A rather buzzing story making the rounds on the internet is that of a 39-year-old lady who already has 19 children and is currently expecting her 20th.
While the fact that the lady is barely 40 years old and already has kids half the number of her age, netizens are more stunned over the fact that these kids are all fathered by different men.
Martha who hails from Medellin, Colombia, is only 39 and has said she doesn’t plan to stop birthing children until her body physically cannot conceive anymore. She says this would continue even if she doesn’t know who has fathered her brood.
Seventeen of Martha’s children are under 18 years old and Martha receives financial support from her government for each child.
“I see being a mom like a business, practically,” Martha, who has conceived all of her kids with different men is quoted as saying.
However, Martha says because she has a lot of kids children, the money she gets from the government barely covers the cost of raising and caring for them.
“The truth is, as the government helps me for each child, I receive a little money for each one,” she explained.
According to Martha, she gets the equivalent of $76 for her eldest children and around $30.50 for the younger ones.
Each month, the Colombian state pays her around $510 to care for her children. Martha also receives help from the local church and her neighbours.
Despite having many children, Martha revealed that she will continue to have children until her “body doesn’t allow it,” as her current set of kids will “leave home when they grow up.”
