I guess I'm not judgy about this at all because we actually don't really have any information except what the mother said and I think it's too easy to not get it.
Also, I don't think she
wanted
eight more necessarily. What she didn't want to do is selectively reduce and, given one's religious stance, I can respect that as it is indeed her body. If I'm actually about the choice thing, then I have to understand when people make choices I wouldn't.
I'm sort of in awe that she lives at home with her parents in a small house in Whittier! And that there is no talk of Dad.
I guess it's too hard to really get my self into a lather because there is so much I don't know about the situation.
oh Barb - I meant to say that what I had done earlier this year was the removal of one of those. Best ofluck and if this is new to you, I am happy to answer things via email.
and for me, having 6 already is enough to send me over the edge.
Having three is more than enough to send me over the edge, so.
I'm pretty comfortable in my McJudgey chair on this one, actually.
If I'm actually about the choice thing, then I have to understand when people make choices I wouldn't.
Yes.
And selective reduction is a hard call I wouldn't wish on anybody.
To be clear, I completely get that selective reduction is a choice that I wouldn't want to make, and that every woman should be able to deny, if that's her belief.
I'm questioning why she wanted more kids in the first place, when she's supported by her parents, and apparently bankrupt. Also questioning the doctor/clinic who transferred that many embryos, if that is actually the way it happened.
Because money problems come and go but you have your kids forever?
My Grandparents had eight children. They'd have had more if they could have. Its less common than it used to be, but some people
really want
a large family.
As far as the doctors -- that's some ethical shit that bears professional examination from peers fo sho.
Thanks, belle. I may hit you up on the advice. Apparently, I have four of the suckers, all of the them 4+cm, so obviously, I'm not a big fan of waiting around for Mother Nature to take care of them while they continue to grow.
With Clown Car Uterus Woman, a couple other articles I came across where the grandfather was interviewed, he mentioned that they had a huge house elsewhere where they would all be moving that no one would be able to find.
Plus, he may be going back to Iraq to work as a contractor. So, mom, grandma, and fourteen kids. Oy.
My grandparents on my mother's side had 11 kids (including two sets of twins) and my grandparents on my father's side had about 8, I think. But they were all dairy farmers, and needed backup kids to replace any that got ran through the thresher.
OK, I'm joking - I'm not sure if they had threshers.
