Octuplet Update 18 March

Octuplets mother Nadya Suleman expressed frustration that social workers and doctors have not released the first of her two babies from the hospital.

Suleman had hoped two of her sons would be released Monday, but she told Radar Online that officials at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center decided to keep them for now.
"I'm really upset about this. I really wanted to return to a normal life," she told Radar. "I know the hospital is doing its best for the kids, but I never asked for all of this. It just makes me sad, and I'm going to do everything I can to get them back, but I also need to please the hospital."

Suleman said she wants workers to check for gas leaks in her new La Habra home and have CO2 monitors installed. She spent seven hours at the hospital on Monday, saying hospital officials wanted to make sure she could properly feed the babies.

Suleman said the two babies scheduled to go home are each 5 1/2 pounds and very healthy. Eventually, she plans to have all 14 of her children at the La Habra home

"Even when the babies are home, it's not going to sink in," she said.

I hope all these babies born as super multiples don't end up like the Dionne Quintuplets from the thirties. The sisters were exploited by the Canadian government and later their parents. The surviving sisters tried warning against too much publicity for super multiples, as it kind of ruined their lives. I wonder how children raised in the modern day equivalent, on television for TLC, will fare as adults. And the Suleman Octuplets are at the added disadvantage of having a mother who is a complete fruitcake.

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