I can't resist

Let me preface this by saying that I am angry and bitter over the Octuplets thing...

This is a post about the Octo-mom ... I won't even give her the satisfaction of using her name...

It torques me to no end that Dateline has set up a link to her website to "accept donations" -- that she has her own website "Thanking you for your donation" and NO I won't put a link to it here because she doesn't deserve it. Let the government take care of the babies...but STOP her and all of her benefits. It's not the babies' fault that she is so mentally unstable and planning to have all these children (that she knows will have disabilities from being so preemie, so she's gonna live off their SSI, so no, she's not getting public assistance...directly!)....

So I wonder, my dear friends, how many of you would be willing to make a donation to me to start an RE fund so I can get pregnant with my baby #6....and successfully carry it to term...I only want one...doesn't even necessarily need to be done by IVF...I only need $450 to cover my initial RE visit...(you know I'm just kidding right?)...Maybe I'll set up a separte blog just for that? LOL I promise you that my child's SSI goes directly to HIS needs, not to the mortgage or bills, I promise you that I am married and have a job -- and my husband has a job too! I pay out of pocket for my health insurance...which is why I would need donations to pay for the RE since MY insurance doesn't cover it!!

Here's a post I made on a board about the interview last night -- I just feel like EVERYONE should know how / what I feel about it

yes people are being hard on her, and I am one...sorry :( I too am addicted to having babies...I have trouble believing she has secondary infertility when she's had 14 kids within 7 years. (6 in 6 years). She has no husband and no job. She says she will support them financially via student loans which is different from welfare...but if she files bankruptcy (sp?)...won't those student loans be forgiven that way?

I am struggling with secondary infertility and don't have the funds to pay for an RE no less IVF....she was never questioned on the interview last night as to how she paid for them...she claims that she's already exhuasted $50k in student loans but I KNOW that the medical payments for her treatments for the IVF, the pregnancy, the delivery, the post partum care and the babies' care is NOT covered in that 50k...I am probably not a good judge...I am very bitter over this...I PAY for my health insurance and THEY don't cover IVF or even the bloodwork to see if there's an underlying condition why I haven't successfully carried a pg to term over the last 14 months (and BTW: I have the same insurance she does and I KNOW that without a job there's no way she could afford their premiums!)...who is paying for all the medical? I want to jump on that bandwagon and I am having some emotional issues with my losses and failure to carry my last baby to term!!

She's still in denial...her poor kids...did you see that part of the interview? The kids are already stressing out and the babies haven't come home yet...Oh and it just gets me how when they ask how she will manage with no father, she says that they have a grandfather...ok, well how long will he live? Another 20 years?? better hope so if she thinks that he's the 'father figure'....is it really fair to her father for her to expect him to raise another 14 kids when he's already done his part in raising his child (since she was an only)...That's just plain selfish of her to my way of thinking...not only that but my DH has issues with having children past the age of 50...what does "grandpa" think?

Then she says she will 'rely' on volunteers to help her...obviously she's got the media in mind and expecting plenty of volunteers?

She says she's not living on welfare...ok, well who's paying her medical bills? The babies...well they had no choice so I hope they are covered by some government medical program.

Something else that bothers me about the interview...she's been jetting all over the country--ignoring all 14 of her kids...If it were me, I would either be taking as much time as I could to spend some one on one time with the older children before the babies come home...time at the hospital with the babies and making them come to me if they wanted to interview me...

Also she claims three of her children are special needs (and receive SS)...now I have one child with autism (and another with other special needs, but not as severe as autism)....how can she not be there for all the therapies and to help keep him calm...when I went into labor with my last child I was in such a hurry that 2 hrs after the baby was born I was requesting to be sent home to see my son....how is she gonna manage all this? Let all the volunteers do it? Her parents? Because you know if she's interviewing, meeting with publicsists (sp?), going to school, working, when will she have time to parent her children????

Sorry, you got me going on a rant there. Hope I didn't offend anyone...