Isn't it time for Kelly Bradrick to be pregnant again?

[WonderingInWA]

She's so regular and her youngest baby is will be 1 in a couple of months. What is up with her?

[pixydust]

Didn't she almost die with the last baby? Or am I thinking of someone else? If that's her, I hope that she is closing up the baby factory for good!

[ophelia]

She had some serious issues after her last one while being on that VF trip through Europe...

[hoipolloi]

She had some serious issues after her last one while being on that VF trip through Europe...

She went on the VF trip at about 2 weeks postpartum & hemorrhaged due to the incomplete delivery of the placenta, IIRC. From what we could figure, she must have had to rely on teh ebil socialist medicine to literally save her life, because that's all there is in Europe.

[pixydust]

She went on the VF trip at about 2 weeks postpartum & hemorrhaged due to the incomplete delivery of the placenta, IIRC. From what we could figure, she must have had to rely on teh ebil socialist medicine to literally save her life, because that's all there is in Europe.

Incomplete delivery of the placenta?!?! Lemme guess, unatended birth? As far as I know, hospitals and trained midwives make sure that is taken care of (all mine were c-sections, I miss out on a lot of first hand knowledge about childbirth!)

[lexiloumarie]

Any chance she had a hysterectomy and didn't want to announce it?

pixydust, everything Dr.Google said about it indicates it can happen and be easily missed, even with through checking of the placenta.

[WonderingInWA]

She went on the VF trip at about 2 weeks postpartum & hemorrhaged due to the incomplete delivery of the placenta, IIRC. From what we could figure, she must have had to rely on teh ebil socialist medicine to literally save her life, because that's all there is in Europe.

Her third child was an emergency C-section as I recall and he had some health issues at first (I think he was premature). I don't remember if they ever said where the youngest was born (a girl) but I'm guessing they didn't take the "risk" of a home birth after she had complications with the 3rd. And yes, she did take the baby girl to Europe and then ended up in the hospital with a hemorrhage due to incomplete passing of the placenta, but I do think that's common enough that it could have happened whether she delivered in a hospital or at home, as long as some medical professional was in attendance (Peter does not qualify as a professional -- he just keeps passing along those awful ears).

But I'm wondering if her fertility was compromised by the hemorrhage? I don't know anything about the subject, but she's pumped out 4 kids in 5 years so it seems like she should certainly be pregnant again. What's wrong in that marital bedroom, Pete? Are you not getting the job done???? Bwah ha ha.

[hoipolloi]

Yes, she had an emergency C-section with #3 so even a VBAC with #4 (the girl) would require a hospital delivery, I'd think.

[pixydust]

Any chance she had a hysterectomy and didn't want to announce it?

pixydust, everything Dr.Google said about it indicates it can happen and be easily missed, even with through checking of the placenta.

Thanks, Lexilou, like I said, mine were c-sections and I was vaccumed out and made all nice and tidy, no first hand knowledge of placental issues.

[ElphabaGalinda]

No idea why she isn't pregnant again except maybe unnanounced complications from the last one, but i'm hoping this means they're less likely to end up with 20 kids, because I used to think that's the route they're going.

[MamaJunebug]

It may not be available anymore, but there was a foto of Kelly, the baby girl and BRADRICK! which looked to me 100% to be in a hospital or at least a birthing center, with visible tubes, electrical switches, and I'm almost certain Kelly wore a hospital gown.

Somebody here said they had also had incomplete delivery of the placenta and had needed emergency attention, and this after a hospital delivery. Stuff happens; the inconceivable (pardon!) portion of Kelly's story was that she very willingly went to Europe w/ a 2-week-old on what amounted to a 2-week walking tour.

By accounts, Kelly is as gonzo as her husband and chose him over more gentlemanly types who'd also pursued her. She's just so pretty that the casual observer doesn't expect her to be as outre' as her plain-looking husband.

[emmiedahl]

She might have had an infection as well. I had one because of various other factors, but the undelivered placenta bits definitely did not help. Infection is pretty common when you have rotting tissue in your uterus.

This would increase the chances of a variety of fertility-compromising issues I imagine.

[fundiefan]

Whatever her history, I have no doubt at all that nothing will stop the baby making, or that attempts at it. It's all in god's hands and if he gives them a blessing, then they will be happy, happy, joy, joy, look how blessed we are to have made more warriors for Christ and his kingdom. If god doesn't give them a blessing, or waits too long, eventually the 'woe is me' will start, hidden behind following the will of god. Because, you know, an emergency c-section followed a year & a half later by life threatening postpartum bleeding was most certainly not a sign from god that their quiver is as full as he wants it to be.

Some people take getting hit over the head with a blunt ax to heart and heed the warning. Others need the ax to slice them in two before they accept that it was even meant for their head in the first place.

They are the first; the leaders; the new Brigade of the Dominion crazy crowd. They have to keep up with making the babies. It is vital to their cause.

[slickcat79]

If god doesn't give them a blessing, or waits too long, eventually the 'woe is me' will start, hidden behind following the will of god.

Most likely followed by "god's call" to adopt from a "heathen" african nation in order to save the brown people from growing up catholic :roll:

[WonderingInWA]

Well, and it's all well and good for them to adopt if they want more kids without risking her life. Afterall, she and all of her siblings were adopted (which is entirely another snarkalicious topic). But I would be really surprised to see them bring a brown baby into their home. I think I've seen exactly ONE non-Caucasion family associated with VF/NCFIC, and I'm not sure how he (Voddy Baucham) was granted such a privilege. Perhaps he is their token "brown guy" to satisfy their non-profit status?

[MamaJunebug]

Well, and it's all well and good for them to adopt if they want more kids without risking her life. Afterall, she and all of her siblings were adopted (which is entirely another snarkalicious topic). But I would be really surprised to see them bring a brown baby into their home. I think I've seen exactly ONE non-Caucasion family associated with VF/NCFIC, and I'm not sure how he (Voddy Baucham) was granted such a privilege. Perhaps he is their token "brown guy" to satisfy their non-profit status?

Don't be forgetting the Ojani Noa fam and the Torres familia, also, recall that Kelly referred to an "Indian baby" in re the birth of Iona Wisdom to boy groom David Brown and his wife Monica. Whether or not David is Indian (my bet is that he's feather, not dot), it wouldn't surprise to see another adoption of a Native kiddo. Mrs Scott Brown (Deborah) looks mixed & if memory serves she was adopted herself.

Don't bother getting all up in my dentures about this talk, either. My grandmother was adopted BY a Native woman. Like legally, in the courts, not just a "let's visit the Rez and get an Indin name ooh we'll be so kewl" kinda thing.

I'm wandering far afield, sorry. That happens when I really don't wanna go back to my chore du Jour. ;)

[fundiefan]

I don't know about VF's stance, but not only are Kelly and her siblings adopted, but one of those siblings, Blair, married Taylor and Taylor's family has a bunch of little saved brown kids. What continent they were born on, I don't know, but they are brown babies none the less. I hope they are loved and adored; I don't know anything about his family or their motives. But, they do hang with the VF crowd, so adoption of non-white kids isn't a no-no, since one of the big shots married off his daughter to the 17 year old son from a family of adoptees of color.

I really am all for adoption. But, for the sake of the child, not the sake of 'the church' or your image or earning your rewards or whatever crazy religious thing it is that drives people like LL to adopt. She, and far too many like her, adopt for all the wrong reasons and that is evident almost from the second they have those kids in their godly, sticky hands. Poor Mira got sideswiped twice in her short life, first in the loss of her birth mother, then in getting LL as her replacement mom. A child adopted by the Bradricks - I can't honestly imagine how second class they'd be treated; how they would be taught to be grateful (I'm thinking the crazy Emma chick; I just don't see the Bradricks actually loving, adoring and worshiping a child they did not make for god).

[WonderingInWA]

Don't be forgetting the Ojani Noa fam and the Torres familia, also, recall that Kelly referred to an "Indian baby" in re the birth of Iona Wisdom to boy groom David Brown and his wife Monica. Whether or not David is Indian (my bet is that he's feather, not dot), it wouldn't surprise to see another adoption of a Native kiddo. Mrs Scott Brown (Deborah) looks mixed & if memory serves she was adopted herself.

Don't bother getting all up in my dentures about this talk, either. My grandmother was adopted BY a Native woman. Like legally, in the courts, not just a "let's visit the Rez and get an Indin name ooh we'll be so kewl" kinda thing.

I'm wandering far afield, sorry. That happens when I really don't wanna go back to my chore du Jour. ;)

:)

First, yes, I believe David Brown and Blaire Brown are natural siblings (they look very much alike) and must have some Native American in them (and pardon me, I don't know what the politically correct reference would be these days). Is anyone as curious as I am how they came to the Brown home?

Deborah Brown doesn't look anything like her parents, but I did not know she was also adopted. But good for that whole Brown family that they adopt children instead of breed them. Both Peter and Kelly must have missed that brief homeschooling lesson.

And I guess I don't understand why Scott Brown spends so much time blathering on so about family integrated churches if he doesn't post a testimony about what having his children means to him. I would assume they either had fertility issues or maybe they made the deliberate decision to adopt, but it would make him more human and convincing if he had a "testimony" about it. Four kids -- all adopted -- that must have been a lot of years and some really interesting and trying times. But now all he can talk about is VF and their seminars in their barn and outdoor Barnum and Bailey tent.

[browngrl]

These people irritate me so I wish I could find a reason to snark but truthfully, retained products of conception (the medical term for retained placenta) is common. I see it all the time. I have seen a few cases that were due to obstetric care but generally it is just bad luck. A lot of the retained products I see are actually quite small - we are talking a few centimetres - yet this can cause significant problems for the patient. Very few of the patients I've seen have had significant sequelae (e.g. death, infertility etc ) so I doubt Kelly's fertility has been changed by this (unless she had something other than retained products - and they are just not telling us the truth).

[justlurking]

And I guess I don't understand why Scott Brown spends so much time blathering on so about family integrated churches if he doesn't post a testimony about what having his children means to him. I would assume they either had fertility issues or maybe they made the deliberate decision to adopt, but it would make him more human and convincing if he had a "testimony" about it. Four kids -- all adopted -- that must have been a lot of years and some really interesting and trying times. But now all he can talk about is VF and their seminars in their barn and outdoor Barnum and Bailey tent.

To be fair, both Deborah and Scott have spoken publicly about adopting their children. In fact, at Dougie's "Baby Conference" a couple of years ago, they held a workshop specifically about that subject in an attempt to encourage other attendees to consider adoption.

[snickerz]

If you had to heat bathwater on the stove everyday for your family because your husband was too cheap/poor to buy a decent water heater, would you be rushing to pop out baby after big-eared baby?

[WonderingInWA]

If you had to heat bathwater on the stove everyday for your family because your husband was too cheap/poor to buy a decent water heater, would you be rushing to pop out baby after big-eared baby?

I know! I was wondering about his post about heating up bath water in their uninsulated old farmhouse. Could that possibly even be true? A water heater is $1200. What's up with that? Are they just trying to live with limited public utilities?

[snickerz]

No! Way cheaper than that - they're like 3-400 bucks.

[WonderingInWA]

No! Way cheaper than that - they're like 3-400 bucks.

well, and there was another photo posted by him recently where one of his sons was warming himself by the fire. So they don't have (or use) any kind of heat source other than a fire? I can understand trying to live frugally, but that's abusive!

[Witsec7]

If you had to heat bathwater on the stove everyday for your family because your husband was too cheap/poor to buy a decent water heater, would you be rushing to pop out baby after big-eared baby?

So how does one get cloth diapers really clean without hot water?