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Subject: Re: Once again the English outdo Americans (way off topic)

From: lsf5275@aol.com
Date: 2009-11-25

 All we have is the Octomom and Jon and Kate
 

Woman Pregnant with 14th Child Will Keep Going Until She Has Twins (Thank God for free medical care!)

 

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Sarah Foss, 39, got pregnant at age 16 and was so traumatized by the birth, she swore off kids for another 10 years. After having her second child in 1996, Foss has gotten pregnant every year since then. Now Foss is pregnant with her 14th child and vows to keep her OB-GYN busy, until he places a set of twins in her arms.

The Derby, UK, "mum" says, "All I've ever wanted is twins or triplets. It's my biggest wish, and I'm going to keep trying until I do it. It would be fantastic. In fact, I won't stop trying until I've done it. I love having babies - it's the most wonderful thing in the world."

Foss swears that her children are not a bother at all. She and her longtime live-in partner, Stephen Smith, 40, all live in a three bedroom house. Smith works as a canal boat builder and Foss is a stay-at-home mom but insists that they make ends meet by watching every penny that comes in to the household.

Belt-tightening is not an easy feat in the Foss-Smith household. Each week the couple averages $1,000 on groceries alone--32 loaves of bread, 75 pounds of potatoes, 126 pints of milk, 36 rolls of toilet paper, three large boxes of detergent, eight boxes of cereal.

The busy mom is also very anal about keeping a spotless home. So every day Foss gets up at 4 a.m. to make sure her family is not viewed by the neighbors as "living in a pigsty and behaving as low-life scroungers who beg off the state."

The couple's children sleep in movable bunkbeds and cots, so that they can change them around at bedtime. Two of her children sleep on an airbed. Foss says, that her household is "a squash and a squeeze, but it's cozy. It's home."

Just in case you're wondering what her children's names are (from youngest to the oldest):

Patrick named after Sara's grandmother's surname of Patrick

Stephen -- named after his father

Malachai named after a character in the horror film, Children of the Corn

Peppermint named after mints she craved during pregnancy

Echo named after a group of eco-campaigners who Stephen met during a job at work

Eli named after another character in the film, Children of the Corn

Rogue named after a character in the film, X-Men

Frodo named after a hobbit in the film, The Lord of the Rings(my personal favorite!)

Morpheus named after a character in film, The Matrix

Artemis named after a book character, Artemis Fowl

Blackbird named after a gathering of blackbirds which flew onto Sara's lawn (I would kill my parents for naming me this.)

Baudelaire named after the Baudelaire orphans which featured in Lemony Snicket's film, A Series of Unfortunate Events

Voorhees named after serial killer, Jason Voorhees in the horror movie, Friday The 13th

Thank god that there is a huge supply of shitty movies so that they can continue to find names for their progeny.