February 18th, 2009
I don’t feel like the Octuplet mom should be getting any press. The fact that she wanted Oprah to offer her 2 million for her first interview and ended up settling for who knows how much less to be ET makes me smile. Yet, what makes me sad is that the other 8 children she has don’t want the Octuplets and I dont blame them a bit. If I were one of them I wouldnt want to share my bunk bed.
Where are the new children going to go? and will they receive the love and attention they need?
Really the less serious issue is what makes me happy. The fact that she is now getting too much attention and getting annoid is making me smile. I dont mean to sound evil about it but she is totally getting what she asked for.
BTW… go Octuplet Grandma!
February 9th, 2009
So my current social media addiction is Mylot everyone…yep..I said it!
Browsing the place I came across a question that I have pondered to myself. Would you rather have twins than a single birth? If so, a boy and a girl, boy and boy or girl and girl?
Personally, I would not mind one bit if I had twins. You get two birds with one labor stone plus you only have to go through months of no sleep once instead of twice. Unless of course you choose to have another child. In that case I would only want a single birth. Three is my baby threshold!
What do you think? Would you like to have twins?
What is your baby threshold?
February 2nd, 2009
More moms today want to have twins and will pay at the least $25,000 to get them injected into their bellies. I am sure you are wondering why on earth you would want an extra mouth to feed in this economy but some see it as a great opportunity for attention.
- Attention. Says Risa, a 35-year-old Upper East Side mom who said she had her twins naturally: “If I am ever depressed, I put my boys in the stroller and take a walk down the street and people just go nuts.”
- You can turn them into revenue-generating TV stars. Risa, whose sons were cast in the soap opera Guiding Light: “”Because of the labor laws, children can only work a certain number of hours, so identical twins are in such high demand.”
- It means you’re rich. Brinton Taylor Parson, counselor at a prep school for prep schools: “There is an inordinate number of moms in Manhattan who view their children as an accessory.”
- They can stop being mommies sooner. Said “a Gramercy Park mom:” “While my friends are bracing themselves for baby number two and all the sleep deprivation and chaos that comes with it, we are planning a family trip to Hawaii.”
Read the full article at Gawker: Why New York Moms Lust for Twins
January 30th, 2009
Recently, my guilty pleasure has been following the California woman with octuplets. If you have been under a rock for the last week let me catch you up to speed with the latest news …
If you haven’t done so, hop on over and read my previous post Should women be delivering litters of babies?
Now that you know my opinion and have read the original article check out what momlogic.com has to say from a professional OBGYN standpoint and then full out neighborhood gossip style.
Also while you are there. Make sure to watch the video on the octuplet dad… your not going to believe what the family vehicle is.
January 27th, 2009
Here is my disclaimer before I go on to say anything else… I am genuinely happy for anyone that receives such a wonderful gift of life. Especially to those who have been told they cannot conceive naturally.
Yet what baffles me is when I see an article like this one “California Woman Give Birth to Octuplets” and I see a picture of more than 16 children from the ages of 18 months to twenty years sitting by her bedside.
I do not doubt that woman has plenty of love in heart to give but how on earth are these children getting the quality one on one time with their parents? Why did this woman feel she had to take unnatural means to accumulate 8 more children to her already litter of babies?
I just dont understand!
I would however understand if she had no children…. or a farm to tend!
January 23rd, 2009
Deng, the boy, and his sisters, Nyantweny, Nyandeng, Abyei and Athei were the first quintuplets to be born in Maryland in 106 years. The joys of their mother’s fatigue can be read in this article.
“In one day alone, the quintuplets go through 40 diapers and several bottles of formula. The biggest, Nyandeng, is now 6 pounds 5 ounces, and the smallest, Athei, is 4 pounds 7 ounces.”
Amazing how all these little ones made it into this world so healthy. Mom is very happy!
January 22nd, 2009
Idwal, Ivor and Morgan Llewellyn were born in 1928.
Read about their life, similarities and differences here.
January 15th, 2009
Mrs. Peggy Lynn gave birth to Hanna on November 11 1995 and twin Eric on Feb 2 1996, 84 days later, the longest interval between twins. The previous record was held by Mrs. Danny Berg of Italy, who had Diana on December 23 1987 and her twin Monica on Jnuary 30 1988, 38 days later. The Keys family of Louisiana had their twins 95 days apart, in 1994 and 1995.
Read all these cool twin facts here
January 9th, 2009
Here are some names that I would recommend avoiding if you decide to give your same sex twins correlating names….
Michael and Michelle
Christopher and Christina
Angelo and Angela
Patrick and Patricia
James and Jamie
Alexander and Alexandria
Samuel and Pamela
Stephen and Stephanie
Brian and Brianna
Eric and Ericka
Riley and Kylie
January 7th, 2009
5 Jan 2009
Leukemia Research made headlines in January last year when a study on identical twins confirmed for the first time the existence of stem cells in childhood leukemia. Now, nearly a year on, new data has emerged shedding more light on how leukemia, the most common form of cancer in children, develops from birth.
The original study led by Professors Mel Greaves and Tariq Enver at University of Oxford compared the blood cells of identical twins Oilvia, who has leukemia and Isabella, who does not. They found that both twins have the same genetically abnormal primitive cells in their blood, which were shown to have developed during pregnancy, supporting claims that childhood cancer starts in the womb.
With more funding from Leukemia Research the scientists set out to identify the genetic events that must be set in motion to convert these pre-leukemic stem cells into full-blown leukemia in some children.
Dr Caroline Bateman, a clinical scientist working with Professor Mel Greaves, looked at the blood cells of five more pairs of identical twins where one of the children has developed leukemia. Although it was presumed by many scientists that there would be a common genetic pathway to explain how leukemia develops in some children, this study has revealed that there is no pattern in the way the pre-leukemic stem cells behave within individuals.
These findings, which were previously unconfirmed and unsuspected, were announced at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society of Hematology in San Francisco, 6-9 December 2008. The study was selected from over 6,000 applications to be presented at this prestigious event.
(Source: 50th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society of Haematology: Leukaemia Research UK: January 2008)
