Will the Octo-mom saga/drama never cease? Everybody knows this story by now and others that have spawned from it. Nadya Suleman, the single mother who gave birth to Octuplets recently and has an additional six kids, has inspired a bill in Georgia that would limit embryo implants for in-vitro procedures.

Hudgens’ plan, which was co-sponsored by several other senators, would limit the number of embryos a doctor could implant to two for women under 40 years old and three for women 40 or older.

Obviously, some people are against this, some doctors claiming it would ’shut them down’:

At least some fertility doctors say the limits in Hudgens’ bill would hurt chances for women to get pregnant. They say that while three embryos are usually enough, there are special cases when they need more.

“What this bill will effectively do is shut us down,” said Dr. Daniel Shapiro, a fertility doctor in Atlanta.

In regards to the Suleman case more than the proposed bill, I have nothing against single mothers or big families and I would never tell anyone what they should do, but I tend to think there absolutely should be a limit to the number of embryos to be implanted. That’s just my opinion.

Most of us can barely take care of or afford one or two kids, let alone eight at one time.

Just when I think it’s safe to remove the cold compress from my forehead and get up off the sofa I hear more freaky news.  And it has been pretty freaky lately.  I used to think that those Snuggie commercials were the creepiest things on TV but now we have Octo Mom, Nadya Suleman, whose story just keeps getting weirder and weirder.  First, she’s anonymous.  Then, she doesn’t want any help.  Now, there’s a website asking for donations.  There’s so much information flying around about her that it’s hard to tell what might possibly be truth but I’m starting to believe the stranger stuff over the rest of it.  And I really would like to meet the Doctor who implanted the embryos.  Not because of the ethical questions, but because I’ve had friends go through this procedure and it is NOT covered by insurance and is cash-on-the-barrel-or-come-back-when-you-can-write-me-a-check, but this woman – who is reportedly $50,000 in debt – found a physician who is apparently taking payments.  And how is she paying the three or four nannies that are caring for her other 6 children (all under the age of 8!). 

Her” family website” has pics of the new babies and only two places to click: one to donate money and the other to leave a comment or well wishes.  I’d be interested in reading some of the comments that have been left and wonder who on earth is giving this woman money.   Did someone talk her into accepting donations?  “Oh, people will want to help you!”  Or was this her intention all along?  One rumor suggests Jon and Kate envy - yikes.  Another rumor said she wanted $2 million for her first interview and a job as a child care expert.  And I know I risk sounding like my Grandma when I say this but “Having ‘em ain’t caring for ‘em, honey.”

And how about that disturbing resemblance to Angelina Jolie?   In her interview with Ann Curry, Suleman said that she’s been so busy that Jolie “isn’t even on my radar,” suggesting that she might know who she is but that she’s not that familiar with her work…or her many children.  But the latest reports have Suleman “reaching out” to Jolie via letters for a while now.  Yuck.  I really hope it’s not true.  If it is it just ups the creepiness factor by about 500% and I am running out washcloths and smelling salts.  

I would like to say that I would never dream of telling anyone how many children they should have.  That’s between you and your uterus.  But I do disagree with chemically-induced multiple births, especially ones that leave children at a disadvantage in any way.