I have just seen the most disturbing thing...

Why do I watch the Discovery Health Channel?

Because, in addition to being horrified by things like a day in the life of a man who weighs half a ton and children who are born with horribly disfiguring bone diseases, you can now see the documentary:

Multiple Miracles

Multiple Miracles is the story of a couple in Austrailia who gave birth to quadruplets, while they had a toddler.

This, in and of itself, is not freakish enough to warrant a Discovery Health Channel Special, but,

wait - I'm not done.

SEVEN MONTHS after the birth of the quadruplets, the couple decided they needed to get pregnant AGAIN.

AND THEY DID. RIGHT AWAY. (Using donor sperm, for reasons I am not certain about because I missed the first ten minutes of the show because I had to play a round of Mario Cart Double Dash with Gabe.)

THEY GOT PREGNANT WITH ANOTHER SET OF QUADS.

No, I am not kidding. Not even a little.

What I don't understand is why the fertility specialist didn't say to this woman, "Hey. Your body has, like, been through, like, A LOT. And maybe getting pregnant again only seven months after giving birth to four babies, might, like, be really, really freaking hard on your body and I suspect that since you cannot possibly be getting any sleep perhaps this desire to become pregnant again is brought about hysterical insanity triggered by sleeplessness?"

But NO. That does not appear to be what he said.

So, four more babies were born. Well, honestly, one of them didn't make it. Which I am sure was very traumatic for them. That is, if they had to think about it, since, truly - when would these people ever sleep? And without sleep, I know, from personal experience, rational thought is really really difficult. So, I suspect that 10 years from now, when this couple is finally getting enough REM sleep, grief is going to smack them in the face like a son-of-a-bitch.

So, now this Austrailian family is raising seven children under the age of 3 and I cannot imagine why they haven't gone round the bend in a bus full of stark raving madness. And they ended the special by saying that they would like to have four more children...at which point I had to turn the TV off because I was afraid that my head would start spinning around and then explode all over my pretty salmon-colored couch. Which would not be an attractive home decor statement.

I sense I am going to have nightmares about this...(seven babies, not my head exploding.)

LM