good advert for contraception

[ben ashton]

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.htm ... page_id=34

'Infertile' mother with 9 children
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Melissa Cunsamy was devastated when doctors told her that years of battling eating disorders meant that she could never have children.

But the former checkout assistant was determined to become a mother - and 12 years later she and husband Mike have nine youngsters, with twins on the way.

Amazingly, eight of the couple's children were born after Mrs Cunsamy suffered an ectopic pregnancy and had to have a fallopian tube removed.

Between the ages of 19 and 24, she fell victim to bulimia and anorexia, and her weight plummeted to 38kg (6st).

Doctors told Mrs Cunsamy that the rigours her body had been through meant it was unlikely she could get pregnant.

'I was told if I didn't buck my ideas up I would be 6ft under,' said the 36-year-old.

'My chances of having children were very very slim and I was absolutely devastated.'

Two years later she gave birth to her first child, Charlotte, and she and 45-year-old Mike have never looked back.

The full family now comprises Charlotte, ten, Charlene, eight, Dominic, seven, Natalie, six, Jean Pierre, four, Pierre-Laval, three, twins Gabriella and Gabrielle, two, and 18-month-old Antoine.

And the couple are looking forward to the birth of twins in July.

The Cunsamys' giant family squeeze into their three-bed semi in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

Melissa and her Mauritian-born husband have given up work to look after their ever-expanding brood of children.

Their weekly shopping bill includes six loaves of bread and 48 pints of milk and they drive a minibus for family outings.

Mrs Cunsamy said: 'The kids have their moments, like all brothers and sisters do, but they all get along great and play happily with each other.

'They have learned to share and we are really proud of all of them. We can take them out and they behave impeccably, they are all well mannered and respectful.'

[Richard Ruck]

"Melissa and her Mauritian-born husband have given up work to look after their ever-expanding brood of children".

How nice for them - it's a good job some of us pay taxes, isn't it?

[ben ashton]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/5138444.stm

A 21-year-old who fathered his first child at 13 is about to become a dad for the seventh time.
Keith Macdonald, from Washington, Tyne and Wear has been branded a "reckless Romeo" after it emerged that all his children are by different women.

He is reported to be living apart from the mother-to-be.

As he is unemployed he does not support his children financially, but Mr Macdonald says he has no plans to father any more children

'Not happy'

The north east has a high rate of teenage pregnancies, with 52 girls per 1,000 under 18 becoming pregnant, as opposed to an England average of 42.

Condom manufacturers also report low sales in the region.

Mr Macdonald said he did not want to have any more children and that his mother has strong views about the situation.

He said: "My mum's not happy about all these kids.

"She tells me to pack it in and keep it in my trousers."