Post by narockshard on Oct 29, 2014 21:13:47 GMT -5
They seem like a totally normal, great family. I saw them in a restaurant a while ago and saw their little boys and was like wow, that family has like 6 boys! Then later on I noticed another booth that had about six older boys that looked just like the younger ones and I was like ohhhh. Whoa. Even though they go to a local church I actually only knew about them from the local news stories.
I'm no stranger to huge Catholic families though; my mom is one of 12, my dad is one of 11, and I grew up around families that had around 6-9 kids.
I live being pregnant, and I love boys, but this still sounds like hell to me. I like to do things like eat out and travel by plane occasionally, and 12 kids would make that pretty much impossible.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT UTERUSES FALL OUT! And now I'm afraid.
True story: A few days after I had DS2, I was taking a shower and something started to, um, slide out of me (spoiler alert: it turned out to be "trailing membranes," and I was totally fine). I called my OB in a panic and told her I thought my uterus was falling out. She was like "does it look like a small velvet purse? No? Then it's not your uterus." As though it happens all the damn time. It was horrifying.
how do they even afford to feed them? How much does that cost?
I always wonder this. My dad is one of 10 and grew up really poor. But those were different times in a different world.
The biggest Catholic families I went to school with in the 80s topped out at 7 or 8. Sharing bedrooms were a given and this was back when you could overstuff a station wagon with kids without anyone batting an eye. The moms SAHM and the dads had jobs that could support the brood.
I am Catholic and have a few friends with 6-9kids. They are upper middle class...DHs that are Doctors, Dentists, Computer Company owners, etc. They drive a big van & often home school or do charter public. I only have 4, but if I didn't spend $ a month on private school I could feed a bunch more kids. And we could buy a bigger newer house in the burbs for cheaper than our house now.
(My parents had 5 kids but wanted 7+ (My mom lost several pg) so it's not all that weird to me. I would feel a little sorry for a girl with 12 brothers..I had 3 & it was no picnic.)
True story: A few days after I had DS2, I was taking a shower and something started to, um, slide out of me (spoiler alert: it turned out to be "trailing membranes," and I was totally fine). I called my OB in a panic and told her I thought my uterus was falling out. She was like "does it look like a small velvet purse? No? Then it's not your uterus." As though it happens all the damn time. It was horrifying.
Our uterus looks like a velvet purse?
Thankfully I have no personal experience with which to confirm this image, but, yes, my OB claims prolapsed uterus = red velvet evening bag.