Actually, we have the Duggars, who are the reigning champions at excessive breeding.
--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> All we have is the Octomom and Jon and Kate
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> 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."
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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."
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> 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):
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> 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.
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