
Sarah Foss, 39, got pregnant at age 16 and was so traumatized by the birth, she swore off kids for another 10 years. After having her second child in 1996, Foss has gotten pregnant every year since then. Now Foss is pregnant with her 14th child and vows to keep her OB-GYN busy, until he places a set of twins in her arms.
The Derby, UK, "mum" says, "All I've ever wanted is twins or triplets. It's my biggest wish, and I'm going to keep trying until I do it. It would be fantastic. In fact, I won't stop trying until I've done it. I love having babies - it's the most wonderful thing in the world."
Foss swears that her children are not a bother at all. She and her longtime live-in partner, Stephen Smith, 40, all live in a three bedroom house. Smith works as a canal boat builder and Foss is a stay-at-home mom but insists that they make ends meet by watching every penny that comes in to the household.
Belt-tightening is not an easy feat in the Foss-Smith household. Each week the couple averages $1,000 on groceries alone--32 loaves of bread, 75 pounds of potatoes, 126 pints of milk, 36 rolls of toilet paper, three large boxes of detergent, eight boxes of cereal.
The busy mom is also very anal about keeping a spotless home. So every day Foss gets up at 4 a.m. to make sure her family is not viewed by the neighbors as "living in a pigsty and behaving as low-life scroungers who beg off the state."
The couple's children sleep in movable bunkbeds and cots, so that they can change them around at bedtime. Two of her children sleep on an airbed. Foss says, that her household is "a squash and a squeeze, but it's cozy. It's home."
Patrick – named after Sara's grandmother's surname of Patrick
Stephen -- named after his father
Malachai – named after a character in the horror film, Children of the Corn
Peppermint – named after mints she craved during pregnancy
Echo – named after a group of eco-campaigners who Stephen met during a job at work
Eli – named after another character in the film, Children of the Corn
Rogue – named after a character in the film, X-Men
Frodo – named after a hobbit in the film, The Lord of the Rings
Morpheus – named after a character in film, The Matrix
Artemis – named after a book character, Artemis Fowl
Blackbird – named after a gathering of blackbirds which flew onto Sara's lawn
Baudelaire – named after the Baudelaire orphans which featured in Lemony Snicket's film, A Series of Unfortunate Events
Voorhees – named after serial killer, Jason Voorhees in the horror movie, Friday The 13th


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By: teri on 11/25/2009 2:08PM
This lady is crazy...How sad what she is doing in these times...The economy is so hard..I suppose we are flipping the bill here.........She is not even thinking of her children...She is stupid and selfish.....The odds of having twins are very slim..Just use the method they do to make lots of babies at one time...You could have twins if you had the money to pay for the little procedure to have them...........
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By: Awerora on 11/25/2009 3:12PM
She may be somewhat crazy because she is going to have children until she has twins. However, I don't believe she is like Octomom who is an attention seeker and lives off of the people. This couple seems like they are paying their own way. She works hard to keep a spotless house and take care of all of her children.
I once told my husband we were going to have children until he gave me a girl. Well I didn't have to have 14 to do that, but GOD took care of things in his own way. I have two boys 25 and 22 and then my girls are 20 years younger at 4 and 3.
BUT we tried all of those years inbetween.
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By: orgconceptcop on 11/25/2009 4:13PM
Crazy is as crazy does. So send her the money so she can use your method, if it bothers you so much.
Most everyone has some kind of wish or dream for themselves, so don't pee on her's. Nobody did yours did they? Personally, I'm not a big fan of kid's. We have just one and for my lifestyle and could roll back time, we probabily wouldn't have any, but I love him dearly after the trials and tribulation of just 23 years of having him. I would die for my son! BTW,I've been with the same woman for 40 married years and a few more prior. We all have a story to tell, this is LIFE, live it anyway you like!
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By: MDG on 11/25/2009 6:05PM
If you READ the story completly you would have not said a thing. She lives in the UK (that's in Europe. Just to make sure you know where it is) besides what does it have to do with you? You sound like the selfish one, and read the full story before you start running your mouth about something that you don't have a clue about.If she and her partner can take care and GOD sees fit, then they can do what ever they feel is right for them.
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By: Ms. Lynn on 11/25/2009 2:09PM
She wants a set of twins??? She has 7 sets already!!!! lol... hahah ( joke people )
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By: wanda on 11/25/2009 2:10PM
She does not live in a realistic world, she and her longtime partner are fruitloops, fifty cent short of a dollar, a few sandwiches short of a picnic. They are nuts!
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By: Melissa on 11/25/2009 2:12PM
Having children is a wonderful experience, but "wishing" for twins. That is not up to the dr., or the "mum", it is up to God. And after 14, I believe that it is clear that she is not going to have twins. I have 5 children and my 4th pregnancy was twins, but one didn't make it. It is also not fair to the oldest ones, because look at their sleeping arrangements. They are going to suffer back and neck problems later, sleeping on cots and air mattresses.
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By: VOICE on 11/26/2009 11:07PM
Wow, it really shows how much she loves her kids that aren't twins or triplets.
So selfish.
Putting her wants over her kids needs.
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By: Alexis on 11/25/2009 2:28PM
Dude, those are some wierd names she chose for her kids? The only semi-normal ones are Eli, Patrick, and Stephen. Frodo, seriously?
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By: xkcao on 11/25/2009 2:12PM
Her baby names are pretty ridiculous.
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