New lurker here! I have heard about this family many times and I just can't understand why anyone would want this amount of children. Someone said in a previous comment that a 13 year olds body isn't designed for pregnancy and that pregnancy must traumatise a childs body. I am amazed she was able to carry another 21 to term. It's very sad that they lost Alfie but I'm wondering if that was her body's way of saying no more babies. But yet she's managed to carry several more to term, each with increasing risk to both mother and child. I think is so selfish, not only to her children but to the government and to the taxpayer. I don't know how her body has coped with 22 previous pregnancies, and now a 23rd my mum carried two babies to term and she was in and out of hospital for the whole 9 months of both! It can't be doing her any good. Her womb must be extremely strong, but by now must be about fall to pieces. I've seen some people mention that she's said her womb is now weak. She must be considered high risk. she's already had quite a few scans and shes about 16 weeks now. some of them private and some of them on the NHS. Not to mention the effects of advanced maternal age! At her age her baby has 1 in 32 chance of having down syndrome. she is also at a much higher risk of stillbirth, preterm labour, gestational diabetes, postpartum haemorrhage and of also needing an elective or emergency C-Section. I doubt this pregnancy was an accident. I do fully believe they were actively TTC. which is RIDICULOUS! She is putting herself at such risk to have another baby when they already have so many.
I've just watched that house tour. 2 of the older boys have extensive gaming set ups in their respective rooms. They have a mamaroo and a bugaboo donkey duo (which sells for like £1400!). All the kids rooms have TVs in them and quite nice stuff. How are they managing to claim uniform allowance? I find the room setups weird. I get the older ones having their own rooms but millie, chloe and the oldest boy? have decent sized rooms to themselves while some of the younger ones are crammed into tiny rooms, which would be suited to having 3 children in them. i mean 2 of the boys are crammed into a room that looks about 6ft wide and then theres the two girls in that cupboard looking thing with no windows! and they have a bedroom downstairs which is being used as a bedroom but is being used as chloes makeup room? shes got quite a big room. that room should have two girls who are in that room with no bleeping windows or the two boys who are crammed into that six foot across room!!!!!!