I'm sure by now you have all heard about the woman in California who conceived (in vitro), carried and birthed (via cesarean) 8 children. Yes, eight.
I'm absolutely fascinated by this and secretly excited for the day she takes over the Jon & Kate Plus 8 airtime. (Don't get me wrong, I love those kiddos...specifically Aaden...but is it just me or is Kate extra beeyotchy these days?) Anyway, I was perusing the internets to find some more information about this crazy woman and was SHOCKED to learn the following:
- Nadya (babymomma to the octuplets) only knew about 7 of the babies. Little #8 was a delivery surprise!
- She is a divorced single parent.
- She also has three other sets of twins at home – all conceived by in-vitro fertilization using the same sperm donor.
- The grandmother to the children (Nadya's mom, Angela) insists that Nadya has an "obsession" with children. Having them, that is.
- Nadya has a degree in child and adolescent development from California State University, Fullerton, and has been studying for a master's degree in counseling. (And she CHOSE to have a billion children?!)
- Nadya had eight leftover frozen embryos from a previous in-vitro session and had them all implanted because she didn't want them destroyed. Later, when given the option to abort some of the resulting fetuses, she refused.
I cannot imagine what her life must be like. I get overwhelmed just thinking about Jon & Kate's trips to Costco...and this woman needs double what they do! Seriously, all the parenting logistics aside, how in the sam h-e-double-hockey-sticks does this woman afford to have that many kids? And what if all the twins were identical?? Now there's a parenting nightmare!
Dear WIP - Thank you for being just one. Love, Mom
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