How would you like....

[tortoiseshell]

...to be this mother!

[starlover]

hmmm try... not at all!

i went to school with a girl who was one of 15!!!

[WigWamBam]

I wouldn't. I think she's potty.

[HappyDaddy]

I bet she just has to fart and out they plop.

[kkgirl]

It amazes me how people with all these children manage financially, six bedroom house and people carrier.

[SoupDragon]

Isn't Ellesse a brand of sportswear??

In the words of DH "why don't they get themselves a TV FFS"

[QueenOfQuotes]

wow that's amazing - and nice to hear of a family that isn't suriving on council accomdation etcetc

[QueenOfQuotes]

kkgirl - it must help that the mortgage as been payed off

[expatinscotland]

Whew! My greatgran had 17 - 15 of whom survived to maturity - by the age of 40.

[QueenOfQuotes]

wow just looked at the picture of them all - she's got 14 lovely children there!

[tarantula]

cant see a problem with it TBH and if they are happy then thats fine. Im one of 6 myself and my aunt has 9 children. My dad is one of 10, my mum one of 8 and I have 40 first cousins on my dads side and 26 on my mums.

Id like dd to be part of a larger family but cant see that happening at present as dp is a SAHD and we need my income to pay the mortgage.

[expatinscotland]

Tarantula came from good Irish Catholic stock. We Hispanic American Catholics take to marrying Irish American Catholics and siring broods rather than just having families

[TwinSetAndPearls]

Agree with QofQ that it is very generous of the daily mail to feature a large family that isn't percived as a drain on the state. Although it wouldn't surprise me if they feature a mother of twelve tomorrow who lives on a council estate and claims £300,000 a year on state benefits so they can do a compare and contrast.

Like tarantula says as long as the kids are happy and well cared for there is no problem I am slightly envious that they can afford to do it although I would imagine their budgeting skills are more advanced than mine.

I would love a big family but we would be struggling to afford a second child never mind a 15th.

[tarantula]

Its the Irish plot to conquer the world by sheer numbers ha ha ha ha

[hunkermunker]

I couldn't think of that many names I liked...!

[SoupDragon]

Neither could she since her youngest is named after a sportswear brand!

[TinyGang]

I feel faint thinking about it! Wasn't there a m/netter on here recently with 10 children though? ('Mumof10'? something like that?)

[QueenOfQuotes]

ahh but it's also a variant of Elisssa - meaning from the blesses isles

[hunkermunker]

PMSL SD! I did wonder if the next one would be called Reebok

[WideWebWitch]

Omg, that's a lot of children. She does sound happy though!

[emmatmg]

Well I wouldn't want that many but I'd love a DH who agreed with me on the more babies issue.

[hanginginthere]

faint...!

[ThePrisoner]

I think I'm more impressed by the dad with his asthma and arthritis ... am in awe of his ability to sire so many in the face of adversity!!

[spidermama]

How has her body coped with all those pregnancies and births? I thought 4 was exacting enough.

[spidermama]

I would've love to have six but I'd need to start earlier. There's a woman at my kids school with 12 and she's on her own!

She's got one or two problems but haven't we all?