Couple with 13 children can't stop having babies despite husband's vasectomy
26.11.2023 - 11:31
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A mum with 13 children has said she and her husband can't stop having babies despite the fact he already had a vasectomy.
Natalie and Oliver Jackson once feared they would never be able to start a family after Oliver battled cancer back in 2004, but after a marriage and a number of kids, the couple couldn't be happier.
After having ten children they then decided Oliver should get a vasectomy. But years later to their surprise, Natalie became pregnant again and it turned out the procedure had reversed on its own.
Now the family has thirteen children and say they "feel so lucky" reports the Mirror.
Natalie said: “I feel so lucky – we thought we’d never have kids, now we have 13. When we’re all out together, we get comments like, ‘Don’t you have a TV?’ But I love having a massive family. We have so much fun.
“When I saw the positive pregnancy test, I was gobsmacked.
“After Oliver had got the all-clear, I’d felt guilty for feeling heartbroken at maybe not having children. Now all my dreams were coming true.”
Seven months after Elliott’s birth, Natalie fell pregnant with Casper, then Rhett, and then her first daughter, Seren.
Natalie says: “People actually asked Oliver how he knew the last three were his. Our older kids were stunned, as we’d said we weren’t having any more.”
Vasectomies reverse themselves in around one in 4,000 men, when cut and sealed tubes grow back and reconnect, sometimes allowing a few sperm through but rarely enough to result in pregnancy.
The mum explained: “We were quite relieved the vasectomy had reversed itself. Expanding our family was meant to be.
“Our family is funded solely on Oliver’s wage. We earn over the £60k child benefit threshold and pay 40% tax. We get military accommodation, so we have a big