Mom, 20, giving birth to third set of twins

[Jill1228]

Can I ask..why in the fuck are you continuing to pop out kids? And you got baby daddies scattered to the four winds?

Mom, 20, giving birth to third set of twins

12:46 PM CDT on Monday, June 4, 2007

By BRAD WATSON / WFAA-TV


When it comes to children, one Dallas mother knows about having them in pairs.

The odds are one in 500,000 but she's giving birth today to her third set of twins at Baylor University Medical Center.

But with the joy comes great challenges.

Inside the wood frame house, life resembles the nursery rhyme of the old woman who lived in a shoe.

But here, young mom Amanda Gonzales cares for four-year-old Natalie, three-year-old twins Adam and Sebastian and two-year-old twins Rachel and Raquel.

Two more twin girls are scheduled for a c-section birth today.

"I've always taken care of kids since I was little, I think that's where I got it. When I used to babysit a lot of kids, I wanted to have my own, a lot of kids," she said.

Gonzales enters the rare club of having fraternal twins three times.

She took no fertility drugs.

The father of the latest set of twins hopes he's ready.

"Just focus, trying to have my mind right. Try to have my mind right, you know," said Joshua Brown.

But with neither the 21-year-old father nor the 20-year-old mother employed - all the children are supported by welfare - the young family faces financial and emotional obstacles.

With the headlines fresh of the latest North Texas parent to kill her children, Amanda believes she can handle the stress - so does her mother.

"I've always talked to her and told her about it, if you ever get depressed that bad, you've got people you can you can talk to, your sister, your brother, her boyfriend," said Joan Gonzales.

But unlike nursery rhymes, reality in the end can be rough.

[PM_Mama00]

I've always taken care of kids since I was little, I think that's where I got it.

That's my favorite quote. I don't think that's where she got it... she got it from having sex at a young age. WHO is paying for these kids if neither are employed? And why, at age 21, is that guy not employed?

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

WHO is paying for these kids if neither are employed?

You are, and every other tax-paying American.

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

And why, at age 21, is that guy not employed?

Why work, when you can get free money from the government? Oy...don't even get me started.

[SapphireSphinx9]

How can she work?? She's popping out kids every year!

[mulattogyrl]

Wow. I don't even know what else to say.

[REE1993]

Originally Posted by Jill1228

The father of the latest set of twins hopes he's ready.

LOL @ "latest set".

This may stir up some controversy, but I think that China might be onto something in terms of population control. At least. as far as public support/welfare goes.

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by REE1993

This may stir up some controversy, but I think that China might be onto something in terms of population control. At least. as far as public support/welfare goes.

Indeed it is controversial, but why would someone think it's a good idea to have more children if they can't afford the ones they already have? There has to be a better way for our government, or some power that be, to handle this. I do know in some states, if you have another child while on cash assistance within a certain time frame, they will not add on that next child to your welfare check. At least that's a step in the right direction, although that child still is entitled to Food Stamps (they're two different programs).

[OneTimeSBX]

ok, after the first set of twins there should have been some tubes being tied. especially at that young age. the second set? girl, ya got miracle-gro in your veins...use everything on the market for protection!

keep in mind people, that there was one other child at the very beginning...so this actually totals 7 kids. im not judging her, but my goodness, if you are struggling now, what do you think an extra 2 kids is going to do? she will be in outright poverty! this is unfair to everyone involved...she has lost her childhood, the kids no longer have a woman 100% dedicated to mothering at her utmost potential, the father of the "latest set" has to deal with a truckload of baby daddies...what was she thinking??

[pinkies up]

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

ok, after the first set of twins there should have been some tubes being tied. especially at that young age. the second set? girl, ya got miracle-gro in your veins...use everything on the market for protection!

keep in mind people, that there was one other child at the very beginning...so this actually totals 7 kids. im not judging her, but my goodness, if you are struggling now, what do you think an extra 2 kids is going to do? she will be in outright poverty! this is unfair to everyone involved...she has lost her childhood, the kids no longer have a woman 100% dedicated to mothering at her utmost potential, the father of the "latest set" has to deal with a truckload of baby daddies...what was she thinking??

Ditto.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Jill1228

"I've always taken care of kids since I was little, I think that's where I got it.

I've always gone shopping since I was little. That doesn't mean I own Saks.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

ok, after the first set of twins there should have been some tubes being tied. especially at that young age. the second set? girl, ya got miracle-gro in your veins...use everything on the market for protection!

keep in mind people, that there was one other child at the very beginning...so this actually totals 7 kids. im not judging her, but my goodness, if you are struggling now, what do you think an extra 2 kids is going to do? she will be in outright poverty! this is unfair to everyone involved...she has lost her childhood, the kids no longer have a woman 100% dedicated to mothering at her utmost potential, the father of the "latest set" has to deal with a truckload of baby daddies...what was she thinking??

If any of those fathers are paying child support, typically, a child support payment from a father for 1 child is higher than for two+.. so it's a better deal for these girls to have babies with as many (employed) men as possible.

I've seen a fair number of cases of these women who bounce from guy to guy collecting child support checks and babies.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by Kevin

If any of those fathers are paying child support....

My spidey senses are telling me that none of these guys is paying "NUTHIN' ".

This whole story makes me go "oy"...(shaking my head...off to do evening cardio)

[lyrelyre]

Originally Posted by Jill1228

But here, young mom Amanda Gonzales cares for four-year-old Natalie, three-year-old twins Adam and Sebastian and two-year-old twins Rachel and Raquel.

Is it bad that after working in the child welfare system for a year, I'm actually impressed that she managed to go over a year before getting pregnant the fourth time?

[susan314]

This story repulses me on so many levels.

You know...this latest set of twins is being delivered via c-section...it would be reallllllly easy for the doctor to do a tubal ligation at the same time. (hint, hint)

Why in the world is a 21 year old male who is about to become a father (presumably for the first time - I get the impression that her other kids aren't his) NOT EMPLOYED? Jebus - go mop floors somewhere, work at Mickey D's, whatever it takes for crying out loud. (It ain't gonna affect baby momma's welfare check...after all, you two aren't married anyhow )

Also...sorry, but "Rachel and Raquel"? That's almost as bad as my former co-worker's sister who gave birth to triplets named Anthony, Antoine, and Antonio.

[susan314]

P.S. Comment from a random blog about Ms. Gonzalez...

"When is a womb not a womb? When it belongs to Amanda Gonzales, and then it's a Pez dispenser."