Octuplets' mother already has six young children! · 2009-01-30 13:21
The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week already has six young children, her mother said Thursday.
When she learned that she was expecting multiple babies, doctors gave her the option of selectively reducing the number of embryos, but she declined.
The woman, who has not been publicly identified, had embryos implanted last year, and "they all happened to take," Angela Suleman said, leading to the eight births Monday. "I looked at those babies. They are so tiny and so beautiful."
She acknowledged that raising 14 children is a daunting prospect, Los Angeles Times reports.
"It's going to be difficult," Suleman added, noting that her daughter's father is going back to Iraq, where neighbors said he worked as a contractor, to help support the expanded family.
The mother of the octuplets lives on a well-kept cul-de-sac in Whittier, where more than a dozen reporters and camera crews descended Thursday.
Neighbors said she and her six children ??“ ages 7, 6, 5, 3 and 2-year-old twins ??“ live there with her mother. Her marital status is unknown.
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