Patty and Carlos Hernandez say they don’t believe in contraception and leave it up to God and have named all their children in honor of their cleaner father.
A mum-of-15 has revealed she is pregnant with her 16th baby – and all of them have names beginning with the letter ‘C’.
Patty Hernandez, 38, and her husband Carlos, 37, live with their massive brood in a five-bedroom house in Charlotte, North Carolina, which includes a nursery with five cots.
The couple – who say they don’t use contraception and leave everything to God – spend a whopping £375 a week on groceries and nappies, the Mirror reports.
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They drive a 16-seater bus, but have outgrown it and need to shop for a new vehicle ahead of the new baby’s arrival.
The couple has five boys and 10 girls all under the age of 12 – including three sets of twins and all have names beginning with C in honour of their father, a floor cleaner.
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Carlos Jr, 12, Christopher, 11, twins Carla and Caitlyn, nine, Cristian, eight, Celeste, seven, Cristina, six, twins Calvin and Catherine, five, Carol, four, twins Caleb and Caroline, three, Camilla, two, Charlie, one and Crystal, four months, will be joined by a baby girl due in May 2021.
The family first made the news in 2019 but Patty has since had two more children – Charlie who was born in May 2019, and Crystal Abigail who arrived in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in April this year.
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Patty has spent over a decade pregnant having given birth to 15 babies since 2008.
She says she usually falls pregnant shortly after giving birth.
She said: “I’m so happy when I’m pregnant.
“Around three months after I have a baby I usually get pregnant again.”
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Despite admitting that raising so many children can be stressful, the mother-of-15 says she is happy to have more kids.
She said: “It is a bit more stressful and difficult with a newborn.
“The babies are always crying and I have to take care of them. But it is a blessing, we enjoy it.
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“We have left everything to God so whatever God wants to give us we will be happy. We don’t use contraception.
“It’s always crazy at our house.”
Patty added that having so many children creates a lot of housework but she is already training the older children to chip in.
She said: “Right now I have a thousand clothes to wash – that’s at least five hours of folding clothes every two days.
“I do laundry at least four times a week
“When the kids play, they often leave toys on the floor so I need to clean that up too.
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“I try to give them a daily routine to clean up after themselves. They have their own chores.
“The older one makes his own pancakes sometimes, but most of the time I am the one doing the cooking.”
Patty and Carlos love their big family, and are endlessly amused by the attention they receive.
“People ask me all the time, ‘are they all yours?’
“Everybody’s amazed when they find out how many kids I have, especially because I’m such a petite person.
“I never thought I’d have so many babies.”
Sources:dailyrecord.co.uk
