Quote Originally Posted by ramanth

But she will not live forever. When she passes away, how old will the youngest child be? 1 year? 2? 5 or 10?

Sure, to lose a parent for any of the children would be awful, but to lose a parent you hardly get to know. To me, that's selfish on the parents part.
I don't understand. She is only 39...a lot of people have their FIRST child at that age. Anyone can die at any age...none of us have any guarantee as to how long we will live. She could very possibly raise all of her children and still be alive and healthy when the youngest is an adult. In fact...its worse if someone has 2 children...and say, the mother dies when the children are 1, 2, 3, 5, 10?? Who would take care of THEM? These kids have so many older siblings to love and care for them if God forbid, anything ever happens to the parents. None of us have any guarantee on how long we will live. You can't guarantee being alive long enough to raise 1 child. How would anyone know??? If that's a reason for her to not have all those children...well...that could be anyone's reason to not have children at all. Death is a part of life...none of us will stay on this Earth forever. I can't comprehend how that could be a reason for her to not have kids. I don't even think she is thinking of herself in this. I mean...how could it possibly be fun to remain pregnant almost 16 years in a row? I bet she's forgotten how it feels to NOT be pregnant by now. Again, it is her choice. If they're happy with it, and if the kids are all happy and well taken care of, none of us should have a problem with it. Its something *I* would never do, but everyone has their own choice in this world, especially when it comes to the amount of children they want.