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Can you imagine if they have a girl and she has all those brothers to protect her?
My husband was one of 14, a loving, successful very happy family.
ROCKFORD, Mich. — A western Michigan couple with 12 sons is expecting baby No. 13, and even though they're sticking to their tradition of not finding out in advance whether they're having a boy or girl, they said they'd be shocked if their streak is broken.
Jay and Kateri Schwandt's baby is due May 9, The Grand Rapids Press reported. Even though they expect it will be another boy, the couple said they would welcome either into the family.
"If we were to have a girl, I think we would go into shock," Kateri Schwandt said. "It would probably be disbelief."
If he had a choice, Jay Schwandt said he would love to have a girl, but they're just "hoping for a healthy baby." Still, he would like to see the effect of adding a girl to the mix in a household with 12 boys.
"I've experienced all the boy stuff," he said. "As long as we are having all these children, it would be really neat to experience the other side."
The couple welcomed their twelfth son, Tucker, to the world on Aug. 4, 2013. Their oldest son is now 22 years old.
"The stuff that goes on in this house is all-boy — roughhousing and wrestling," Jay Schwandt said. "If there was a little girl in there, I assume it would be different."
Kateri Schwandt, after being the sole female in the family for more than two decades, said she would lean toward having one more boy.
"A little girl would be neat to have in the house, but a little boy kind of takes the pressure off," she said. "We know what we are doing. Why change things up?"
The Schwandts, who live Rockford, which is north of Grand Rapids, consider themselves devout Roman Catholics and don't believe in using birth control. Kateri Schwandt comes from a family of 14 kids. She said she is feeling well.
"I love being pregnant," she said. "I've spent half of my life being pregnant. It's very neat and very special."
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Can you imagine if they have a girl and she has all those brothers to protect her?
My husband was one of 14, a loving, successful very happy family.
ROCKFORD, Mich. — A western Michigan couple with 12 sons is expecting baby No. 13, and even though they're sticking to their tradition of not finding out in advance whether they're having a boy or girl, they said they'd be shocked if their streak is broken.
Jay and Kateri Schwandt's baby is due May 9, The Grand Rapids Press reported. Even though they expect it will be another boy, the couple said they would welcome either into the family.
"If we were to have a girl, I think we would go into shock," Kateri Schwandt said. "It would probably be disbelief."
If he had a choice, Jay Schwandt said he would love to have a girl, but they're just "hoping for a healthy baby." Still, he would like to see the effect of adding a girl to the mix in a household with 12 boys.
"I've experienced all the boy stuff," he said. "As long as we are having all these children, it would be really neat to experience the other side."
The couple welcomed their twelfth son, Tucker, to the world on Aug. 4, 2013. Their oldest son is now 22 years old.
"The stuff that goes on in this house is all-boy — roughhousing and wrestling," Jay Schwandt said. "If there was a little girl in there, I assume it would be different."
Kateri Schwandt, after being the sole female in the family for more than two decades, said she would lean toward having one more boy.
"A little girl would be neat to have in the house, but a little boy kind of takes the pressure off," she said. "We know what we are doing. Why change things up?"
The Schwandts, who live Rockford, which is north of Grand Rapids, consider themselves devout Roman Catholics and don't believe in using birth control. Kateri Schwandt comes from a family of 14 kids. She said she is feeling well.
"I love being pregnant," she said. "I've spent half of my life being pregnant. It's very neat and very special."
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i.just.can't even imagine that. 
i live with 4 and some days i think i am being punked!
Do these people do this for novelty?
I'd suspect recreation first and foremost.
JuJu!
I am sorry to say, I don't admire them. I also believe over-population is a big problem. In days gone by, families were big for many reasons. Farmers and ranchers needed the extra hands. Birth control was unreliable. Child mortality was very high. Most of these issues don't exist any more.
Talk about procreating like rabbits ....... They should be taken out and shot.
You're kidding, right?
Do these people do this for novelty?
I'd suspect recreation first and foremost.
How???!! I would think with 12 children there would be no privacy, alone time, strength, energy, etc. Maybe they go out to the garage, get into the back seat of a car, and have at it.
Maybe so but they certainly have alone time and privacy and if you can't imagine the other benefits I can't explain them to you.
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