Mom Who Had 9 Kids By Age 28 Says She Was Pregnant 'Every' Year For 12 Years

One of the most dramatic transformations a woman's body goes through is during pregnancy. That's why most ladies give some serious thought to the idea of starting a family before making any future plans.?

When women aren't mentally and emotionally prepared, even one pregnancy may cause them to feel uneasy about their bodies, say experts.

But, for a long time, it has been customary for women to have their first baby in their mid-to late-20s.

Kora Duke, though, stood out as exceptional in this sense.

By the time she was 28, the woman, now 39, had had nine children.?

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She became famous after posting on TikTok that she had been pregnant every year for 12 years.

Some math may be in order here.?Duke gave birth to her first child in 2001 at the tender age of 17.?

She spent most of a decade pregnant until finally having her last baby in 2012. She's 39 and has been with her long-term companion, Andre Duke, for 23 years.?

The couple now has a large family.

"It was just the way it happened. The majority (of my pregnancies) were not intentional at all. Traditional birth control methods didn't work," Duke told Today.com in December. He hails from Nevada.

1.94 children under the age of 18 live in the typical American family. According to Statista, in the 1960s, the average was closer to 2.5.

Duke met her husband as a high school senior. Contrary to her current life, Duke had always maintained she didn't want to have more than two children.?

Elijah is 21, Sheena is 20, Zhaan is 17, Cairo is 16, Saiyah is 14, Avi is 13, Romani is 12, and Tahj is 10.

In the popular TikTok from early last year, she lists each of her children by age. In Las Vegas, Duke and her husband take care of their kids.??

Yuma, their third child, died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome when she was only seven days old.

When the mum of 9 was asked how she manages to raise nine kids, she said,?

"Of course, teenage life is a little dramatic these days. When they're teenagers, it is a lot harder than when they're toddlers because there's so much personality and attitude, and you're dealing with their drama on top of the drama with you."

After having her ninth kid, Duke claimed she decided to have permanent birth control by getting a tubal ligation.

"I learned that I am my person and my whole being doesn't revolve around being a mother. That's something I did learn after I stopped having children," she was quoted as saying by Today.com.

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