Off-subject, but should she have like, donated the embryos? Or is that a whole 'nother thing? I mean, she makes it sound as though she didn't so much want to have more kids as she didn't want to have the embryos destroyed. I know it's hindsight and the babies are here, but I was just wondering. #octomom
I am very angry at this woman. She decided to have kids instead of seeking help. And I'm sick of people claiming to be religious when it's a good excuse to get out of a fucked up thing. "Oh, I couldn't KILL those babies, I'm very religious." How else are you religious, Nadia? In what way? Do you go to church? Because typically people who are SO religious that they believe that destroying embryos is murder usually have some sort of part in their community. Did you go to church BEFORE this happened or is it just now that you need the church-members help and money?
You know, I make probably twice as much as the average American and I don't believe that I am financially capable of bringing ONE child into this world right now. That's not to say that people who aren't super wealthy and education can't have kids...I'm just saying that you shouldn't be COMPLAINING about an inability to take care of your kids because of your inexplicably low salary while continuing to PROACTIVELY implant embryos in you. She was making $15K a year with 6 kids?
This lady is a pathological liar. Remember when she said that she never was on public assistance? Lie. Remember when she said that she was totally capable of taking care of her kids because she's getting her Ph.D. or whatever in psychology and could care for them with that degree? Lie. Remember when she said that she never had plastic surgery? Lie.
This is the same lady that goes out and gets a tattoo (which costs hundreds of dollars) while her kids are at home with a bunch of nannies that are being paid by who? SHE IS A FUCKING NUTCASE. No schaudenfraude here...just total anger. #octomom
@JinxyMcDeath: I just want to comment on one thing. Being religious does not necessarily mean you must have a community in which you are active. People practice their religions differently, and while a good many do choose to express their faith by going to church/temple/mosque etc, not doing so doesn't make you fake or irreligious. In the same way, going to church doesn't really mean a damn thing. #octomom
@JinxyMcDeath: I totally agree with your comments. The religious card is particularly interesting in light of many who have no problem accepting and using scientific innovations that may provide them with children but demonize other scientific advances that don't jive with their personal agendas. So God gave humans the ability to create fertility treatments but not stem cell research? I just doesn't make sense. #octomom
@Andraste: To be fair (not that those wingnuts deserve fairness!) many people who are against stem cell research are against IVF too, for example, the Catholic Church's official stance is that IVF is wrong. #octomom
The only thing some of us want from an Octomom story is for it not to appear in any publication of record and for a Jezebel piece to be reproduced instead in the space it would have taken.
(Unless, of course, it's a Jezebel piece about Octomom, in which case I drown in the conundrum.)
Do they charge for embryo storage by the month? I thought it was more of an annual thing. That way, you know what the fixed cost is gonna be. Regardless, did she not think this was going to be an issue when she decided to do IVF and freeze them in the first place?
@WashingMyHair: Well her clinic is super-shady, so maybe. But my son was a frozen embryo for 8 months, and we never had to pay for the storage. #octomom
@JessickerFletcher: Why Persephone? Persephone didn't have kids (at least on record), and was married. She strikes me as more of a Hera. A mother of many, but not a nice mother, a spiteful lady who never quite gets what she wants. #octomom
@PoisonPixie: Oh well, I always thought Demeter was the goddess of the harvest and Persephone was fertility (and was the reason we have Spring). I dunno. Still the photo was apt. Plus, Persephone was the Queen of the Underworld after Hades took her. (Stop me if this is wrong) #octomom
@JessickerFletcher: Persephone is the reason we have both Winter and Spring. She was taken by Hades to be his queen, since he saw her and fell in love with her. While she was in the underworld, she ate 6 pomegranate seeds. Her mother Demeter, goddess of grain and fertility, wouldn't let anything grow while she couldn't find her daughter. Zeus didn't like that, so he brought Persephone back up. Hades said that since she had eaten in the underworld, she had to stay there with him (it's kind of a rule that you can't eat there or else you stay forever). Zeus decided that since she ate 6 seeds, she had to stay in the underworld for 6 months and could spend the other 6 with her mother. When Persephone was in the underworld, Demeter stopped helping things grow, making Fall and Winter, and when Persephone came back up, Demeter get back to work, making Spring and Summer. Tada, seasons!
That's the version I know, anyway. There are a bunch of others. #octomom
Amen on the Moleskines, they're my best new treat of 2008. In 2008, I discovered/remembered how much I love to draw, and my moleskine became a permanent fixture and I started posting all of my doodles on flickr, also a fab discovery, it's like a fantastic pen and ink artist colony online.
But my most wonderful discovery of 2008 is discovering that I am preggers!
I discovered Jezebel late late 2008! I hardly ever comment (to be honest, I'm a bit intimidated - but in a good way - by the wit and intelligence of other Jezebel commenters), but I do lurk a lot. I love this site! Happy New Year everyone!
I got an electric corkscrew for Christmas last year, and it looks like a lightsaber. I love it so, so much. It enables more drinking when you're not together enough to work a manual one.
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You know, I make probably twice as much as the average American and I don't believe that I am financially capable of bringing ONE child into this world right now. That's not to say that people who aren't super wealthy and education can't have kids...I'm just saying that you shouldn't be COMPLAINING about an inability to take care of your kids because of your inexplicably low salary while continuing to PROACTIVELY implant embryos in you. She was making $15K a year with 6 kids?
This lady is a pathological liar. Remember when she said that she never was on public assistance? Lie. Remember when she said that she was totally capable of taking care of her kids because she's getting her Ph.D. or whatever in psychology and could care for them with that degree? Lie. Remember when she said that she never had plastic surgery? Lie.
This is the same lady that goes out and gets a tattoo (which costs hundreds of dollars) while her kids are at home with a bunch of nannies that are being paid by who? SHE IS A FUCKING NUTCASE. No schaudenfraude here...just total anger. #octomom
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Because I love amateur photoshop, I decided to make this. #octomom
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(Unless, of course, it's a Jezebel piece about Octomom, in which case I drown in the conundrum.)
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I feel like there's a definite Greek Mythology connection with Nadya Suleman. Perhaps Persephone? #octomom
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That's the version I know, anyway. There are a bunch of others. #octomom
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2) The Algarve coast in Portugal.
3) Guarana, that ridiculous Brazilian soft drink.
4) It's Always Sunny in Philadalphia
5) The joys of working from home in my pajamas.
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But my most wonderful discovery of 2008 is discovering that I am preggers!
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Mr. Hippity's Project Runway and Top Chef liveblogs.
The DNC and RNC convention liveblogs.
Cosmedix skincare stuff.
Growing bok choy.
Negroni cocktails.
Recycled glass countertops-- best indulgence of the year.
Snorkeling.
John Adams (the president, the HBO series and the David McCullough biography-- made me rethink my previous undying love for Thomas Jefferson).
P.S. That's Anjelica Huston modeling the Calder jewelry.
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