Don't get me wrong, I love my grandchildren dearly but my step-daughter just does not know when to quit! She's barely 22 years old and just informed me that she is pregnant again. She had twins at 15, a son at 17, a miscarriage at 18, another son at 20. In between times, she has had surgery twice...gall bladder removal and a growth removed from her ovary.

Won't she have a high risk of problems with her health by having all the above happen in such a short period of time?

Its always a risk to have children close together as your body needs time to properly recover. I normally hear 2 years minimum although plenty of people have kids closer together and do ok. There are plenty of people who have kids just because they can, my sister-in-law is the same way. Nothing you can do about it except make sure she's doing ok taking care of them. *shrugs*

That is young to have 4 kids but it's been done for centuries. I guess if she wants that many, that close together, there's nothing to stop her. Just love them lots and give her support if she needs it.

I think bearing a child won't cause much problem but her surgery might cause some complications with her pregnancy. The wounds from her surgeries might be healed up completely and they might open up with the expansion of the skin. Also the organs that have gone through surgery might also be pressed especially the gall bladder and might have some complications.

But better go to a medical doctor to make sure that she will be ok with her health after the circumstances that she had gone through.

I love all the grandchildren, don't get me wrong. I just think it's rather selfish of my stepdaughter to rely so much on the rest of us to support them financially. She does work but her and her husband don't make much and they end up hitting all the grandparents up constantly. I help when I can but it's getting to be an awful lot, you know what I mean?

Her doctor wasn't thrilled with her having this pregnancy this soon but he did say everything appears to be going well so far.

Is it that they are against using contraceptives? What is their advantage in having so many kids. My husband is reserved about even having the second one for fear we won't be able to manage.

She's never come out and say it but partly I think it's because she likes being pregnant. She's just one of those women who feels good when she is expecting. Also, I think it partly stems from her growing up an only child. She was often lonely so I think subconsciously she is making sure that doesn't happen to her children.

Another reason, I believe, is because we have all made it so easy for her by helping so much financially. The tough part is none of us want to see the children go without so we do it for them but I think it's being taken advantage of at this point.