After 28 years of trying, parents with many children have not given up hope of conceiving a girl.
When a boy grows up in a family, many parents also want a sweetheart daughter. But a couple from Michigan clearly did not work out the process of conceiving girls. They needed to give birth to 14 sons in a row before the long-awaited daughter was born for the 15th time.
On November 4, 45-year-old Kateri Schwandt gave birth to a baby girl weighing 3,5 kg and 50 cm in length. The baby was named Maggie Jane. And the choice of a name has probably become the easiest in recent years, because the supply of male names from the parents of 14 sons has clearly dried up.
Kateri and her husband-to-be, Jay, met at school when they were teenagers. They married at 18, and Katheri gave birth to her first three sons before graduating from college.
As a result, after 28 years of trying and 14 boys, the couple finally had a daughter. Although Jay had already decided that they simply could not conceive a girl for some medical reason.
“I was shocked. I distinctly remember how I could not utter a word, – Jay later admitted on the show … He and Kateri decided that they would know the baby’s gender at birth. – I couldn’t believe it. I even had to double-check before I told Katheri that we had a baby girl. “
Her many brothers did not immediately believe in the birth of her sister. However, the girls were very happy about the appearance. The oldest son of the Schwandts is already 28 years old, the youngest is only 2 years old. According to Jay, their home is a bit like a frat house.
“People often asked me if I could imagine raising my daughter. And I said, “No, I can’t imagine it at all,” J admitted.
However, the happy father doubts that his baby Maggie will have a gentle girlish character. Most likely, with 14 brothers, the girl will grow up to be a tomboy.