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Kelly Bates has had 18 children. She has had no twins, no C-sections and 14 drug-free births and has spent more of her adult life pregnant than not, the Daily Mail reported.

But, even with the unimaginable logistics of raising a family that could field two sports teams, the 44-year-old mother from Lake City, Tennessee, is praying for two more baby boys.

The Bates are on track to match their good friends' – reality TV show stars, the Duggers – tally of 19 children.

The two families see each other regularly; their combined total of 37 children makes for busy holidays together.（點(diǎn)擊英國(guó)《每日郵報(bào)》查看原文）

44歲媽媽生育18名子女

?????? 據(jù)英國(guó)《每日郵報(bào)》報(bào)道，凱利?貝茨現(xiàn)有18名子女，她沒(méi)有生過(guò)雙胞胎，也沒(méi)做過(guò)剖腹產(chǎn)，有14次生產(chǎn)的時(shí)候都沒(méi)有用藥。成年以來(lái)，她絕大部分時(shí)間都處在懷孕的狀態(tài)。

?????? 盡管養(yǎng)兩支足球隊(duì)那么大的家要做難以想象的家務(wù)，這位來(lái)自田納西鹽湖城的44歲母親還是祈禱能再生育兩個(gè)男孩。

?????? 貝茨一家快比得上他們的好朋友道格斯一家了。道格斯家共有19個(gè)孩子，是電視真人秀的明星。

?????? 他們兩家經(jīng)常見(jiàn)面，37個(gè)孩子會(huì)一起度過(guò)略顯忙亂的假期。

(China.org.cn August 29, 2011)