ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia - A Romanian immigrant has given birth to her 18th child in British Columbia, making her the province's most prolific mother in 20 years.
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Proud dad Alexandru Ionce said Saturday that his 44-year-old wife, Livia, gave birth on Tuesday. Their daughter Abigail weighed in at seven pounds, 12 ounces.

"We never planned how many children to have. We just let God guide our lives, you know, because we strongly believe life comes from God and that's the reason we did not stop the life," said Alexandru Ionce.

The couple immigrated to Canada from Romania in 1990 and now live in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Their 17 other children range in age from 20 months to 23 years old.

Ionce said he did not know if the couple would have more children. The family now has 10 girls and eight boys.

"We would have liked a boy to be even," he said. "We thank God all of them are healthy and happy."

Ionce said the family has received calls from Germany, Romania and England, as well as from media outlets across Canada.
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Can anyone say...'Birth control is YOUR FRIEND!!' Im all about families, spreading one's genes, building a family, yada-yada.....but 18...EIGHTEEN???? I hope dad is a doctor and mom is more than a housewife to support all of those damn kids!

7/28/2008 6:32:53 PM

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7/28/2008 6:33:23 PM

Quote :

"Can anyone say...'Birth control is YOUR FRIEND!!' Im all about families, spreading one's genes, building a family, yada-yada.....but 18...EIGHTEEN???? I hope dad is a doctor and mom is more than a housewife to support all of those damn kids!"

Die.

7/28/2008 6:33:44 PM

catholicism

7/28/2008 6:34:19 PM

There's nothing else to do in the Winter there, might as well boogie down

7/28/2008 6:35:11 PM

ce pula mea ?

7/28/2008 6:35:11 PM

the duggar family in arkansas is pregnant with their 18th kid too

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7/28/2008 6:35:46 PM

Don't they give you money to have kids in Canada? Or they used to?

7/28/2008 6:37:20 PM

7/28/2008 6:40:01 PM

Somebody tell them that it's a vagina, not a clown car.

7/28/2008 6:40:41 PM

i do not support people having this many fucking kids

7/28/2008 6:41:40 PM

hot dog down a hallway man...

7/28/2008 6:49:02 PM

I HAVE FAITH THE DUGGERS WILL PREVAIL

7/28/2008 6:51:43 PM

I believe I read this in Reader's Digest a couple months back (well, maybe closer to 6 months ago). This sounds like the same family. They have 2 short buses and an entire garage warehouse that is stocked like the canned goods isle at Harris Teeter. One of the things I lol'd when I read it is they said that they don't really buy that much clothes since they just pass'em down to the next kid growing up. Kinda weird if the oldest has a child while the parents are still breed too. I mean, how many people are actually older than their uncle/aunt? (I'm talking direct relation and not via in-laws and such). Interesting people.

7/28/2008 7:03:29 PM

Jim Bob is going to be pissed.

7/28/2008 7:06:55 PM

some girl I work with is the oldest of 13 siblings (at the age of 19) so At that rate, the mom will top 18 no problem

7/28/2008 7:21:59 PM

It's like throwing a hotdog down a hallway

7/28/2008 7:41:47 PM

my girlfriend's mother is 1 of 14

she's like one of 45 grandchildren

7/28/2008 7:47:08 PM

That must be one happy father.

7/28/2008 8:38:54 PM

I heard your vagina falls out after like twelve...word on the street.

7/28/2008 10:33:32 PM

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7/28/2008 10:36:11 PM

Who fucking cares as long as they aren't on welfare.

7/28/2008 10:36:54 PM

MUST

PULL

OUT

7/28/2008 10:38:29 PM

THE VAGINA IS NOT A CLOWN CAR

7/28/2008 11:02:41 PM

I hope their kids have high IQs

7/28/2008 11:07:37 PM

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"I heard your vagina falls out after like twelve...word on the street."

If ya have 'em too close together, there is such a thing as a prolapsed uterus.

YEESH...*shivers*

7/28/2008 11:09:29 PM