A Tampa mom reveals she never used contraception and spends almost $2,000 a month on groceries for her nine children. However she is considering having more children.
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Ashley Couzens,36, said she first became a mother at the age of 16 with her daughter Alexis and continued having more children. Within 11 years, she gave birth to seven more children and she’s already a grandmother to Alexis’ first child. According to the Daily Mail, she says she feels more complete after finding out she was expecting her ninth child, Jrue, and wants have to have two more children. She also revealed that she never used contraception due to her Catholic beliefs.
‘I’ve never in my life used contraception. For multiple reasons, I come from a Catholic household and so they were always against that and I kind of just picked up on that and I’m so extreme to the point where I’ll rarely even take ibuprofen, I’m very anti any types of medicine, especially birth control. If I’m honest, I don’t think I’ll ever use contraception. I go back and forth with wanting more children or not. Everyone’s like ”Well you have nine, you have to go for ten that’s an even number” and sometimes I’m like ”Uhhhh”.
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Although she’s not currently dating anyone, Couzens said she’s open to having more children with no strings attached.
‘I would say since he and I [ex-husband] are not together and I’m moving out on my own, I’m definitely not looking for a mate at this time but I will say, the shop is still open. I think I would consider having one maybe two more because I am 36, I know I’m getting a little bit old, but not too too old just yet. ‘I think I would consider having one maybe two more because I am 36, I know I’m getting a little bit old, but not too too old just yet.’
However, the super mom owns a cleaning business and enjoys the company of her children, aged eight months to 19.
“It’s so hectic being a mother of nine. My days start very early and end very late. As soon as I wake up I go directly to the laundry room and put in a load. That’s kind of an all day thing, it never really ends. I probably do three to four loads a day – it’s just crazy. Everyone’s like ‘financially that’s one thing, but how can you mentally and emotionally support all nine of these people who need so much attention from their mother and still try to help yourself to be on top of things? I say I’m not sure but I feel like it’s second nature for me, like riding a bike – this is all I know.I don’t know life without chaos, noise, and when my kids are gone for whatever reason, if they’re at friends or even if just one of them is gone, I can feel that and it’s a negative feeling.’