"She knew she had medical options and chose not to access them."
The remains were too decomposed to determine how they died. One infant's remains were encased in concrete, and another's in a detergent-like powder.
"She bagged each of the bodies, sealed them or encased them in cement or powder, all in an effort to contain the smell of human decomposition and decay," Thompson said.
"Giesbrecht knew these children were likely to have been born alive and she wished to conceal the fact of their delivery and existence."
Her lawyer, Greg Brodsky, said he was surprised at the severity of the sentence and said his client didn't kill anyone.
"There were no marks, as you know, on the fetuses or products of conception to show that she self-induced an abortion and killed anybody. She can't be sentenced as if she did," he said.
He will advise Giesbrecht to appeal the sentence.