What if You Were Pregnant with Sextuplets?

fmdog44

fmdog44

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Whenever I see those multiple birth stories of six or seven children I always wonder how they got through the early years and the teens years so I'm asking the folks here how would you have handled it?
 

I don't think anyone could do it alone. I suppose if it happened to me my Mom would have helped out at the time which still wouldn't have been enough. I don't know how I would have managed financially either. The hubby would have been no help because he would have had a cardiac arrest right in the labor room.
When I was growing up I had a friend who had 5 sisters, they all were about a year apart. The oldest took care of the youngest and so it went down the line. Not ideal but it helped. I never could play with my girlfriend alone without 2 or 3 younger ones tagging along.
 
I raised 6 of my own, not all at once, and that was more than enough for me (busy/hectic wise), but having 6 or more (all at once) kicking, crying, fussing, and screaming, I would definitely employ the help of immediate family to aid me with the transition.

At the top of my list for in-home care and help would have been my mom, one or two of my sisters, and a close lifelong friend of mine. Both day and nightshifts would be reality for a while, at least until I had time to rest and recuperate from the pregnancy, and then I would gradually cutback on outside help and support as I settled into a schedule.

I wouldn't deviate so much as a single percent as to what I did and how I did things when raising my gang. Homemade baby food and formula would be at the top of my list, as would cloth diapers, babies would be doubled-up two to a crib, and once a week I would enlist the help of a couple of experienced babysitters to come into the home and allow me time to escape for a while so I could maintain my sanity.

Another thing I would do, I'd invest in another washing machine and electric tumble dryer to handle the laundry load, and unlike how fussy I was when my kids were little, I would more than likely have to learn how to stress less about the little things, and I suspect meals would become a whole lot simpler, at least for the first little while they would.

Have to say as fun and frightening as it is to think about, I am so grateful it didn't happen to me IRL, though I know I would have survived.
 

Oh, and another thing I would have done, I would have an extra line added to my existing single drying-line.

Even with one or two babies in the home my clothesline was always full, so an extra drying-line would be a necessity, especially with cloth diapers.
 
fmdog44 said:
How would you keep track of who is who?
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That's the kicker alright. That would be tough.

I would use different coloured diaper pins on each baby, maybe even go as far as putting an old-fashioned hospital ankle bracelet on each, you know the ones? The beaded ones just like the 1960's.

There was a superb radio broadcast that I listened to a while back, where a mother got her twins mixed up, and it wreaked havoc on her. She was beside herself. That was back in the 60's.
 
Aunt Marg said:
I raised 6 of my own, not all at once, and that was more than enough for me (busy/hectic wise), but having 6 or more (all at once) kicking, crying, fussing, and screaming, I would definitely employ the help of immediate family to aid me with the transition.

At the top of my list for in-home care and help would have been my mom, one or two of my sisters, and a close lifelong friend of mine. Both day and nightshifts would be reality for a while, at least until I had time to rest and recuperate from the pregnancy, and then I would gradually cutback on outside help and support as I settled into a schedule.

I wouldn't deviate so much as a single percent as to what I did and how I did things when raising my gang. Homemade baby food and formula would be at the top of my list, as would cloth diapers, babies would be doubled-up two to a crib, and once a week I would enlist the help of a couple of experienced babysitters to come into the home and allow me time to escape for a while so I could maintain my sanity.

Another thing I would do, I'd invest in another washing machine and electric tumble dryer to handle the laundry load, and unlike how fussy I was when my kids were little, I would more than likely have to learn how to stress less about the little things, and I suspect meals would become a whole lot simpler, at least for the first little while they would.

Have to say as fun and frightening as it is to think about, I am so grateful it didn't happen to me IRL, though I know I would have survived.
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Wait! What? SIX? 😳Whoa! You’re a brave woman. 😱
 
The expense is frightening to think about.

While 3 cribs would suffice for the first 6 months to a year, eventually a crib for each baby would be required.

In addition to, 6 highchairs and 6 baby potties (toilet training stage), and then there would be 6 car-seats to consider, meaning a full-sized van would be a necessity.

Clothing, food, other miscellaneous expenses. For an average family it would be debilitating financially.
 
My nephew and his wife managed with 5 children, including the set of triplets. They have many friends who helped though.
 

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