a house that is not spacious enough for a family this big, without any financial help. She's working on getting a degree, so later on, she will be able to provide for her beloved family. She never asked for octuplets.. she wanted one more baby, and she got 8 instead. Aborting one or more of the embryos was out of the question, since Nadya believes that every child is a gift of God...

For her sake and for the sake of the children, I hope God will take care of them. He has taken a great responsibility there..


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