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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- A woman pregnant with sextuplets has given birth to the five remaining babies more than a week after delivering the first, a hospital official said. The four boys and two girls were three months premature. Amy Van Houten delivered four babies Friday and one Saturday morning, Spectrum Hospital spokesman Bruce Rossman said Saturday. All were in critical condition, weighing between 1 pound, 4 ounces and 2 pounds, 1 ounce. Van Houten used fertility drugs to become pregnant. "The Lord just blessed us abundantly," said father Ben Van Houten.
No, the Lord apparently didn't intend for you to have children naturally, much less six at one time. You can thank the Lord, though, for blessing you with enough money to afford the fertility treatments.
I am angered when people thank God for things He didn't mean for humans to have, like litters of children. Meanwhile, there are countless babies out there who would love to call someone Mama and Papa. I guess some couples will do anything not to have to adopt.
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gods not real anyway
Posted by Tom @ 02/29/2004 10:52 PM EST
I can sell my eggs for something close to $15K.
Posted by Huff2 @ 01/27/2004 11:49 AM EST
Eggs? Oh my god! or is that Oh my Ywahway? Or is that Oh my Buddah? My head now hurts, damn eggs.
Posted by P @ 01/26/2004 07:41 AM EST
Mmmmmm... eggs....
Posted by ~ @ 01/20/2004 03:31 PM EST
Another thought: These are probably good Christian folks who believe that stem-cell research is "playing God," but they see no problem injecting women with drugs to make them produce more eggs or placing multiple embryos in a woman's womb.
Posted by Huffy @ 01/20/2004 03:04 PM EST
Well of course :D ... But seriously, God or no God, there's an ethical difference between creating toys and creating human beings. Plus, I'm just a firm believer in low or zero population growth. No more people! This planet can barely take care of the ones who are already on it... ;)
Posted by Huffy @ 01/19/2004 04:04 PM EST
Did God mean for us to have WiFi and plasma TVs? How about Internet porn? :-)
Posted by ~ @ 01/19/2004 01:06 PM EST