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Like many couples, Jon and Kate
Gosselin planned on having children,
but 8 children, all under the
age of 4, were not exactly part
of their plan. Plans change.
Kate had a
"hunch" that she would
have difficulty getting pregnant
and she was right. She suffered
from Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome,
which prevented her from ovulating
on her own. Both she and Jon
were desperate for a family,
so they turned to fertility
treatment. Almost immediately
they were pregnant…with
twins. They were thrilled.
Their twin girls, Maddy and
Kara, were perfect and Jon and
Kate couldn’t have been
happier with their new family.
But Kate had another “hunch”.
She thought they should try
for more. After all, the twins
were pure joy, so why not add
to that joy?
But the next round of fertility
treatments gave them considerably
more than they bargained for.
Kate’s ultrasound was
something neither of them would
ever forget. One by one, 7 babies
appeared on the screen. As each
one was counted, Jon and Kate's
excitement lessened. Both Jon
and Kate are very honest about
their feelings on this particular
day- they were devastated. They
didn't feel they could handle
9 children and certainly didn't
think they could afford them.
Feeling strongly against reduction,
Jon and Kate had to come to
terms with their situation.
Reproduction is a normal human
event necessary for the survival
of the human race, so infertility
is simply not the normal course
of events and will sometimes
have exceptional results. They
were to be a family of 10. In
May of 2004, Kate gave birth
to 6 babies (one fetus never
developed), and the Gosselin's
lives were changed forever.
 In
the beginning, Kate had help from
many volunteers. Schedules and
detailed instructions were posted
all over the house. But eventually
Kate was exhausted by the constant
parade of helpers and decided
that she needed to take care of
her babies on her own. Jon, an
IT analyst, is gone Monday through
Friday from 7am to 7pm. Kate's
day is a nonstop rotating schedule
of feeding, changing, napping,
bathing. There are days when although
her children are bathed and dressed,
she isn't.
This "day in the life"
will not only highlight the
chaos of a family of multiples,
it will also chronicle the emotional
highs and lows that these parents
experience each and every day.
It is not Jon and Kate's intention
to sugar-coat their lives. While
they would not change one thing
about their family and are totally
in love with every single child,
they do admit that there are
many days when they truly feel
like giving up and must rely
on one another to get to the
next day. |
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