On November 19, 1997, Bobby and Kenny McCaughey had seven children.This was a real miracle, especially considering that all seven survived.
Now they are adults and starting to build their own lives.Today we will tell you about how the fate of these wonderful children was created.
Their parents had one daughter at the time, Mikaela, but dreamed of a second. After unsuccessful attempts, they decided to turn to the IVF option.
As is known, there is a high probability that more than one child will be born with that option.
In their case, 7 embryos were formed.And despite public reprimands and doctors’ advice, they did not agree to give up any of the babies.
4 boys and 3 girls were born in the 31st week of pregnancy.Their weight was between 900 and 1400 grams.
They gave birth to Kelsey, Alexis, Nathan, Joel, Brado, Kenny, Natalie.But Alexis and Nata were born with cerebral palsy.
Soon after the birth of the children, the McCaughey family gained incredible fame.They were in the spotlight of various media, charity companies gave them various help:
babysitting service, annual pasta storage, one spacious house, a van, diapers with hundreds of feet of boxes.
Their friends from the religious community selected more than 30 volunteers who helped the family for 4-5 hours every day.
All this was very useful for Kenny and Bobby, because their children used more than 50 diapers and drank more than 40 bottles of milk a day.
Gradually, interest in the press stopped, and the family began to adapt to independent life without outside help.
About $400 worth of food was bought. When the children grew up, they achieved success in the field of study.
Today, the destinies of the seven are also arranged successfully.Nathan, Joel, Natalie and Kelsey took advantage of the free tuition at Hannibal-LaGrange University.Alexis and Kenny chose a local college.
Kenny Jr. dreams of becoming a builder, Alexis has chosen the profession of teacher, Kelsey dreams of building a music career.
Natalie plans to teach junior high school children, Nathan, a future computer scientist, and Joel also decided to master programming.
Now that all the children have started their own lives and left home, parents admit that they worry more about their children.