Re: Once again the English outdo Americans (way off topic)
2009-11-25 by lsf5275@aol.com
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!)
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.