Recently we had a couple move to our city from another state. From my understanding they both had "decent" jobs, house, good medical insurance, etc. They underwent fertility treatment in their previous city and became pregnant with quads. They decided to move here to be closer to family. She was 22 weeks pregnant. They came to the hospital and took a tour. Someone contacted the media about their "plight" and there was an ask for help from the community for diapers, clothing, formula, money, etc. They appeared on the news and their story told. The babies delivered early.
Please don't misunderstand me. I am all about helping those in need. What I am struggling with is the fact that these people PURPOSELY abandoned their financial security and health insurance to ask for hand outs and money? From my understanding neither is working now and the nurses say that the mother constantly hints at "how I am going to manage with no job and money?" She has even hinted to needing a bigger car and wishes someone would donate a van???!!!! Obviously WIC will supply formula and the taxpayers will pick up the ENORMOUS hospital tab.
If you can't afford to bring 3,4,5,6+ children into the world at one time wouldn't you know this ahead of time? Why would you exploit your children to obtain financial gain?
That show JON AND KATE PLUS 8 REALLY MAKES ME CRINGE...that is another topic for another post!
OK, this may be off the subject a bit but since we are talking about large families, I have to mention the Duggers. I get upset sometimes when I watch that show. The jury is still out for me as far as Jim Bob goes.
However, I love to watch Big World, Little People. Matt is a hoot and I truely love Amy, she is funny, intelligent and a very good mom. She does not let anything stand in her way.
The Duggars totally creep me out. Apparently Jim Bob made a fortune in real estate and that's how he supports his family, but they remind me of those polygamous families in Utah except that the kids all have the same mom. They have also been home schooled (i.e. probably no contact with the outside world) and they just seem sort of cultish.
What if they had a special needs child? And my sister put it this way: "You know at least one of those kids is going to be gay."
I like that "Little People" show too. Some people criticize them for having a messy house, but c'mon! They are simply a normal family who happen to have parents with different forms of dwarfism. I understand their money came from some inventions that Matt has patented and successfully sold. Amy does continue to work as a teacher mainly for the health insurance; the family is healthy but Matt's condition creates a lot of medical bills and always has.
Bree124, I'm guessing you are either in Minnesota or Arizona; sextuplets were born in those states ON THE SAME DAY. The Minnesota babies were born at 22 weeks (never found out why they were born so early) and all but one died within a matter of days; the six Arizona babies, born at 30 weeks, appear to all be doing well but the mom had a really rough time. You can PM me if you want to tell me where you are; I'm curious! I would be extremely surprised if Sylas Morrison, the sole survivor of the Minnesota set, is not severely handicapped.
I was quite surprised to learn that the mother of the Masche sextuplets of Arizona is a physician's assistant, so she would have already known what she was getting into.
As for donations, when the news got out about the McCaughey septuplets' impending arrival, the next day a floral shop pictured on the news received an envelope from Schenectady, New York containing a $10 bill "for the babies". Kenny McCaughey is reported to have said in response, "What for?" This was even before the family's name was released. A few years ago, they made a public appearance at a health fair in the city where I was living; thousands of people showed up, and they really are a class act.
IVF technology has improved greatly since the early and mid 1990s so those programs probably wouldn't use as many eggs now.
I used to follow their website, and that little sister was a surprise pregnancy. No fertility treatment used to have her, and at birth she weighed more than all six big siblings put together.
Nowadays, any time someone has twins (or more), everyone just assumes they used fertility drugs. :icon_roll
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The Duggars totally creep me out. Apparently Jim Bob made a fortune in real estate and that's how he supports his family, but they remind me of those polygamous families in Utah except that the kids all have the same mom. They have also been home schooled (i.e. probably no contact with the outside world) and they just seem sort of cultish.
What if they had a special needs child? And my sister put it this way: "You know at least one of those kids is going to be gay."
I like that "Little People" show too. Some people criticize them for having a messy house, but c'mon! They are simply a normal family who happen to have parents with different forms of dwarfism. I understand their money came from some inventions that Matt has patented and successfully sold. Amy does continue to work as a teacher mainly for the health insurance; the family is healthy but Matt's condition creates a lot of medical bills and always has.
Bree124, I'm guessing you are either in Minnesota or Arizona; sextuplets were born in those states ON THE SAME DAY. The Minnesota babies were born at 22 weeks (never found out why they were born so early) and all but one died within a matter of days; the six Arizona babies, born at 30 weeks, appear to all be doing well but the mom had a really rough time. You can PM me if you want to tell me where you are; I'm curious! I would be extremely surprised if Sylas Morrison, the sole survivor of the Minnesota set, is not severely handicapped.
I was quite surprised to learn that the mother of the Masche sextuplets of Arizona is a physician's assistant, so she would have already known what she was getting into.
As for donations, when the news got out about the McCaughey septuplets' impending arrival, the next day a floral shop pictured on the news received an envelope from Schenectady, New York containing a $10 bill "for the babies". Kenny McCaughey is reported to have said in response, "What for?" This was even before the family's name was released. A few years ago, they made a public appearance at a health fair in the city where I was living; thousands of people showed up, and they really are a class act.