How would you like....

[tortoiseshell]

...to be this mother!

hmmm try... not at all!

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

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

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

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

Isn't Ellesse a brand of sportswear??

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

faint...!

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!!

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

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?