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I just sent this link to a friend, who has very strong opinions on IVF protocols. I'm hoping she'll come on and post.

One has to wonder why? Why this mother was OK with having so many babies at once? And then when we find out she's a single mother of 6 children already. You really can't help but wonder why.

Well, this morning I got a little bit more insight. I caught just a glimpse of the upcoming interview with the mother and Ann on Mondays, NBC's Today show.

The mother talks about her childhood and having no one. She talks about how lonely she felt. That's all I caught, but it was enough to intrigue me to want to watch Monday's show. I really want to understand more about her. Why she chose to bring 8 more children into a household with a family of 7, already?

It's not my place to judge and I'm not. It does make me think however, as a women's health care advocate, maybe we should have something on our site that helps women assess decisions like this before making them??

Would that be helpful information for us to have on EmpowHer?

If there were a site like EmpowHer, when I was sick - a place where I could have assessed the pros and cons of my hysterctomy, talked to other women and had experts to help explain things to me - I probably would not have had the surgery.

Thoughts??

Best in health,
M

February 6, 2009 - 2:15pm

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