Erica's Kids Have Their Annual MRI Screenings | The Blended Bunch
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Spencer and Erica try to make the kid's annual MRI screening day more fun. Erica's brother Quinn wonders if Spencer is ready to support his sister.
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Knowing the high likelihood of having brain cancer I would probably chose not to have so many children and watch them suffer/being anxious about something out of control
That's when all you can do is pray and just trust in God and know that God has a plan, and that God is the ultimate decider of when your life with end.
@@alanahdavis3539 Well that's not really reassuring
@@nigglywiggly3908 I have nothing to fear because God with always do what is best for me, and I find that is very reassuring.
@Kaianah Davis no, but if i did, i would still be scared😩
@@alanahdavis3539 damn, well, It's good you're reassured!
Cancer is not “easy to treat” no matter how early you find it. It’s physically and mentally a huge challenge
It’s easier to treat at an early stage rather than an advanced stage. Who lied to you ?
@@Aprokoheadquaters it’s never “easier”. Cancer isn’t “easy” at any stage. I work in a hospital setting seeing many cancer patients, while it may be less complicated to treat at early stages it’s never “easy” mentally or physically. Not for the patient or their family. So I ask you the same question who lied to you?
@@vc7442 I never said cancer is easy but treating it when detected earlier is easier than in an advanced stage. Who was your kindergarten teacher? Learn to read. Even working at a cancer center and you don’t know that cancer is easier at an early stage, shame. Of course cancer isn’t easy but the earlier the better chances you get
@@Aprokoheadquaters Thank you for using your kind words to insult people. Have a wonderful day!
@@vc7442 if speaking facts is referred to as insults then you’re WELCOME
Is it me or does Erica make this about her and not her kids? Erica doesn’t tug at my sympathy strings at all. Her kids do of course because they didn’t ask for any of this.
Totally agree
To be fair, she can’t really speak for her kids but she can speak to how she personally feels. She also said that since the kids are young she hasn’t really shared the severity of these things. She hasn’t spelled it out for them so they’re not aware of their mortality at a young age. So she probably really does carry the negativity and fear of it more than the kids at this point until they’re older and more aware.
Totally agree
She makes everything about herself. Plus she did this to the kids.
@@andreaa1659 she didn’t do nothing. Her kids were brought on to earth for a reason not for y’all to be bashing her. Her kids know there is a chance they could develop cancer.
Erica and Tony literally kept making kids while he was battling brain cancer 🙃
why after knowing the risk and seeing your spouse dying would you continue to make the choice to have more children that could possibly have the same fate as their father?!
And now 4 of her 7 kids have the gene.
I get people love this show and I know my opinion may be a very unpopular one but it's an opinion. It's so sad knowing that they have such a high likelihood of passing so young from cancer! They're just babies!
Agree 100 %
They made children bc they love them. And yes they will carry the genes if it not active and possibly transfer it to there children in the future. But again genes can skip generations and not even affect the host at all. You should not shame the parents on their decision.
@@ely3693 like I said it may be an unpopular opinion but it's my opinion. Everyone can have one 🤷🏻♀️
They didn't have to make the same fateful decision 7 times. while her husband was battling for his life with brain cancer that his children could possibly die from mind you 4 out of 7 it's irresponsible!!!!
@@kaylinsnyder14 I mean, we all go through suffering and die, and I've had times where I wished I was never born to avoid it, but it's not a sign of irresponsibility that's unique to their family. The only difference is someone gave them a statistic what some of their kids would most likely specifically die/suffer from.
I lost all respect for her after the last name thing and her revealing she kept having kids despite the diagnosis
I hated the last name thing
Stop
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Where were all of these emotions when you were making these kids despite knowing there was a good chance that gene would be passed to them?
RIGHT!!
Maybe they didn't know at the time that it was a possibility that there's a gene that can transfer over that can be harmful. Not everyone knows exactly what genes they have in their body and most genes that are defective tends to hide in the background unaware and genes can skip generations. In the cases it skips the person can still be a carrier but not know it. You should not assume.
@@ely3693 no she did. When her first husband was dying of brain cancer she was still popping them out.
@@sauceItsGood still no one should shame the parents what they do.. and genes can skip generations.
@@ely3693 she knew there was a litaral 50/50 chance of passing on the gene
Something about this woman gives off huge narcissist vibes... everything she does... from forcing her new partners name onto her child... all the talk about how shes wishes she could take her child's position instead of them.... seems very insincere body language and it was her irresponsible decisions that put them in that position in the first place...
for real... once they found out about the gene and the risks, deciding to keep having kids =/= "i wish i could take their place". how about just DON'T have more kids to prevent this from happening in the first place???
How about the fact they are filming the children after a traumatic loss for fame or money?
Ikr
Yes i agree she not right
And not wearing masks in stores
I can’t stand the mom, she seems so selfish.. why did she continue to have more children knowing they had a high change of getting sick and she was already losing her husband to cancer!
Your mom chose to have you even though she knew you'd suffer and die in life. She just didnt have a doctor get to give her a heads up would that would probably entail.
@@RachelDee its complete different. I wouldn't have kids if I knew I'd be passing something on that would cause lifelong issues for them. I wouldn't want to put my child through that type of pain and stress in life.
Maybe she wanted to have something to remember her husband by? She knew me was dying and so having 7 kids would remind her of him.
@@oliviaward9434 if that's her mentality then that's extremely selfish
@@RachelDee you can't compare natural death or a death by cancer. this mother KNEW there would be a 50% chance that her children will get an illness that would leave her kids 95%+ likely to develop cancer before she even had a kid. one of her first children was diagnosed with it yet she went on to have a total of 7 kids. 4 of those 7 have the illness, one of them already has a tumour in her brain
um their impressions of the MRI were spot on😂😂😂😂I’ve been in MRIs a bunch of times
I know I was thinking the same thing. They never offered to let me watch a movie though. I’m kinda jealous lol.
@@taceyraulerson1394 with mine the technologists always let me listen to music so that was awesome
I describe it as sounding like you’re inside a washing machine! 😂
Yes! I always have to get them with the contrast dye though that always makes me sick. I’d like a movie more than the music.
I described it as being in the middle of a construction site. I didn't get a movie or music just 2 sets of ear plugs JAMMED in my ears(hurt so bad)
I honestly don’t feel sympathy for her. She give off Karen vibes. I feel bad for the kids Bc they didn’t ask to be brought into the world. But she knew the risk. Also forcefully changing ur kids name is wrong
No child asks to be brought in the world smartie pants. And the kids weren’t forced. They got adopted and changed the name by choice. They’ll change their names back when they are legally responsible for themselves
So they let a camera crew in the hospital but not a second parent in to help take care of the other 3 kids while she is with the one getting the scan 🙄
literally
Hi
exactly. They bend the rules when the hospital gets paid by production
Completely unfair yet they won’t allow a patient to see more than 1 family member when they’re about to die
Lol 😂
This woman and her now deceased husband would have really benefited from IVF. They could have had the large family they wanted and completely avoided passing on the gene if they would have just done IVF. It's expensive, but so worth it when it means not having a child who has such a high risk of getting cancer. It's so sad because the technology to prevent these dominant gene mutations from being passed on has existed for a long time now.
And I would think the cost of the IVF vs the cost of a lifetime of screening is around the same.
Why would you even do that? Your spending money on a treatment of hopes of having a kid yes they wouldn’t have a chance of having cancer but they will be brought in the world knowing they’ll loose a parent
It's called adoption.
@@wickedwonka9155Some people don't want to adopt and prefer to have their own children. If thats the case, it's way better to pursue something like IVF rather than having children naturally who will have the gene mutation.
@@stephaniesosa-kalter6622 was your dad dying from a deadly disease? They had their first child before he got diagnosed with cancer they already had one child why add more children that’s immature and selfish if you don’t understand then you must be really terrible
I’m genuinely just so frustrated by this clip. I can understand you wanting more kids, but please, think of them. It’s not fair on them. There’s other options out there, foster care is overfilled and there are dozens of kids up for adoption that need a caring home. Bringing more kids into the world just for them to suffer is wrong..
Those 2 didnt have their children together. It's called blended bunch for a reason. They are both widows who remarried. Erica's Husband died of a brain tumor & while spencer's wife died in a car crash, look into infomation, before you go off in the comments section :)
oops sorry, I did realize they had more children, but um still only a little were actually between the 2
@@thederpyhuman4147 No no, I’m not blaming the new husband. It’s the wife who I’m annoyed with. I know the story behind their remarriages. It’s the fact that Erica’s husband had a brain tumour that makes me so mad with this clip, cause there’s a very high chance she’s set those kids on the same path with cancer. She knows how destructive cancer is, yet after knowing any children she has have got a much higher risk for cancer, she still chose to have them? Can you not see how cruel that is, not only on the affected children, but also to the unaffected children who probably will have to see their siblings die before their time.
You people always have the same adoption/ foster care comments.
@@mcav4060 Yes, as someone who has had childhood cancer affect their family, knowing that a woman purposely let more children have that same fate instead of adopting children who need homes annoys me.
I just can’t take her seriously. Her fake crying and sniffling...SHE DID THIS and she knew exactly what she was doing. I just can’t have sympathy for her
Yeah. She knew the risks. She shouldn’t have have more kids when she found out about their chances of having the condition. Poor kiddos
ALL my sympathy and support goes to those kids..not just for their disease, but for the entier situation ALL these.kids have been put through with the painful loss of a parent and now the sudden unheaval and changes they are being forced to undertake and of course the cameras shoved in their faces.
Well, she knew the risk but love is love an$ she wanted kids so I can’t blame her.🥲
@@rylinszymarek9762 I used to think my purpose for living was to be a mother. But I realize I’m too irresponsible and financially unstable to bring a child into this world, so I won’t. You do what’s best for the child, not yourself. She already had one child with him before figuring out about this cancer gene and then still brought more kids into the world afterwards. The selfless thing to do would be to be grateful for your existing child and hope & pray for their health. The selfish thing to do, which those parents chose, was to continue bringing more children into the world knowing that they would more than likely carry this gene. And they didn’t just have one more, they had several. And now years later she wants to cry on tv for sympathy because she has to take her kids for scary doctors appointments every year because she decided to give them a life where they will probably have cancer. That’s harsh but this woman and her husband were nothing but irresponsible and selfish by choosing to keep getting pregnant over and over again KNOWING their kids would have a deadly disease. It’s cruel to give kids this kind of life
@@rylinszymarek9762 you're saying she doesn't deserve any blame for what she did to her kids just because she wanted them? 🤡
These kids are going to resent their mom, especially if they develop cancer. No cancer is “very easy” to be treated. There are plenty of people who will never have biological kids, even because of a small risk of them passing on a “bad” gene from their family.
They will resent her for being born? Doubt that
@@kitteekittee4010 well yeah, she and the husband who passed away, continued to have kids even though they knew the dad had a “cancer gene”, that could be passed on. The gene gives them a like 90% risk for them to have cancer.
@@josefinepeltola3108 I’ve never heard children resent their parents for being born no matter the situation. Nobody ever complains to their parents about being born. You can wish you were never born but you don’t wish that specifically your parents shouldn’t have made you
@@Aprokoheadquaters oh i def have heard of people who wish their parents never had kids. Either because of very vile hedetary diseases or alcoholism etc. It’s very sad, but it happens💔
If I was in their situation, I wouldn't
"No child should have to think of their mortality," she says at 3:54. Exactly, so one way to minimize that tragedy is to stop having children when you know that you're likely to pass it on and you've been blessed with the family that you already have.
Do you see her having more children now?
It's her choice.
@@Kalani_Saiko she had children when her husband was having paralysis. She endangered her children
But then none of the children would of been alive. I think they would rather have the risk of death than to never of experienced life.
@Caitlyn A Yeah it IS the point. Instead of everyone finding a solution to the genetic disease, y'all discussing about removing her choice for having children.
After having my 3rd child on 7/31/18 we found out he had a rare fatal lung disease that’s genetic. Lots of ICU stays, IV’s, he’s on oxygen, meds, infusions, gtube fed. We were told 1 out of 4 children could have it or be a carrier. We wanted to have more children but we don’t want another child to go through this or worse pass on us. The year before he was born on 7/31/17 my daughter at 8 months old passed from SIDS suddenly in a nap. The doctors did analyze her autopsy to see if she may have had the disease without us knowing but she didn’t. So we decided that when we would like to have another child we will have to do IVF to test & make sure we don’t have another child like this.
I'm so sorry for your loss, and for the health challenges of your son. May you find and hold on to all the strength and love that will get you through.
I'm so sorry for your loss and I'm really glad that you and your husband decided to do IVF to make sure the future kid is healthy and won't suffer
I'm so very sorry for your loss🤍
Was your daughter vaccinated? That may have been the cause of SIDS it usually is. Did the paramedics mention this?
I’m so sorry
I hope Erica reads some of these comments and realizes how selfish it was to keep having kids KNOWING there was a possibility of one of them having cancer in the future
No it wasn’t she should tell them what’s happening with there body and if something happens it will be fine
@@kiralambin7386 Except it isn't going to be fine if something happens. They will have cancer and have to undergo all the pain and stress that it involves.
There is always a possibility you can have cancer. Many people have had cancer in my family but that doesn’t mean it was wrong for my parents to have kids. Just like it’s not wrong for me to have kids knowing there is a chance they will have the same chronic illness as me
@@hayleymarse2853 the disorder that 4 of her kids has gives them a 95% chance of developing cancer. That is not comparable to a few family members having had cancer.
@@volz519 the four kids will be fine. They are religious so it won’t be hard. And btw to this day I haven’t seen one ugly kid blame their parents for being ugly. They’ll be fine. And they wouldn’t be who they are without the gene. And also they’ve expressed they feel connected to their dad through Li-Fraumeni
I read an article that the youngest son, Caleb, who is now 5, has terminal brain cancer. I hate this so called mother for what she's doing to her kids, she shouldn't have had them knowing the risks!
How is he doing?
@@2t3l54unfortunately he passed away in june of this year
She’s thinking of it as such a simple thing, even if her kids don’t ever get it they could give it to their children and those children give it to theirs. Most of the time some cancers skip generations. It’s not a easy thing to be cured from, it’s a constant never ending battle.
I’m sorry this is kinda unrelated, do all cancers transfer through genes? My dads dad died of cancer, how would I know if I got a gene like that?
@@missarilou not all cancers transfer through genes. Like my dad has cancer but they said the likelihood of him passing it to his children are slim. But it could be passed on to my offspring or maybe not at all. if your dads dad had cancer after your father was already born the gene might have stopped at your dads dad and wouldn’t spread further. Really depends on what cancer he had and how aggressive it is. Im sure you can speak with your doctor about getting tested. (I hope that makes sense)
@@missarilou cancer is, like most health things, a mix of genetics and environment (including actions such as diet, smoking, alcohol etc). Many have a genetic component to make individuals more likely to have it, but risks can be mitigated.
It's not the cancer that's the gene transfer. It's missing a gene that wards off cancer. Each child born has a 50% chance of getting the disease. Considering Caleb the youngest is dying from brain cancer at 6 I doubt the other 3 with the gene will have children. I pray that make it that far.
Hearing her say she doesn’t want her kids to experience what their dad did really pissed me off because if the annual checkup has been happening since Landon ( their oldest ) was little then why go on to have 6 more I understand their love for children but if it was a medical gamble why do it
There’s a big difference between never being born and dying painfully.
Technically it is impossible to never be born
But isn’t it better to live a good life and die painfully then to of never of lived? I am sure the children are thankful to exist.
@@rachelcookie321tell that to the 6 year old whose dying a painful death and will not make it through 2024. Trade places?
@@amberwilliams5378 a full live is always better but a short life is better than not existing. I’ve had a very painful life to the point I no longer wish to live but I am happy I was born.
From past actions (adopting his last name even though they didn't want to, wanting more children, and only caring about what they want instead of what's right) I find it hard to believe she is being sincere. I think she took advantage of her late husband condition inorder to have more children.
I think you’re real judge mental for someone who sees a small fraction of someone’s life. I’d rather be her than someone like you.
@@pillowtalk1925 from what I’m seeing she ain’t doing a good job who marries someone they only dated FOR A WEEK and then forces him onto her kids any person in they right mind can see Emma didn’t want his last name but she STILL made her change it and she KNEW her husbands condition could be passed down so to have more kids just to risk their lives is pretty fvcking selfish
@@BL-sj6io why on earth would she change her childrens' lastname. They were literally the legacy that her husband left behind to carry on. Am sure he must be turning in his grave over it.
@@classteacher4542 IKR that part ESPECIALLY made me mad like cmon now
@@BL-sj6io i was so shocked
This is absolutely disgusting, the fact that they know the gene runs in their family and they continue to have kids is so selfish. Li Fremini runs in my family so seeing this is heartbreaking.
Worst part is her first husband and all of his siblings expect his brother died from cancer including his mom. Yet they still decided to have more kids when their first child bad the genes. It makes me absolutely sick!! Selfish parents! And it looks like their son wants to burst out crying
@@Winteer10 even if it appears selfish those kids will live to their fullest. That’s what’s important. Their father said he was never angry he got cancer he’s just grateful for having lived his life beautifully in his own way. He wasn’t mad about the disease and he didn’t blame his parents either for passing it on. He lived and worked even through his cancer and most of the people couldn’t believe he had brain cancer cause he never let it define him
'I fEel BaD fOr tHE kIDs ThAT thEy HaVE To dO It'
'ThIS iS prObABly tHe hARdEst TiMe oF tHe yEAr fOr mE'
ma'am you chose to keep having kids with your dying husband, with full knowledge that there was an extreme likelihood that they'd have this condition. you chose to keep having kids knowing they'd probably have to go through this. you weren't thinking of what that would be like for them then. do not now pretend that this is an unfortunate, unforeseen, sad reality that you were shocked with and heartbroken by. kids aren't toys you get because you want them and choose to play with when you're in the mood. they're real. they grow up and have lives. they feel physical pain, and have emotions. that needs to be considered before you choose to bring them into the world. i have no doubt it hurts to see your children go through this. but you made several selfish decisions, and as much as watching this may pain you, those children are the ones paying the real consequences.
No she didn’t choose for them to have the gene.if she had it her way they wouldn’t have it. The kids will be fine with or without cancer. They have a strong support system they’ll get through it even if it ends with death. They’ll conquer their struggles. It’s not about the problem you are given it’s about your attitude towards the problem. Positivity goes a long way
I am so sad that their youngest son Caleb has cancer as of now . 😞😞prayers for that baby
It's heartbreaking to see them all in the car smiling like that knowing the pain that they're very likely to go through at some point... I cant sympathise with the mother, only the children, they didn't ask for this.
baby caleb is currently fighting brain cancer
As a childhood cancer survivor and now a mother myself this just makes my blood boil.
7:53
LMAOOO stop trynna make this boy cry in a toy store, hes trynna look at the cars, not have a heart to heart with mom in front of a camera in **public**, about him getting cancer.
"we try to make it fun for them, i dont want them to worry, no child should have to think about their own mortality"
keeps reminding son about his own mortality and making him double and triple think about if he should be or is worried or not while in public distracting him from doing the thing you brought him to do to take his mind OFF cancer"
I wonder if for Erica, having a baby in her arms was her way to cope with her husband's illness, for all those years. ..... To get her mind off the horror of the actual situation, ... we can have strange ways of coping, to make it through, even escaping into a different world that doesn't always make a lot of sense. ....... we need to be careful in our judgements
Everyone is being extremely harsh on this women and I feel like they are judging too quickly. I feel like there is a lot we don’t know going on behind the scenes and a reality show is only a small glimpse of their lives. I’m not saying we should call her a saint but I don’t think we should judge so easily either way. I hope she hasn’t seen these comments on all the videos because I fear it could make her very depressed.
@@rachelcookie321 look up her old blog, she describes her husband sobbing on the floor with the oldest kid as a baby because they found a mass in her brain. they had the option to either adopt or do preimplantation genetic testing to make sure the embryos she would carry wouldn't have that gene. its cruel, think of the amount of suffering her family will have for generations as this gene passes down.
@@ymrow why are you blaming the mum for it being passed down for multiple generations? If the kids decide to have their own children and they pass it down then that’s just as much their fault as the mum having her kids.
@@rachelcookie321 it’s the same way we now look at the royals and hemophilia. the only difference is these people fully knew what they were doing.
This whole story just upsets me so much. She knew the risks beforehand
And she accepted the risk wholeheartedly. She was in a flight or fight mode she chose to fight instead. The kids are aware of it and they’ll have a good support system till the end. The kids are already here nobody would change that
@@Aprokoheadquaters exactly
I have a feeling she's not really reducing the risk of cancer with all these screenings but it's also really irrisponsible to have all these kids knowing you are playing genetic Russian roulette.
The screenings wouldn't reduce the chance of cancer. But my question is why the hell would you bother having a bunch of kids if you knew they would have that gene or had a HUGE chance of getting it.
@@briggz12 because she wanted them. It’s just like you never know if your child will be born with a disease or a disability or anything, they don’t know if their kids will ever actually get cancer.
@@kailynthelen2517 they knew the risk was 50%...they already had 1 kid and he had the disease by the time they found out. The only two options they should have considered were 1. Stop having kids or 2. Do IVF and select the embryos without the condition..yea the latter is expensive but you know what else is prohbitiavly expensive and honestly far worse? Having cancer and undergoing treatment that may and or may not work.
@@briggz12 she did not know about her dead husbands disease until already having most of them
@@thederpyhuman4147 They absolutely knew before they even had the first child. The Li Fraumeni gene runs in the family of the children’s father with multiple relatives dying from cancer. They knew yet they went ahead and had seven children anyway.
Ah, yes, put a small child in front of a car going 50 mph and hope they stop. This is what they did. Knowingly having children that you know will go through trauma and pain is just putting your children purposely in harms way for your own self seeking fulfillment.
Now Caleb is dying of brain cancer so selfish continue have children.
He passed away June 7 😞
As a teen who has had 9 MRI’s in the past year and a half (I have a non cancerous cyst on my brain) their impressions were spot on😂😂
Oh no!! I hope you’re feeling okay!
I had a cyst on my pituitary gland in my brain when I was 16.... MRI every other month.... drinking barium was the worst part.... sad thing is I have a favorite flavor of barium....
@@akrodr6 I have very bad migraines that put me in the hospital every few months (I’m fine right now though) but I’m trying this new medication so let’s hope it works this time 😂. Thank you❤️❤️
@@stassitodd I’m 16 now and that’s exactly what I have too. My neurosurgeon changed mine to every 6 months because the cyst shrunk a little but on the last one it grew a little bit so now I’m getting one every 3 months. I’ve never had to drink it (thank god) they just inject it into my arm. How are you doing now with it if you don’t mind me asking?❤️
Mine was actually caused by the depo shot for birth control.... I couldn't have kids because the pituitary gland is where hcg comes from so having a cyst there made my body think it was pregnant.... I started lactating and everything.... it took me 10 years before it aspirated and I was able to have kids.... I am 29 with 2 under 4 years old....
Idc idc idc her and that husband were very selfish. Why couldn't she see what her husband was going through as a reason to not continue having children.
I don't thank that is selfish at all, children are a blessing.
It's a personal decision. We all are going to suffer and die. The kids just got a diagnosis giving the statistic of what they will likely suffer and die from. It's not fair and things happen that arent fair. But if they use their lives to the fullest while changing the world in some way, then the mom did the right thing in giving others the chance to experience knowing them and giving them the chance to live.
Because I'm thinking that she wanted to have someone around her just in case she loses her husband and just to go through it with them to have more support... awful
@@Jerseyboondocks She hasn't said that though. So that's just speculation and projecting, which is not solid ground for judgment.
@@RachelDee Would all of you guys stop judging! The bible says not to judge others. Leave the judging to God. Ephesians 4:29 says Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouth, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion , that it may give grace to those who hear.
MRI’s suck, but without them things could be much worse.
What about adoption ? If you really want a child there is other ways genetic is not always the good decision
It's so weird how she keeps harassing her son about being scared after he says he's fine. He is fine because he's trying not to think about it yet she forces him to. It looks like she's trying to get him to freak out for the camera.
You know whats the worst part? The little boy Caleb got diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2022. Selfish parents.
Selfish to knowingly pass these gene onto their children.
They had the kids than found out about the genes.
@@vanessacray4615 and continued to have more children after they found out
By that logic, you think anyone with downs syndrome, dwarfism, or other genetic mutations is also selfish to have kids?
@@AM09286 Ok and apply the same logic to everyone else with slightly different genes like Rachel Dee said below.
@@RachelDee Down syndrome people can’t have children. People with dwarfism and genetic mutations can have genetic IVF to make sure their condition isn’t passed on. Which is what this couple should have done once they found out any child of there’s would have huge risk of dying of cancer before the age of 30.
Today is my last day of school and today is my graduation can some of y’all cheer me up bc my dad can come bc of personal reasons
You got this! AND HAVE FUN!!! Congrats on your graduation :3
HAVE FUN! Whooo hooooooo! U did ittttt
@@madi6738 thx
@@furryfluff5929 thx
Yayyyy! Congrats you will do great!
Erica is a monster , she knew this was going to happen putting her kids in danger!
I feel like she's narcissistic and has so much need for attention. Why else would you keep getting pregnant while your husband is literally dying. That's disgusting on so many levels
tlc just gives anybody a show nowadays
I was lucky enough to score so many health issues from both sides of my family. And the emotional roller coasters of being diagnosed with diseases there aren't cures for.
My husband and me decided to not have kids. If we feel the need to have a child later on we can adopt. There are so many kids in the world that need homes.
There’s a lot of them, true. However adoption is not the same as birth. It’s not the same feeling. No matter how much you try to say it’s love it’s love, yes it’s love but it’s not to the same degree of love as birthing. The experience of bringing a child to the world is far better than picking one.
clearly her oldest son didn’t feel comfortable talking more on camera this whole thing just seems so messed up
I just looked them up to see if there’s any update since I couldn’t find much on their Instagram. The youngest, Caleb, was diagnosed with DIPG. I feel awful. No parent deserves to lose their child this way.
I don't remember who said it or where I heard it, but some time ago I heard someone say that "being a parent is an act of selfishness, not selflessness"... and this clip exemplifies so much of those words.
I agree with all those who have said that it was totally selfish to keep having children when there is a 50/50 chance they will inherit a gene that gives them such a high probability of getting cancer. I have seen firsthand the horror of a loved one succumbing to a brain tumour and I wouldn't knowingly put anyone through that agony.
I agree my friends grandpa passed from a tumor just recently
I'm pretty sure from what I heard it's from her ex husband's side so the kids she had with him have the gene not the kids they have together
The ex husband even said its on his family's side
I have a painful rare disease and 50/50 chance to pass it on no kids ever
This family was a lot more likable before I learned that (1) they knew when DATING that his family was high risk for cancer (mother, grandfather, uncle, three cousins had all died from cancer) and judging by birthdays, (2) the parents knew at least by the time baby #2 was born that the dad had LFS yet they had FIVE more kids. TLC always filters religious families and this one is no exception: "We chose to have children even with the risks of LFS because we felt assured by God that was right for our family."
Your number one reason is stupid . So they shouldn’t have dated knowing of the possibility of cancer? They knew there was cancer in the family but they didn’t know he had the gene
I have no sympathy for people who know that they have a life-threatening illness or debilitating disease and continue to have kids. It’s selfish
You'd be for depriving the world of a lot of potential change makers.
I have the rare LFS and had 3 cancers by the time I was 26. With both pregnancies I had cancer . Pretty hard fighting for my life whilst giving life to my 2 kids .
My 18 & 17 yr old haven’t had cancer . Also they have a 50% chance is getting the rare cancer predisposition syndrome .
When she said no child has to think about their mortality, then why keep having kids once you found out about the gene??? Makes no sense!
Just pray for all of them...
I don’t pray, instead I’ll hope for medical advancements
I'm getting Kate Gosling vibes. It's all about her.
I’ve never watched this so can someone tell me why they do this
I think they carry a gene that means they have more chance of getting cancer so they have regular scans to check they haven’t got it
Some of her kids have a really high chance of having cancer in the future.
@@hollaybee I think the gene they have gives them a very high chance so they just make sure to check each year
Ahhh thank u sm
Erica’s kids lost their dad due to cancer so 4 of them carry their father’s genes and they get MRI scans since there is a chance they can carry it.
I agree with your friend. You guys were really selfish having kids while your husband was going through this. Those children will need lots of therapy sigh
It was her brother
I know all the comments are saying this, but their MRI impression was spot-on 😂
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Another reason why this mom is selfish 🙄
I hope you never find out someone says something like this behind your back if you become a mom.
@@RachelDee When a baby is born, a mother doesn’t need to concern herself with the opinions of other people. This world is not without judgement, but it is up to you how you let it effect you. Not every single woman/mother is conflicted by others opinions as yourself, considering you have replied to multiple comments..
@@toybox6 Good points. Yes, I completely agree that's a healthy boundary to learn and set for all women and mothers. It's also a healthy boundary to not let people be utterly mean. Constructive criticism is one thing. I have less self control when I see the normalization of drawing an inherit connection between morals and people who choose to have families in spite of risks.
Every child deserves a mother, but this mother doesn’t deserve any children.
My description of the way an MRI sounds is like a brick tossed into a dryer 😂
This is life saving scan.
Nice comments this beautiful is magnificent at this age can we be friends if you don't mind
People who keep having kids when they know they have a high chance of having a huge health problems are horrible. It's disgusting
@Kaianah Davis bringing people into the world just to suffer with health problems and is horrible
@Kaianah Davis and God is the one who gave her the knowledge that they have such a high chance of getting sick and warned her!
I hope that they dont let the little baby boy forget he did have a daddy before this man and he loved him dearly.
They must be rich lol
Why did she keep on having kids with her late husband if she knew what her husband had and battling it knowing that it runs in the family. This is so frustrating to me.
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Think about it this way: everyone has a chance of getting cancer in their lifetime a 50% chance at that. Fear shouldn’t stop anyone from living. And the kids will live for as long as they were meant to be and they will serve their purpose. You are dealing with Mormons you won’t understand them until you understand God fully. His will will be done whether you like it or not. You don’t have to be Mormon to understand them you just have to be God fearing and if you’re not Mormon you really won’t be God fearing until you deal with sh*t that will make you know there’s a higher power up there. It’s not by our will but by God’s will
And it was so cute when Emma said her favourite animal was elephants
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I feel like she is sincere about how she feels but she did this to herself. This is a problem she created whilst knowing that her husband was dying of cancer. This woman has issues she needs to fix ASAP and actually learn how to parent and care for her children. She may be partly doing that now but she shows no empathy towards her children and only cares about what she wants and that’s very selfish.
My parents passed me on a ton of heredity problems. The way they felt with it was ever since I could understand what they where saying they would tell me what was wrong and reassure me that that’s just the way I am and it’s just like a characteristic it dosent make that different from the other kids and that worked really well because I was always dealing with it not all of the sudden I get told them truth
I have one when I was 13 and it scared the hell out of me, but I think the difference is these kids are prepared, they know what to expect and a parent was there for them. I had no parent, a rude porter who was disciplined after my parents complained brought me down ,,, I didnt know what to expect - this was 1995. Times have changed but ill be honest I had one a few yrs ago and It still stresses me out. I think these children are fantastic.
The mom makes it about herself, those poor babies……..she literally KNEW that the kids had this cancer risk, and not to mention having MRI’s yearly can MAKE cancer happen
It's more than just the kids getting cancer even, once the kids grow up they will have to consider whether it is right for themselves to have children. They may miss out on having biological children due to not wanting to pass it down which is not fair either. It's one thing having kids when you don't know about the gene but to continue having children after IS selfish.
She made poor choices but something just don’t sit right with me about him. Idk what it is
She doesn’t seem like a good mom
This gives me 8 passenger vibes........ not a good look
this woman disgusts me. why would u keep having kids while your spouse has brain cancer and now your kids can get cancer too? like.. intentionally
Is all about her, oh this is going to be the hardest week for me! No it's hard for your kids
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I hope that she did not purposely have this many so that she could have others going through the same thing as her?
She doesn't have the disease. Her ex husband did. He died from brain cancer. She and her ex husband continued to have children as he was dying from the disease.
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Well then maybe she wanted a lot of children so she wouldn't be alone when her husband passed away
How is it okay to keep having kids,despite knowing that they could lead a life of suffering- because of a gene that you know that they have a big chance of carrying??
@@Jerseyboondocks It's not ok. No matter what the reason for having for kids. It will never be ok.
@@Jerseyboondocks she could have done IVF, then embryonic selection to only choose the embryos without the gene, then frozen the safe ones for later...its expensive but honestly isnt an MRI for 4 kids every year also expensive? And cancer treatment is even more expensive and the burden goes onto the kids afflicted. If she truly wanted the burden to have been on her, she and her husband would have taken the financial burden before having more kids instead of risking it and allowing the kids to undertake the physical and emotional(as well as financial if they get cancer as adults) burden. Also who has more kids knowing their father isnt going to be there for them because he is dying? Like it was clear he was dying it wasnt an accident or a disease that came after the 7 kids, she set those kids up for turmoil and its unfair.
REALLY???? I can't believe you would say such a thing.
Caleb passed away from brain cancer 💔🎗
DIPG which has zero chance of survival
So worried about this in hindsight, when Caleb was diagnosed and passed away from DIPG.
Omg
The children wouldn’t have to have scans if she didn’t have them. Those children don’t deserve this.
Can’t help but wonder what kind of health insurance she has.......
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Those parents are 33? Oh...
43 surely?
Right? I just had this moment when I realized I am older than them and this show is making more sense...
Please let them change there last names only if they want to
You can tell Erica’s brother doesn’t like her but he loves her kids and knows he needs to help save them
God the mum angers me
This show makes me so angry, i hate how they just push the kids together and try to be a new happy family and don't help them grieve and deal with the trauma of losing a parent. I hope when they get older they get the help they need away from their parents. Child abuse comes in many different forms.
That's not abusive they fell in love with each other and it happened.
That is the most selfish thing you could ever do. This is disgusting.
Whenever they talk about something that affects their kids, they always say how hard it’s gonna be for them. What about the kid?
I've been doing MRI's since I was 4 and it never scared me for some reason.
You take me to MRI! Something is wrong with my brains. I still love Jennifer Driggers very much. I have go back in time. I can bring her back alive.
I'm glad she is doing this for her kids since is for her kids health.
She is so insincere. This woman cares about herself and only herself. In my opinion large families are selfish because you’re spending less and less time with each kid but now you had more kids knowing your husband was dying and you had a huge chance of passing on this gene? Horrible. Take this woman off TLC.
@tee1785 In my opinion you are selfish because you think that large families are selfish ! I know families that are large and they spend more time with their kids than small families
i think spencer is trying his best and erica is just a narcissist
U should’ve thought bout it before u had them u should’ve said I don’t wanna put innocent kids in this position maybe we should just adopt and know that the kid couldn’t get this Gene and his healthy and don’t gotta worry bout this
Please stop attempting to shame this woman for having kids. It was purely her choice. Her choice.
The is not guarantee that one won't get cancer or some other disease. You don't know what the odds were for her. If she chose to be positive God bless her and her family.
if a parent has it, there is a 50% chance their children will have it. they knew her husband had this illness before they started having kids. they went on to have 7 kids, 4 of them have it
No its stops being her choice when it affects an entierly different person. She doesnt have to worrt about dying from this disease, the kids do. It wasnt her choice to make to set these kids up for a life of worry and pain. There are ways now a days to select healthy embryos to ensure they dont have any of these deadly diseases she could have done that. She didnt. She was selfish and thats that. The expense and burden should have been on the parents and now instead its on the kids its wrong plain and simple. Diseases like this is the exact reason incest is illegal because the government recognizes its unfair for a child to be concieved with a high chance of having a dibilitating illness or sever deformaties. Its not a choice people are allowed to make in that scenario so how is it right that its a choice she got to make in this one?
The children didn't have a choice but they are the ones who will suffer the consequences. Thinking positive sadly won;t save them from their fate.
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she said its harder than her husbands death that happened.....
No masks required while in the toy store?
The toy store was cleared for them to film. So nobody was around. Filming is different this days due to covid and clearing the store is part of it considering it’s a lot of kids plus the film crew
This is so heartbreaking to watch! 🥺😭
I didnt get that,why this woman kept having kids while her husband was severely suffering from cancer,why???
Hopefully they don’t get diagnosed with anything