She Wants to Breastfeed Them All - now I know she's crazy (Octuplets)

[jannyk]

..“She did not expect all eight to be born, but now she is so happy she did not choose. She wants to breast-feed all of them,” said the grandmother. “We are all excited about the busy times to come.”...

and Oprah is gonna make her a millionaire

...THE single mother of octuplets born in California last week is seeking $2m (£1.37m) from media interviews and commercial sponsorship to help pay the cost of raising the children.

Nadya Suleman, 33, plans a career as a television childcare expert, since it emerged last week that she already had six children before giving birth on Monday. She now has 14 below the age of eight. Although still confined to an LA hospital bed, she intends to talk to two influential television hosts this week - media mogul Oprah Winfrey, and Diane Sawyer, who presents Good Morning America.

Her family has told agents she needs cash from deals such as nappy sponsorship - she will get through 250 nappies a week over the next few months - and the agents will gauge public reaction to her story. A veteran from the ICM agency said: “If she wins over Oprah or Diane Sawyer, she will have the world at her feet.”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5627531.ece


those poor fucking kids!!!!

[Donnachaidh]

1. Yeah -- and someone said I was jumping the gun calling her a broodmare

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[NashVegas]

37. Still, It's Good to See She Passed "Self Esteem" Class

Nadya Suleman, 33, plans a career as a television childcare expert after it emerged last week that she already had six children before giving birth on Monday. She now has 14 below the age of eight.

This woman's the birthing equivalent of a Wall St. banker getting a bonus. Or wants to be.

[Ian David]

2. I sense a new "Trial of The Century" only a year or two away. n/t

[Why Syzygy]

27. Shared custody? Of the bankbook? nt

[Horse with no Name]

3. Before she starts awarding herself mother of the year

Let's see if she can tell them apart and remember their names first.:eyes:

[Sanity Claws]

4. I thought she had only two titties

Is she going to grow six more?

[onethatcares]

45. maybe she has ideas about being a female dog.

didn't know how else to phrase that without pissing off anyone.:shrug:

Peace

[Sanity Claws]

46. I just rolled over my fluffy kitty

to see how many spigots they have. I couldn't find them under all that fluff. I guess we'll have to go with female dog because I don't know how many a kitty has.

[pansypoo53219]

57. cats usually have 4 to 6.

my cosmo had nekkid nipple. why would a male cat need any?

[cherish44]

65. I just counted my cat's titties...

Eight. The biggest litter any of my cats had was 6. This lady beat that.
(aside: I can't believe I just counted my cat's nipples and then posted about it...see the craziness this has caused???) :crazy:

[Career Prole]

5. Her breasts?

Or is she going to buy a couple of cows on teh eBay?
:wtf:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

6. well, she has used a natural ability to carry a fetus (or eight of them)

to work the system to get rich...and the media of today is only too happy to oblige...

sP

[Mari333]

7. she would have to be awake 24 hours a day

one baby per boob every half hour . someone do the math.

[ima_sinnic]

8. puppy mills, on the other hand, are illegal.

I will boycott any media outlet that capitalizes on this insane trafficker in human children's lives and turns them into sideshow freaks. sheesh.

[Why Syzygy]

28. I will sure boycott Oprah if she does.

I'm not the biggest fan, but do participate in her online stuff.

This behavior should not be rewarded.

[eilen]

33. Good Housekeeping is always following the septuplets

and I thought that couple was selfish. I won't purchase Good Housekeeping anymore either. I think the family name was McCaughey.

[MichiganVote]

9. Let me guess....she's related to S. Palin?

[Warpy]

10. AOL's news had a completely different story on Grandma

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 31) - The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week conceived all 14 of her children through in vitro fertilization, is not married and has been obsessed with having children since she was a teenager, her mother said.

Angela Suleman told The Associated Press she was not supportive when her daughter, Nadya Suleman, decided to have more embryos implanted last year.

"It can't go on any longer," she said in a phone interview Friday. "She's got six children and no husband. I was brought up the traditional way. I firmly believe in marriage. But she didn't want to get married."
==========
She said she warned her daughter that when she gets home from the hospital, "I'm going to be gone."

http://news.aol.com/article/octuplets-grandmother-upset-over/319875?icid=200100397x1218198633x1201188316

The good news is that Mom is out of fertilized eggs. The bad news is that she's probably still baby besotted and needs treatment she's not going to get because an exaggerated trait that is usually a positive one is not going to seem like illness.

[LiberalFighter]

31. I read that article in our local paper and she is certified nuts!!

[Why Syzygy]

40. So very true.

I read that story earlier too. "Obsession" is not a healthy state of mind. I would like to believe that a trained professional WOULD be able to diagnose.

[NightWatcher]

11. she sounds like she has some type of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

I'm not saying that she is hurting the children as is customary in MSbP, but her DELIBERATE attempt to have as many as possible is a definite action to draw attention to herself. I also read that her mother (grandmother of 14) said that she was "obsessed".


I'm not a Psy, but only have a BS in behavioral science.

[Warren Stupidity]

12. America's Mom Latest Photos! (dialup warning)

[Bryn]

19. Cool!

What's the name of this goddess or a goddess of what

[juno jones]

34. Diana of Ephesus.

Must have had her bras custom made.

[TheCowsCameHome]

49. Nice, um, rack.

[aquart]

54. Such a cool statue. Artemis of Ephesus?

The multiple breasts make more sense if you arch her over like Mut and realize they're stars.

[panader0]

13. A limerick:

There once was a woman who begat
Three babies named Nat, Tat, and Pat.
It was fun in the breeding
but hell in the feeding
when she found there no tit for Tat.

[Deja Q]

42. !

:spray:

[Kahuna]

56. BRILLIANT!!!!! Yours?

:rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Twins can be successfully and fully breast-fed by the mother...

Any numbers greater than that will require supplemental formula...

And extra hands to feed all those babies...

I'm sure she will have lots of help...

The kids will be OK...

Why do you think they won't be? The publicity?

:shrug:


Or do you think they won't get good mothering?

[Sanity Claws]

17. Why I don't think they'll be okay

There are only so many hours in the day and so much energy a person has. There is simply no way she can feed all 8, diaper and change all 8, and put all 8 to bed by herself. Keep in mind she already has six to take care. As a single mom with no financial resources, she simply won't be able to take care of them.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Of course she won't be able to do it by herself...

She will need help, and lots of it.

What makes you think she won't get it?

[Sanity Claws]

30. Who would give it?

She needs help on a 24/7 basis. Only family can do that. The woman has her parents but the story says her father is off to Iraq to earn some money so he can't help. Her mother may be around but we don't know her age or how willing she is to help. In fact, one of the stories said the grandmother told the mother not to expect her to be around.
In none of the stories have I heard of anyone helping with the care of her existing 6 kids.
Based on all this, I think she won't get the kind of 24/7 help she needs to take care of eight preemies. What makes you think she will get the kind of help she needs?
If you are thinking she will get some money from the sale of her story, how long do you think it would last? The mother would need at least 2 if not 3 people to help her round the clock. Whatever money the money gets would be spent very fast on help, diapers, food, and medical care (remember they are preemies.)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. I could certainly be mistaken, but with the publicity from this

I would think a number of folks would be interested in helping.

I dunno...I could be wrong.

:shrug:

[ima_sinnic]

41. apparently she self-centeredly assumes that people will give up their time to help her (nt)

[LeftyMom]

29. I've known women who fed three.

Actually I've met one lady who produced enough milk for four: her baby, toddler, and her neighbor's twins- their mother had a medical issue that prevented her from breastfeeding and they were allergic to formula- but that probably only worked because the toddler was only nursing maybe twice a day.

But yeah, eight is right out. Even if a woman could make enough milk, babies that premature almost certainly can't nurse at the breast and it's difficult enough to keep up a supply or one or two when one is exclusively pumping.

On the other hand, insurance will generally cover donor milk for premature infants, so they may be able to get breastmilk exclusively for a while even if it's not all from her.

[cali]

53. They won't get good mothering. This woman is sick

and I've come to believe she had those babies to make bucks. What she did is seriously deranged.

[CountAllVotes]

15. hmmm ...

another one of those breeders I see. :wow:

:dem:

[Canuckistanian]

16. It's the Dionne Quintuplets all over again

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionne_quintuplets

[LisaL]

55. At least those were all natural and identical.

Now, wtf is so special about 8 IVF children just because they were all born at once?
They aren't even going to look the same.

[SoCalDem]

18. Found: Sarah Palin's long lost sister

:rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

20. At Olive Garden no less!!!!

[cobalt1999]

23. LOL

:rofl:

[glinda]

21. Everyone else is to pay for her children.

[Texasgal]

39. what do you suggest?

Now that the kids are born?

[corpseratemedia]

22. that's so sad the the parents had to give up their lives and home because of her

instatiable desire for more and more children

cont:

"Angela and Ed Suleman, Nadya’s parents,bought her a two-bedroom bungalow in the suburb of Whittier in March 2007, but soon after got into debt and had to leave their own home.

They filed for bankruptcy and moved in with their daughter and grandchildren. "

[LisaL]

25. Looks like she might have hit the jackpot by having 8 at the same time.

Only in America.

[ima_sinnic]

43. but grampa was bragging about the "huge house" they secretly had somewhere

... perhaps he was seeing dollar signs the minute he knew of the "miracle jackpot."

either that, or someone needs to be investigated for bankruptcy fraud.

[LostinVA]

24. Does she have eight teats all of a sudden

:eyes:

[Why Syzygy]

26. KRIMINY

What kind of child care "expert" would condone what she has done? That's not EXPERT status!
Now, the turn seems to be EXPLOITATION.

This public reaction is outrage.

[dkofos]

32. If that's not bat shit crazy I don't know what is.

[morillon]

35. Oprah should not be giving this nut airtime

If Oprah's people do any kind of proper vetting, I think they'll probably conclude the woman is nuts and the poor kids are victims of her obsession with giving birth.

[Deja Q]

44. Oprah needs ratings. At least it's not Jerry Springer.

Of course, the only way this nut-woman would get on Springer is if she had 8 breasts and fed them simultaneously.

[AZBlue]

60. I agree - and I just wrote her that exact sentiment.

[Brother Buzz]

38. Hell in the feeding

There once was a woman who begat
three boys named Nat, Pat, and Tat.
It was fun in the breeding,
but hell in the feeding,
when she found she had no tit for tat.

[lcdnumber6]

47. I hope Oprah and Diane think carefully about this.

I hope if they decide to give this woman more exposure (which bothers me), that they don't make her out to be a celebrity. Of course, this delusional woman will probably want to glorify her "miracle." Learning more about this woman and the circumstances under which this took place just disgust me. Shame on all parties involved that allowed this to happen.

I really with the media would be more responsible about this....but I have been known to want ice water in hell! :)

[TheCowsCameHome]

48. The Duggars must be beside themselves - they coulda had 72 by now

if momma Duggar had done some fertility drugs..............

[LisaL]

50. Fertilitiy drugs is the last thing momma Duggar needs.

[TheCowsCameHome]

52. She's turned into a regular vending machine, hasn't she?

Hubby can't even change his pants without her getting pregnant again.

[Odin2005]

51. Child Protective Services seed to get on this insane woman's case. IMMEDIATELY!!!

[ConcernedCanuk]

58. Anyone notice - she's an Iraqi woman? - maybe tryna replace some of the kids killed over there?

.
.
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If so -

good on her!

From the posted article/link:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5627531.ece

" Last week her father said he would return to his native Iraq to work as a translator and driver."
_____________________________________________________

Amazing what one can learn reading the whole article . .

[1Hippiechick]

59. She is gonna need one of these. I guess 'multiple births' sounds better than saying she had a litter

http://www.flickr.com/photos/baalands/3032258695/

(Don't send me any sniping remarks -I breastfed both my sons who are now 33 and 36. I am JOKING, for Chrissake!)

By my calculations, if she ONLY spends 15 minutes per child per feeding, she is looking at 2 hours per feeding! And, don't breastfed babies eat a little more often than bottle-fed babies?

[YanquiUXO]

61. Oprah does nothing but promote this kind of lunacy, anyway. nt.

[1Hippiechick]

62. I am NOT an Oprah fan at all. I don't understand all the hype and hysteria about Oprah!!!

And today, my mother-in-law was telling me how her programming has changed - sounded bizarre to me.

[RandySF]

63. Two days ago, all I heard from the MSM was "way to go mom"

I wonder if Ashley Judd is still gushing over this.

[cherish44]

64. Those poor kids

That's all I can say.