couple's attempt to have girl results in 12 boys over 22 years

[Liberal_in_LA]

'We thought maybe, maybe, you know, we're going to have a girl. Number 12 could be the one,' she said.

Nonetheless, the couple are excited about the latest addition to the Schwandt family.

'We are confident that he is going to fit right in,' said Mr Schwandt before admitting, 'we gave up a long time ago on a little girl showing up in this family.'





Couple who have been trying for a baby girl for 22 years welcome their 12TH SON
Ty, the eldest son of Kateri and Jay Schwandt, is 21 years old
New baby Tucker was born August 4th


Http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2386199/Couple-trying-baby-girl-22-years-welcome-12TH-SON.html

[madokie]

1. My sis gave up after 4 boys

[Skidmore]

2. Her body, her choice.

[Wait Wut]

3. There are plenty of little girls...

...waiting to be adopted.

[Sheepshank]

14. Actually, not so many girls

and with adoption fees $25K+ it's probably cheaper to just get pg on their own.

[Wait Wut]

17. If you want a baby, yes.

But, there are children in foster care waiting for homes. Adopting from foster care is normally less expensive than going through 12 pregnancies.

[LittleBlue]

4. If only Henry VIII had met this woman

[FLyellowdog]

16. Wouldn't have made any difference.

Isn't it the male who determines gender?

[morningfog]

5. Some people have strange hobbies.

[raccoon]

6. "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." nt

[Politicalboi]

7. Why not let science help?

Why raise another boy if you really want a girl?

[NightWatcher]

8. Idiots! Everyone knows that if mom's head is facing east

and you do it on a Thursday after having chicken pot pie the night before....

Tada.

[ecstatic]

9. I read that a woman's diet can play a role

in which type of sperm survives, also the timing--closer to ovulation favors Y sperm. High sodium /low dairy diets favor Y sperm (supposedly). Oh well.

[Beaverhausen]

10. Uh, how about adoption?

I'm sorry but these people are too stupid to have this many children.

[d_r]

12. no way

their genes are so wonderfully awesome that they need to really fill up the planet with them

[NoPasaran]

13. So, what is the limit on the number of children stupid people should be allowed?

And should stupid people be allowed to adopt children?

[RebelOne]

20. Maybe they were trying to keep up with the Duggers. n/t

[Nine]

21. There are a lot of misconceptions about adoption.

It's not as easy as people think. It can be as expensive as, say, using IVF with an egg donor. It can definitely take longer. And there are no guarantees. The world is overpopulated, but that doesn't translate into lots of children to adopt. Demand far exceeds supply. Even foster-to-adopt is not that easy to come by. And lots of people wouldn't want to go through losing a child they've had for years because the bio parents suddenly got their lives together. I think it's easy to say that people reject adoption because of vanity about the superiority of their own genes but I think most people shy away from adoption because of expense and waiting periods and fears about bio parents changing their minds. Although if people did prefer to parent a child with whom they had a genetic connection, I don't think that's worthy of contempt anyway.

That said, this article is meant to get people clucking their tongues. It's why the Daily Fail exists. If the couple gave up on having a girl long ago, then how could they have been repeatedly "trying" for girls and ending up with boys? I think they had 12 kids because they wanted 12 kids, and they would have loved to have a girl in there somewhere but that doesn't mean the kept having more and more kids ONLY in order to get a girl.

[Dreamer Tatum]

22. Too stupid? Looks like they figured out reproduction pretty well.

If you want a kid adopted, go adopt one.

[Cali_Democrat]

11. This is absolutely nuts

[gollygee]

15. That looks expensive

Feeding that many growing boys and paying for all their activities and stuff.

[bunnies]

18. You're not kidding.

He must have one hell of a paycheck.

[joeybee12]

19. Can someone tell this woman she doesn't have a clown car down there? nt

[marions ghost]

23. Sick

I feel sorry for the kids. Not enough parents to go around.