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silverpig

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Originally posted by: preCRT
Originally posted by: silverpig
The funny thing is we all sit here and have pretty much forgotten about octomom, but she still has 8 little hellions to raise.

14 kids, not 8

See what I mean? Most people don't care enough and forget about the 8, let alone the original 6.
 

SagaLore

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I think we should seriously consider legislation against fertility treatment invoked babies en-masse.
 

rh71

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Originally posted by: SagaLore
I think we should seriously consider legislation against fertility treatment invoked babies en-masse.

the way I understand it... they are giving the parents the best chance for their money so they fertilize multiple... of course they claim the goal isn't to have multiple births... but you can't really control this. I don't know how they control it with IVF like the article alludes to.
 

Acanthus

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That number in the pregnancy isn't actually all that rare.

With this many babies it likely more than half wont make it to term.
 
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Originally posted by: Acanthus
That number in the pregnancy isn't actually all that rare.

With this many babies it likely more than half wont make it to term.

Post me one single example in the history of time of someone being pregnant with twelve or more babies at one time (with the exception of the woman in the OP). Earlier in this thread someone posted the factoid "The record for multiple pregnancies was set in 1996, when a 23-year-old Greek Cypriot woman was pregnant with 11 babies. But nine had to be aborted to save the lives of two." Seems to me that means that 12 babies has never actually happened before this. Which, out of the billions of pregnancies that humans have ever had, makes it pretty rare.
 

Perknose

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Originally posted by: frostedflakes
edit: Article doesn't mention it, but any idea how far along she is?

She's batshit insane, of course, right 'round the bend and heading for crazyville!

Oh . . . you meant how far along in the pregnancy. :eek:

 
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Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: frostedflakes
edit: Article doesn't mention it, but any idea how far along she is?

She's batshit insane, of course, right 'round the bend and heading for crazyville!

Oh . . . you meant how far along in the pregnancy. :eek:

Isn't it amazing how often those two coincide?
 

Perknose

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Originally posted by: guyver01
Originally posted by: KingGheedora
New rule: You're only allowed to have as many offspring as you have teats.

and what about the post-masectomy parensts..

if the mom has no teats... is she not allowed to have any babbies?

No teats, no tots, no exceptions. Suck on that, if you can. ;)
 

preCRT

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my money is on really stupid hoax:

Twelve babies in one womb

August 18 2009 at 10:55PM

Tunis - Reports in the local media about a Tunisian woman pregnant with 12 babies have caught the attention of Tunisian health authorities.

The woman was reportedly in her ninth and final month of pregnancy and was expected to have a normal vaginal delivery of the 12 babies, according to the newspapers Alchourouk and Assabah.

Confirmation was not forthcoming from the family or her lawyer, but the Tunisian Health Ministry intended to send an official delegation to the woman to investigate the report, a source close to the Tunisian government told the German Press Agency.

There was suspicion in Tunisia that the multiple pregnancy was a scam intended for profit. Multiple births generally come at least two months early, and require a Caesarean section to protect the soft heads of the very small babies.


The woman was reportedly being cared for around the clock in a hospital in the city of Gafsa, about 350km south-west of the capital Tunis.

The husband of the woman told the newspaper Assabah that his wife was expecting six boys and six girls. He insisted it was a natural pregnancy, and that she had not taken hormones or other medicines.

Physicians said the woman and her 12 babies were in "good shape", and they anticipated delivery without Caesarean section, Assabh reported.

After being unemployed for years, the woman married her husband in July 2007 and had suffered two miscarriages since then, Alchourouk reported. She is to remain in hospital until delivery.

A successful pregnancy with 12 babies would be a medical sensation. The highest known number of multiple births was nine, to a woman in Australia in 1971. All nine babies died after several days.

The survival chance of the babies depends on how much time they have spent in the uterus. They often weigh less than a kilogram and need special medical care afterwards.

Large multiple births are usually the result of infertility treatments with hormones that stimulate the production of eggs from the mother's ovaries. Artificial insemination can also lead to large multiple births if more than one or two fertilised eggs are implanted in the uterus.

The most recent known successful large multiple birth was in January to a California women, who delivered eight babies nine weeks prematurely.

The Caesarean delivery required a team of 46 doctors and helpers, and the babies weighed between 880g and 1.47kg. All eight needed to spend about two months in incubators.

In 1998, a Nigerian-born woman in Texas gave birth to octuplets extremely prematurely, seven of whom survived. - Sapa-dpa
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php...090818224330675C225024
 

preCRT

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more:

Officials doubt Tunisian woman carrying 12 fetuses

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA (AP) ? 3 hours ago

TUNIS, Tunisia ? Tunisian authorities are investigating a claim that a woman in Tunisia is pregnant with 12 babies.

French and British media reported the woman will soon give birth to six girls and six boys.

A Health Ministry official in Tunisia said Tuesday the claim seemed doubtful and that the woman ? who has not been identified ? has refused to see a doctor for an ultrasound.

Another Health Ministry official said a team was sent to the southern town of Gafsa to try to meet the woman.

The officials, not authorized to speak publicly about the case, asked not to be named.
http://www.google.com/hostedne...AL1q2C-BKyocQD9A5EKHG3
 

Perknose

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Originally posted by: preCRT
Confirmation was not forthcoming from the family or her lawyer, but the Tunisian Health Ministry intended to send an official delegation to the woman to investigate the report, a source close to the Tunisian government told the German Press Agency.

Shens. The Tunisian Health Ministry would have to hire 3 or 4 more people just to be able to form a delegation. :p

 

frostedflakes

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Fucking Tunisia? I guess I missed that little detail in the original article. Thanks for the follow up preCRT, new info really does make this sound like a hoax.
 

SKORPI0

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She won't be "dethroned" till all 12 babies are born alive and survive. :roll: