Every boy mom knows that while you love your little rugrats, it can be a struggle to be the only woman in the house. Luckily for Alexis Brett, it looks like the 11th time’s the charm. The mom from England just gave birth to her first daughter after having 10 (yes 10!) boys in a row.
When mom finally has a girl
“It’s a fantastic feeling,” the mom told The Daily Mail.
The mom suspected she was pregnant with her 11th child last Christmas Eve and a home pregnancy test confirmed it. At first, she assumed that she would have another son, but she and her husband David chose to get a gender scan, just to check.
Brett had her first son when she was 22, and over the last 15 years, nine more sons have followed. So, imagine her surprise when she told that this time she would have to start buying onesies in pink.
“Curiosity did get the better of us,” she recalled. “When the results came in [the mail, (my son)] Harrison opened the envelope because I was too nervous. When we realised it was a girl, we were amazed. It sounds silly because it’s a 50-50 chance, but we were surprised anyway.”
“We’re over the moon,” she added. “I’d been expecting to hear we were having another boy but when I found out it was a girl, my face was a picture. I was shocked but delighted. Now she’s here with us, it’s a fantastic feeling.”
Their family is complete
“We’re definitely stopping now,” the mom joked. “No more! I remember saying that last time, but this time I absolutely mean it. I love my family as it is now.”
Both parents noted that Cameron has been a good influence on her brothers in the few short weeks that she’s been home.
“They have generally been much better behaved around her, trying to keep quiet in case they wake her up. They also want to help with holding and feeding her. It’s been great,” David explained.
However Brett did shrug off the notion that she had been aiming for a girl throughout her many, many pregnancies. “We’ve been asked a lot whether we’ve had so many children because we were hoping for that elusive girl,” she said. “But I can honestly answer no. Cameron wasn’t planned, but I was happy all the same, and if another boy had been on the way it wouldn’t have bothered me.
Don’t judge their large brood
“I’m an only child myself and I’d never planned to have a large family, but now that I do, I love it. I always joked I wouldn’t have a clue what to do with a girl anyway but that’s all changed now, of course, and I have to admit that we’re having a lot of fun buying pink things for the first time,” she continued.
The mom says she occasionally gets judged for her large brood. “Of course, we do get comments about the number of children we have,” she said. “But it doesn’t bother me what people think. We’re well used to it. Some people think we must be on benefits, but we’re not. David has a good job which means we don’t even qualify for full child benefits.”
The mom shared that for now, Cameron will sleep in a crib in her parents’ room, but eventually she’ll get her own space in their five bedroom home once some of her older brothers move out of the house.
Even though Cameron’s birth means it will be a bit more of a tight squeeze in their home, Brett said she doesn’t mind. “David and I do look at each other sometimes to say ‘What have we done?’ … but we could never imagine life with a small family now.”