Stansels Whore up

Thomas and Ameanda Stansel are whoring up to become the next Jon and Kate. The only catch is that the kids aren't even born yet and they are already pimping for a TV Show.

Texas Cable News reports:
"...The couple began trying to expand their family shortly after their 2006 wedding. Amanda, a thyroid cancer survivor and diabetic, had trouble conceiving. She turned to fertility treatments that involved stimulating her ovaries to produce eggs, followed by insemination. (Awfully quick to be whipping out these methods huh?)

Her first pregnancy produced twins, but she lost them at 18 weeks. The second pregnancy failed as well. A home pregnancy test in late March confirmed another pregnancy.

“The third time, I ended up getting these six,” said Amanda, 32, patting her belly.

The couple consulted leaders in their Mormon church, prayed about it, then decided to continue with a sextuplet pregnancy.

“It was definitely a surprise. There were only two eggs that were supposed to mature,” said Thomas, 31, a medical equipment salesman. “Nobody plans for six, but we’re here and we’ll make the best of it.”

If Amanda successfully delivers six living babies, she will join a small sorority of women worldwide. Estimates place the number of sextuplet births globally at less than 200 — and not all of those children survived past infancy.

In 2006, the latest year available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, just 67 children nationwide were born from quintuplet (five) or larger pregnancies. Government data on sextuplets cannot be released for privacy reasons because there are so few sets.
The Dilley children, America’s first surviving sextuplets, were born in Indiana and turned 16 last month. The Gosselin six featured in the cable reality series Jon & Kate Plus Eight recently turned 5.

The Houston area has a storied history of higher-order multiples. In 1998, the Chukwu octuplets made international headlines as the first set of eight living babies. One child died later. Kingwood resident Chris Collins was pregnant with six, but one baby didn't survive in 1998 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital.

The Stansels are chronicling their experience at http://www.stanseljourney.com/, which includes a blog and appeal for sponsors. One baby products company has already offered six infant carriers.
With three extra bedrooms, they’ve got enough space (for now). They’re holding off on bigger decisions such as a vehicle that will accommodate six car seats. Because raising so many kids will be expensive, they expect to depend on relatives and friends — and they’re happy to listen to offers from reality TV show producers....Amanda’s official due date is Dec. 2, but with so many babies, the goal is for her to make it to September. "