http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/fertility+treatments/default.aspxTags: fertility treatmentsenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/02/16/more-adventures-in-fertility-freakshows.aspxMon, 16 Feb 2009 20:55:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4635Jessica Grose0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4635.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4635Bonnie, your continued fascination with octomom Nadya Suleman reminds me of the most recent headline-grabbing baby story: England is all atwitter with news of Alfie Patten, the 13-year-old father of newborn Maisie. Impregnating a fellow teen (the mother...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/02/16/more-adventures-in-fertility-freakshows.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4635" width="1" height="1">Octupletsfertility treatmentsnadya sulemanOctomomAlfie Pattenhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/30/baby-baby.aspxFri, 30 Jan 2009 18:55:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4483E.J. Graff0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4483.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4483Well, Jessica , maybe people are riveted to these shows the way they are riveted to every reality show: At least I'm not as crazy as they are! Or, in the case of the mean nanny shows, at least my house isn't as bad as that! And Bonnie , forget what the...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/30/baby-baby.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4483" width="1" height="1">Reality TVOctupletsfertility treatmentshttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/30/eight-is-too-many.aspxFri, 30 Jan 2009 16:44:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4482Bonnie Goldstein0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4482.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4482At first, the media and medical establishment tsk-tsking over irresponsible fertility treatments seemed a bit, er, premature in the coverage of the California woman who delivered eight babies totaling over 16 pounds at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower, this...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/30/eight-is-too-many.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4482" width="1" height="1">Octupletsfertility treatmentsIVF