39-year-old mother-of-19 reveals she’s pregnant with her TWENTIETH child (all with DIFFERENT men) and says she will keep having kids until she can no longer conceive – despite admitting she can’t afford to support her family
- Martha, 39, already has 19 children – and is currently pregnant again
- The Colombian woman says she equates motherhood with owning a business
- She said she will continue to have children until she can no longer get pregnant
A woman who already has 19 children is about to welcome her twentieth – showing that she has no intention of stopping and sees motherhood as a business.
Martha, from Medellin, Colombia, is only 39 and wants to continue having children until her body can no longer physically conceive – even if she doesn’t know who the father of her offspring is.
Seventeen members of the giant family are under the age of 18, with Martha receiving financial support from her government for each child.
“I think of motherhood practically as a business,” says Martha, who has fathered all her children with different men.
Martha, originally from Medellin, Colombia, is only 39 and says she plans to keep having children until her body physically can no longer do so
The gigantic family lives in a small three-bedroom house in Colombia, with the eldest child having to sleep on the couch
However, the busy mother says that because she has so many children, the money she receives barely covers the costs of raising and caring for them.
“The truth is that since the government helps me for each child, I receive a little money for each child,” she explained.
Martha said she gets the equivalent of $76 for her oldest children and about $30.50 for the youngest children.
It means that the Colombian state pays her about $510 every month to care for her children.
Martha also gets help from the local church and her neighbors, who accuse her children’s absent fathers of being “irresponsible.”
However, she admits that life in the small three-bedroom house can be very challenging, with the eldest child having to sleep on the sofa.
Martha said she sometimes struggles to provide adequate meals to everyone on a budget.
She said she will continue to have children until her “body doesn’t allow it,” as her current crop will “leave home when they grow up.”
Martha said she sometimes struggles to provide enough meals for everyone on a budget (pictured holding one of her children)
Every month, the Colombian state pays her the equivalent of $510 to care for her offspring
Martha also gets help from the local church and her neighbors, accusing her children’s absent fathers of being “irresponsible”
The busy mother says that because she has so many children, the money she receives can barely cover the costs of raising and caring for them
Despite having a staggering number of children, Martha says she will continue to have more children because it is “profitable” for her.
Last year, a single mother of 13 went viral after revealing she needed her 23-year-old daughter’s help to buy a house for her brood.
Veronica Merritt was tired of the “crappy house” her family was forced to live in, but couldn’t afford a larger space because she was on one income.
So when the 37-year-old came across a big house on Craigslist, she was willing to do “anything” to get her family into it.
Her eldest daughter, 23, donated $10,000 by combining her savings, tax returns and stimulus checks so the family could buy the house.
Many have called her situation ‘sad’ and criticized her for not being able to support her large family on her own, but Veronica later clarified that she had paid her daughter back within a year of borrowing the money.