Celtic, this was her life plan: to have a huge family. And because she is both disturbed *and* smart, she has managed to get herself this far. Our helping systems did not break down in her case. People here are not entitled to demand that the state finance their family plans. We are entitled to temporary help and permanent help in special circumstances, like disability. I think the only people who might have managed to make her think a bit are her parents. If they had refused to pay for her room and board a long time ago, she might have done things differently.

She does, however, talk about all her embryos as needing to have been born, so I really have no idea what she would have done. You know, sometimes people start these huge engines without thinking about the challenges or consequences.

I imagine some people will provide assistance to her and suspect that others are reluctant to lend a helping hand because they feel she'll just use them the way she has everyone else in her life. (maybe even try to have more kids!) She's not the first nut to have children, you know, just the first to have octoplets.

As far as I know, they are planning to move into a larger home. How this has been financed I do not know because the house they are living in now is in arrears financially. Apparently none of the octoplets will be released to come home until the hospital decides that the living arrangements are suitable, so there we are.

You know, if she's telling the truth and really just wanted that 7th child -- not that that was ever a good idea considering her circumstances -- we never would have heard about her. She could have lived anonymously. Not well, but anonymously. Now the state child welfare people will be watching her every step and maybe that's the best we can all hope for.