A woman who has given all her kids names that begin with C is pregnant with her 16th child... and surely must be running low on C-names by now?
Patty Hernandez, 38, and her husband Carlos, 37, live with their 15 kids in a five-bedroom house in Charlotte, North Carolina, where one of the rooms is set up as a nursery with a whopping five cots.
The pair share three sets of twins and have five boys and 10 girls, all of whom have names beginning with C in honour of their dad.
Carlos Jr, 12, Christopher, 11, Carla, nine, Caitlyn, nine, Cristian, eight, Celeste, seven, Cristina, six, Calvin, five, Catherine, five, Carol, four, Caleb, three, Caroline, three, Camilla, two, Charlie, one, and four-month-old Crystal will be joined by a baby girl in May 2021.
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The couple spend $500 (£375) on groceries each week and are now on the look out for a new vehicle after the family outgrew the 16-seater bus.
While Patty admits having so many kids can be stressful, she says she's happy to have more little ones.
She said: "It is a bit more stressful and difficult with a newborn. The babies are always crying and I have to take care of them. But it is a blessing, we enjoy it.
"We have left everything to God so whatever God wants to give us we will be happy. We don't use contraception.
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"It's always crazy at our house."
Patty has spent more than a decade pregnant after first getting pregnant back in 2008.
She added: "I'm so happy when I'm pregnant. Around three months after I have a baby I usually get pregnant again."
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The mum says having so many children does mean there's a lot of housework to get through, but the older kids are already chipping in and helping out.
She explained: "Right now I have a thousand clothes to wash - that's at least five hours of folding clothes every two days. I do laundry at least four times a week.
"When the kids play, they often leave toys on the floor so I need to clean that up too.
"I try to give them a daily routine to clean up after themselves. They have their own chores. The older one makes his own pancakes sometimes, but most of the time I am the one doing the cooking."
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Both Patty and Carlos say they love the attention having such a big family brings them.
She added: "People ask me all the time, 'are they all yours?'
"Everybody's amazed when they find out how many kids I have, especially because I'm such a petite person.
"I never thought I'd have so many babies."
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