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Old 02-01-2009, 01:28 PM
 
Location: los angeles
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The woman's father sounds like he has a European accent & keeps telling the reporters to leave the family alone. This actually is an interesting situation & I think the mother of all these babies is looking at a TV series that is quite possible living in LA. Aside from the pro & con of having so many little children [all 14 kids are under 8 yrs old ] this could be an interesting story.
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Old 02-01-2009, 02:06 PM
 
Location: here
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Here's another thought. We are all assuming that the 8 babies are fraternal, and that at least 8 embryos were implanted. What if some are identical? Maybe 8 embryos weren't implanted. maybe it was fewer. Unlikely, but possible.
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Old 02-01-2009, 02:13 PM
 
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Here's another thought. We are all assuming that the 8 babies are fraternal, and that at least 8 embryos were implanted. What if some are identical? Maybe 8 embryos weren't implanted. maybe it was fewer. Unlikely, but possible.
I've never assumed that.

Remember the eighth baby was a last minute "surprise".

Heck, there was a case last year of identical triplets.
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Old 02-01-2009, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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The above is possible, and I have seen it in the practice where I work. However, the patient's mom (the babies' grandmother) said she had embryos implanted last year.
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Old 02-01-2009, 03:02 PM
 
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I've never assumed that.

Remember the eighth baby was a last minute "surprise".

Heck, there was a case last year of identical triplets.
there were identical quads in my hometown a few years back.
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Old 02-01-2009, 03:06 PM
 
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there were identical quads in my hometown a few years back.
Were they in-vitro or natural? There was a set of triplets in my hometown back when I was a kid (they would be about 55 now), two identical girls and a boy. Obvi, these were natural. There is a set of triplets in the practice where I work, in vitro, two identical boys and a girl. The boy embryo split.
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Old 02-01-2009, 03:07 PM
 
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The above is possible, and I have seen it in the practice where I work. However, the patient's mom (the babies' grandmother) said she had embryos implanted last year.
I know. I don't think all 8 could be identical. I just mean MAYBE only 4 or so were implanted, and some divided. Unlikely, I know, and still rather irresponsible.
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Old 02-01-2009, 03:08 PM
 
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Were they in-vitro or natural? There was a set of triplets in my hometown back when I was a kid (they would be about 55 now), two identical girls and a boy. Obvi, these were natural. There is a set of triplets in the practice where I work, in vitro, two identical boys and a girl. The boy embryo split.
All 4 were identical, so, natural.
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Old 02-01-2009, 03:09 PM
 
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One or two dividing would probably be the max.
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Old 02-01-2009, 03:14 PM
 
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Possibly a Mexican clinic, possibly a Catholic hospital.

With all the complaining by people who don't have all the facts, yet, it would seem that many are changing their minds on abortion.

Maybe not. They want the kids born, but they want no part of suppoting them. Never mind. Status Quo maintained.

Wtf? Catholic hospitals would never do IVF at all, much less the irresponsible implanting of 8 embryos.
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