Tag Archives: multiple births

Octuplet Story Controversy Continues

A few days ago, I wrote about the California mom of six, Nadya Suleman, who just gave birth to octuplets. In case you are as bad at math as I am, that is eight babies. Nadya already has six children, is divorced, and living with her parents in a three bedroom house outside Los Angeles. Earlier reports from Nadya’s mother, Angela, seemed to lean towards the fact that Angela supported her daughter. She said her daughter had always been obsessed with having children, but was a good mother. Now it seems that Angela was not being 100% truthful. Angela has … Continue reading →

Twin Births on the Rise

Since the early 70s, twin births have increased and what was once rare, the multiple births are since increased more than 200 percent in the last three decades. Twin births occur once in every 35 births with significant increases to triplets and more. One reason for this leap in multiple births has been associated with fertility treatments and fertility drugs. Medical intervention is considered the reason for multiple births that result in quadruplets and more. According to the Center for Disease Control, 43% of the births associated with fertility treatments resulted in multiples. Still, are fertility drugs the only reason … Continue reading →