Nadya Suleman's Websiteby Libby Pelham | More from this Blogger 12 Feb 2009 02:52 PM "Oh no she isn't!" was the first thing I thought today when I read the CNN headline "Octuplets' mom seeks online donations." Nadya Suleman has set up a web site for donations for her new octuplets. The site offered three places where you could click to make a donation. In her first interview, Nadya said she loved her babies "unconditionally, accepting them unconditionally, everything I do. I'll stop my life for them and be present with them and hold them and be with them. And how many parents do that? Oh, now my head is hurting. I have been a bit torn about this whole situation. I am lucky enough to be a stay at home mom to my four year old son, but I realized that if I wanted to do that and us still be able to live somewhat comfortably, we should probably stop at one. Even before he was born, I was worried about providing for him - through elementary school, high school, and yes, even college. I know there are plenty of people who pay their own way through college, but like my parents did for me, I wanted to be able to provide as much as I could to him. I realize everyone doesn't have the same concept of children that I do. I don't mind providing a hand out to people who have come to a rough patch in life. With this economy as bad as it is, people are losing six digit incomes and finding themselves homeless. But, Nadya Suleman chose to be implanted with many embryos (some may have split so the exact number is unknown as far as I know) even after she had six mouths to feed at home, one being a special needs child, with no husband and no job that we know of. The fact that she promised to love and be there for her children is very commendable, but I am sure there are a lot of moms out there that would love to "be present" with their children and "be with them," but they have to work to support their family. Suleman's spokeswoman said that Suleman doesn't plan on being a welfare mom, but "wants to look at every opportunity that she can to make sure she can provide financially for the 14 children she's responsible for now." The spokeswoman did add that Suleman gets $490 in food stamps each month. How do you feel about this? Should the public offer her help to raise these children? Learn more about Libby Pelham  Libby Pelham is a work-at-home mom located in Jacksonville, NC. She has a beautiful little boy, Will, born in July of 2004. Relevantpopular culture tags User Comments MellowOutMomma (5) 12 Feb 2009 03:44 PMYeah, some of the thoughts that entered my head at first was, she has 2 children with special needs, one is autistic and the other has adhd or add (one or the other), the new 8 children have a high possibility that if not all, then some (if any) will have health issues, mental, or bone issues. So sad. One thing that made me real upset was when she was taking about the sperm donator saying something like "I want him to have the window open to know his kids." What?! Was that her way of getting a man? Why would she say that? I guess I can understand her allowing the man to see what his sperm helped make.. But.. I don't know, I don't think I would say anything like that on tv. It made me feel bad that they live in a 3 bedroom house, with "no income at the moment" that she would bring 8 more children into.. What I didn't understand was, she has 14 kids, "no income", yet she had her nails done. Anyway, I can go on and on, but I came to the conclusion, its non of my buisness or anyone elses. Let her do what she wants. Its weird, that she's dong al this without a man in her life or the childrens lives.. What is she going to tell them? Wow. Drama.  Libby Pelham (12965) 12 Feb 2009 05:04 PMThanks for the comments MellowOutMomma. I tend to agree that it is her business, but once she starts asking the public for donations, to me, that makes it a whole different ball game.  Andrea Hermitt |
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