Is there really anyone here who is arguing that this is a preferred situation? The bottom line here, is that she didn't have all these children because her and her husband are so in love and they don't believe in birth control. This woman purposely went and did this with SIX babies at home!! Why? Why wasn't she filled with love over the extremely large family she already had? Why pursue more? Get a grip people, this is wrong.
And why does this woman who can't handle her 10 kids want the magic number of 12? Is there more love in a family of 12 than of 10? Or did she see a freaking movie or something? Or more insidious and troublesome, as I tried to point out above when I mentioned empowerment. Do these women feel that thier worth comes from mothering? And if that is true, does more mothering equal more worth??