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California Octuplets
This is a very interesting story about the birth of octuplets. This is an extremely rare occurrence and is not a natural conception. Amazingly, these eight children are doing quite well in spite of the odds against the successful birth of eight children. Between the eight of them they were 24 pounds ranging in weight from 1 pound 8 ounces to 3 pounds 4 ounces. It required a team of 46 medical professionals and 4 delivery rooms to bring these 2 girls and 6 boys into the world. Doctors are optimistic, but are quick to point out that the babies still in a precarious position due to those problems inherent to multiple births.
The questions here are multiple. What was her motivation for this multiple birth? Why would a doctor implant 8 embryos into a person when the general guideline is that not more than 4 should be implanted? This woman has six children already and no job. Wasn’t there any counseling that took place prior to implanting the embryos? What kind of difficulties are these people sure to have? They live in a three bedroom house. There are three adults (the mother's parents, who are divorced, and herself) and now 14 children. When the babies come home, the grandmother says she will move out, the grandfather is going to Iraq to work as a translator in order to make enough money to feed everyone. There is a high risk for neglect due to the sheer numbers, let alone the stress of having 17 individuals in one home.
I personally fear that there will be great difficulties ahead for these children as well as the parent. I hope that there will be an intervention by the Department of Child Welfare, not to remove the children from the home, but to monitor that there is sufficient access to assistance for the family. I also feel that there need to be laws, not guidelines that govern the number of implanted embryos. There is great risk to the children as well as the mother.
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This is a very interesting story about the birth of octuplets. This is an extremely rare occurrence and is not a natural conception. Amazingly, these eight children are doing quite well in spite of the odds against the successful birth of eight children. Between the eight of them they were 24 pounds ranging in weight from 1 pound 8 ounces to 3 pounds 4 ounces. It required a team of 46 medical professionals and 4 delivery rooms to bring these 2 girls and 6 boys into the world. Doctors are optimistic, but are quick to point out that the babies still in a precarious position due to those problems inherent to multiple births.
The questions here are multiple. What was her motivation for this multiple birth? Why would a doctor implant 8 embryos into a person when the general guideline is that not more than 4 should be implanted? This woman has six children already and no job. Wasn’t there any counseling that took place prior to implanting the embryos? What kind of difficulties are these people sure to have? They live in a three bedroom house. There are three adults (the mother's parents, who are divorced, and herself) and now 14 children. When the babies come home, the grandmother says she will move out, the grandfather is going to Iraq to work as a translator in order to make enough money to feed everyone. There is a high risk for neglect due to the sheer numbers, let alone the stress of having 17 individuals in one home.
I personally fear that there will be great difficulties ahead for these children as well as the parent. I hope that there will be an intervention by the Department of Child Welfare, not to remove the children from the home, but to monitor that there is sufficient access to assistance for the family. I also feel that there need to be laws, not guidelines that govern the number of implanted embryos. There is great risk to the children as well as the mother.
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