Karissa Collins: Exploited & Unsupervised

[@kaylacason993]

OH MY GOD WE NEED “GOD IS NOT YOUR OBGYN” MERCH💀😂

[@jordanleighwheatley]

I would THROW my money at that sweatshirt

[@kiwibatss]

I would wear that to my Mormon family reunion 😂😂

[@jordanleighwheatley]

@@kiwibatss i would give you $10 to do it and hide a GoPro somewhere on your person to document the experience 😂

[@a.r.glad.5490]

Omg, yes please!!

[@remotecreativeagencyllc]

Take.My.Money.

[@melissad4056]

I might sound harsh, but in my opinion, you cannot adequately take care of 10+ children. There is just not enough time in the day. You end up foisting responsibilities onto your children, which robs them of their childhood.

[@ThatRedhedd]

I agree. I'm actually repulsed by it, ngl.

[@meganrae2508]

Exactly. Unless they have a literal village of help to raise them, they are not being adequately cared for, especially when they are “home schooled”.

[@JennyQamoos]

I agree with you - on my number three soon and can’t imagine anymore - especially a number like 10

[@Tarlondwen]

She dumps responsibility off onto the oldest girls. Once the babies are old enough to sleep through the night they are handed off to an older girl. Karissa isn't doing any parenting.

[@Santiago-in1xf]

Where's the lie? I'm only seeing facts here. My cousin was kind of parentified a lot to take care of her younger 4 siblings, she was #2 of out six but was the oldest girl. Karissa's oldest girl is def robbed of her childhood.

[@jenpatrick5633]

Polio cases are taken very seriously, and it's required for doctors and hospitals to report it. If she took her son anywhere to be diagnosed, the case would have been reported. If she didn't take him anywhere, he probably didn't have polio in the first place.

[@BimmieJames]

I was just thinking that, any case in the USA would be immediately reported to the CDC and a PSA would be released within 24 hours.

[@greenfloatingtoad]

It would be international news

[@greenfloatingtoad]

Exactly! The Dr would go to jail if they didn't call the CDC i think

[@theoriginalpandanon]

There hasn’t been a case of polio in the United States since 1979. No way he had polio. So she’s just straight up lying or she’s ignorant as hell.

[@meow-db3jb]

exactly, my grandparents had polio as young children and so i knew quite a bit about it and when i heard that my jaw dropped , like she had to be just straight up lying

[@hepnivalentine1635]

Sitting in a tub for hours and sleeping all day? Girl thats depression, not self care.

[@jewelz4217]

@@hepnivalentine1635 exactly!!!

[@sparksflylove]

Oooffff clocked it

[@criminalchicken499]

Huh. Dude I think I might be depressed. Thank you Hepni!

[@beckf1858]

The "no medical intervention" BS reminds of that not-so-funny joke about the stubborn ol' geezer during a flood who refuses to leave his house "because God will help me" and then ends up dying, and God was like "Hey buddy, I sent all of these people to help you, and you refused." If you believe in God (which I do), God is sending you these people for a reason. They are here in your life for a purpose. Geez Louise, fundies frighten me.

[@jennb1587]

100% this.

[@shark_kisses5153]

Exactly ….how is medical intervention or first responder intervention a sin or going against His principles/plan when He was the one who made it come to be? How is something that has the potential to save or improve your or your loved one’s life bad or equivalent to not being a faithful servant? Take His gifts, and the gifts he bestowed upon people and let things turn out as they will. Regardless of the outcome it will be what He has planned, right? Wasn’t Jesus a Healer, too? I don’t get why some Fundamentalist (and other smaller offshoots of established religious groups) just interpret the their chosen texts so harshly.

[@CozieGhostie]

Yes exactly!

[@SainttSarahh]

I’m not religious, but I love this take!

[@Isabella-vx3bc]

But also, please tell me im not the only one who thinks that, maybe allegedly, she has had botox done? Like her face barely moves? And her forhead is so so smooth?

[@raeraemillstone]

I hate having to write this but people need to know that consistent UTIs can also be a sign of continued SA... Happened to me for much of my childhood 😢

[@Spoiledandsalty]

Thank you for spreading important information. All my love to you❤️

[@victoriaanderson863]

That's the first thing I thought. I'm so sorry that happened to you. I hope you're ok ❤❤❤❤

[@ericablaire2179]

Yup, very true. I kept a UTI throughout most of my childhood (around ages 5-12ish or around when I started to "develop" as a woman when it stopped) for the same reason, unfortunately. Sending you loads of love, light, and hugs your way. You are strong, beautiful, and did not deserve what happened to you. 💗💗💗 @raeraemillstone

[@raeraemillstone]

@@ericablaire2179 thank you for having the courage to tell your story ♥️♥️ so much love back to beautiful Erica

[@DarkFire1536]

This was my immediate thought. That is was SA. I am so sorry that you went through this.

[@amylou22snowhite]

My great aunt lost 13 pregnancies before RhoGram was a thing. She carried a set of twins 7 months and lost them. They drugged her, kept her out for days, and when she woke, they told her it was two babies, and they were buried. She was so traumatized. She told me what a miracle that shot is. She finally carried one to term. I have a cousin.

[@thousandreasonswhynot]

Yes this shot is a big deal 🙂 My mom's mom had 7 girls altogether, but my aunt Joyce passed away just after being born because she had rh positive blood and Gramma is negative. It turned out I am negative as well and I did have that shot while pregnant, and had to wait to find out if my son had rh positive blood or not, he did but everything turned out great 😃 I'm so thankful for the shot and already having the awareness in my family about this possibility, since I was the one who bought it up with my doctor in the first place which is kinda scary to think about now. What if I hadn't known 😮

[@shelbydrabot4703]

YES THANK YOU! The same thing happened to my grandmother. I've had Rhogam 3 times and I'm so grateful for it.

[@linseylinsey]

Omg that is so traumatizing 😭😭😭😭 my heart goes out to her and the family

[@ohyouknow235]

I have had three rhogam shots and three healthy pregnancies. The pain of your great aunt and women like her laid the foundation for women like me to become a mother and I am so thankful ❤

[@amandamandamands]

Yes my brother would exist without RhoGram, it was given to my mum after I was born

[@meygank1]

My new neighbors kids names are Fox, Fern, and Fawn…..the first thing one of my kids said “oooh the next one should be Frog or Fridgerator!” 😳 I died 💀🤣😂

[@jewelz4217]

That's hilarious 😂

[@BEXASTORIA]

Wiggum is my upline and brother in Christ

[@okoala62]

Mine too! Now let’s get to work and gather more recruits! 🫡 lol

[@kissarococo2459]

Chief or his his son Ralph?

[@lacey_lace_edc1152]

Omg Wiggum is my upline too! Maybe Im the second leg?? 😅

[@msstarshine84]

Call for 'Wiggum is my upline' merch

[@greenfloatingtoad]

🙏🙏

[@mp-og7ly]

I’m a paediatric emergency room nurse and there is no scarier phrase from a parent than “she was fine until she suddenly crashed.” Children, more so than adults, are able to physically compensate for shock (the physiologic state that can happen in sepsis, massive blood loss, etc, not the emotional one) extremely well. Their vital signs will stay normal and they will look at least mostly okay until they are literally ding dong ditching the grim reaper. If it wasn’t obvious by the ICU admission Anythm was VERY sick and likely had been for a long time. Also urosepsis (when an infection starts as a UTI and spreads to the blood) is really really rare in children. It’s mostly seen in neglectful nursing homes for the elderly. If she was gonna be transferred to the children’s hospital in Dallas I know of, I wish she had been, cause they would not have played about getting her removed from that home. That’s clear cut child abuse in my mind.

[@alexia3552]

Thank you for the insight! Here’s hoping the children are placed with safe people who can care for them or a carer can enter the home.

[@maggielouise5921]

1:26:36 her child repeatedly pulling poop out of the diaper means they consistently leave the child in a soiled diaper for too long.

[@whatthehellbob]

At one point she advocated that diapers only need to be changed twice a day, and that’s why diapers aren’t that expensive

[@maggielouise5921]

@@whatthehellbob I can’t imagine the painful rashes those kids must have experienced

[@Catglittercrafts]

It’s also a sign of emotional neglect

[@DiMagnolia]

Explains the UTIs.

[@alexandrac2472]

100%. I've worked with incontinent adults who wear briefs and would come across people that would engage in similar behaviors or so ppl claimed... turns out when people were properly cared for and changed frequently they no longer did that. It was a "behavior" that was a natural consequence of someone sitting in their own filth for hours.

[@emmelinesprig489]

Mandray is the root of this problem. His wife is severely mentally unwell, and he is abandoning her and his children to live in neglect. I pray all these kids survive, and that they’ll manage to have decent lives.

[@opulenttinglesasmr789]

Also, concerning the husband: Yes, he is just as culpable. Especially allowing his wife to show overt favoritism to her lighter complected children. As a black man, how do you stand by that? Is she his white trophy or something? That's just gross. I didn't even realize how medically crazy she was, but I did know how weird she was with the erasure of her children's blackness. GROSS.

[@valerielevasseur8674]

Yup. There are no innocent bystanders to racism so long as it’s reasonably safe to protest.

[@AndromedasLight17]

Considering the Evangelicals are extremely racist & so is the Quiverfull movement, I find it odd that they're even allowed in the movement.

[@nicola1439]

This!! How can he be raising black children and let their mother instill them with self hatred. It's heart breaking - those poor kids never chose this.

[@mayanaw.9027]

@@nicola1439 It's painfully, shockingly common.

[@SpecialBlanket]

@@mayanaw.9027do you have any more to say on that? I know you can only say yr personal observations not speak on behalf of every black marriage, but I'm curious what you've seen. Is it some kind of internalizer colorism thing? Do you mean only in black / white marriages? Is it bc they think those kids have more of a chance in life? Etc. WW with BM here but no kids.

[@maggiewinnike7309]

My sister had an outdoor wedding. What we didn't know when we picked the venue and date was there was going to be a historical battle reenactment across the street from the bed and breakfast it was at at the same time. 😂 My sister’s now BIL went across to the street to ask them to pause their event for the half hour it would take for the outdoor part of the wedding. They took it one step further and gave a 21 gun salute after the pastor announced they were married. 😂 so there’s pictures from the wedding of a bunch of random dudes in Union soldier uniforms firing their rifles in the air. Side note: Those “worms” those crunchy moms find in their kids’ poop after their bullshit detox are actually bits of intestinal lining that is being stripped by their dangerous unregulated products. It’s terrible and they’re causing long term medical issues by killing off the healthy gut bacteria and stripping the intestinal lining that help them absorb nutrients from their food.

[@alexandramot381]

Omg I never knew those were actually parts of intestinal lining. That is mortifying!

[@sophiacalon3463]

That picture must be incredible 😂❤

[@maggiewinnike7309]

@@sophiacalon3463 Every time it pops up in my facebook memories I crack up laughing.

[@Willowtree82]

That's absolutely not true. Parasite medicine is sold by your pharmacy and also health food store. Kids do get worms look up how common it is. It's usually from not hand washing properly

[@NottyAries]

Damn... Sigh. This child abuse story is going to be brutal when we hear about it in a few years. This sucks. 😭

[@thisisbs333]

Agreed. Sooooo many disorders.

[@annea.4173]

Yep. It's giving shades of Ruby Franke.

[@Hana-qs9zg]

She’s the new Ruby Franke

[@Weak_Pinkies89]

My EXACT thoughts! Are you living in my brain?🤔🫣

[@NottyAries]

@@Weak_Pinkies89 Maybe your nightmares because the fear is real.

[@stephaniehuthmacher4214]

As a librarian, I roll my eyes every time someone says "I did my research"...

[@janevoelker2386]

@@stephaniehuthmacher4214 Historian here. Same 🤣

[@ameliasouder7914]

I am super genuinely curious! I love going down rabbit holes and learning things- what do you recommend as the best way to research a topic?

[@valerielevasseur8674]

@ameliasouder7914 It's fair to start orienting yourself to a topic with Wikipedia, so long as it's only that. From there, if you have access, peer reviewed articles which you can find through Google Scholar (not regular Google!) are best. Most are paywalled, but not all, and even those whose full text you can't access will give you the abstract, which is a short summary of the article's question, argument and methodology. Depending on the topic, there might be respected organizations that put out reports on their areas of focus, and while they aren't peer reviewed prior to publication, you can gradually get a sense of how experts view the organization in general, and how they've talked about specific items after the fact.

[@keshaheen]

Another librarian who feels the same

[@keshaheen]

@@ameliasouder7914create your list of questions related to a potential topic. If you are in the US, your public library should provide free access to databases. Ask them how to access the databases, which ones are best for your research topic, and any specific tips for your research project, like boolean operators. Enjoy the rabbit hole of research and keep track of your citations, because citing is important.

[@keriporter1564]

In 10 years she’ll be wondering why her kids went no contact and it’ll be a mystery she’ll never solve.

[@Jordys_Cursed_Camera]

God will tell her 🤣🤣

[@butterbean6000]

When you spoke about Mandray not letting Karissa get mental care, it reminded me of the one mother, who drowned her children in a sort of postpartum break. It was bad after the first kid and got worse after every child (they had 4 or 5 kids) and her husband refused to let her seek medical care or use contraceptives. She thought by killing them she was saving them from the devil or something, absolutely heart wrenching.

[@LDF1218]

He then remarried and had at least one more child.

[@westcoastweird455]

Andrea Yates. Also a Texan

[@The_Spicy_Bajoran]

Yes. Andrea Yates. To her credit, she is aware that she is mentally unstable and has asked/been given the opportunity to remain in mental health prison. It’s sooo sad that it took her doing that to her kids to get help. The father needed to be arrested, too, imo

[@RomaBeautyLily]

@@The_Spicy_Bajoranabsolutely. That was abhorrent reproductive abuse.

[@BeforeOurCrime]

@@The_Spicy_Bajoran I agree with everything you just said I will forever and always wish Rusty Yates the worst

[@mariauga3377]

26:00. I’m confused. In her post she mentioned her kids, then said “as adults they all have autoimmune diseases”. Um…none of her kids are adults?!?! I’m so confused….

[@randi_bee]

I just thought about this, wtf? The oldest daughter is 14??????

[@mariauga3377]

@@randi_bee yes!!! She is a child not an adult! Poor thing

[@randi_bee]

@@mariauga3377 can't we just turn this entire video into CPS in their state, this is horrible hearing all of this 😭😭😭

[@AndromedasLight17]

​@@randi_beethis isnt even a quarter of it. They use whats called blanket training. Please google it. You will be sick

[@sparksflylove]

She’s parentifying her kids so this tracks sadly :(

[@melissapetzer3560]

Shes 41. Thats considered a high risk pregnancy regardless of any other factors.

[@kierstenhale763]

The incident with Anthem is horrendous. Imagine saying “they don’t know what caused it or why it happened” when it was your neglect that led to an untreated UTI. Her audacity is astounding.

[@hawkeyescoffee6399]

Especially in light of the poop story, which suggests the babies probably get left in filthy diapers for hours upon hours. How is your baby even getting the chance to dig out her poop?! I don't have kids, but I do have nephews & nieces, and when they were babies, you could tell when they pooped immediately 99% of the time...then you change them, you don't leave them sitting in it (idk how anyone can ignore the smell for a start...well, I guess if you aren't actually spending time with your baby then it would be quite easy). It is especially bad for little girls to just leave them in it as it can cause ....💥UTIs💥! Other things that can cause UTIs is wiping wrong, so if the older kids have been changing the baby and don't know to wipe from front to back, then that too could result in a raging UTI that would turn into a kidney infection & sepsis. The baby must have been so ill for a few days before she got taken to the hospital with sepsis, it doesn't develop in a few hours. She would have been screaming in pain from a kidney infection for hours, maybe even a couple of days! How do you ignore that in and just go out to dinner. Thank goodness for the baby's grandmother, because I highly doubt Karissa would have taken her without being pushed. Of course, neglected babies learn there is no point in crying, so perhaps she wasn't crying in pain because she had learned there was no point. Those poor kids. She clearly has severe mental health issues (I fear another Lori Vallow Daybell situation, but minimum the kids will be messed up), but shame on her husband for not encouraging her to get the help she needs, and stepping up with the kids.

[@frickfrack7075]

Really... They know exactly how uti's happen LMAO and they know exactly how they're caused. They probably just didn't tell you because it was OBVIOUS.

[@GingerThereforeNoSoul]

Exactly they know 100% why, all she does is lie. She has type 1 lieiabetes.

[@MistressJung]

An MS diagnosis requires at least one lapse, an MRI and a lumbar puncture to check for the presence of oligodendrocytes in the cerebral-spinal fluid. There’s a lot of steps in the diagnosis and a lot of heavy medical treatment and therapy. You’re going to see a specialist neurologist - I have MS, watched my mother pass away from complications of it. Pisses me off to no end that people think it’s okay to fake an illness when they know nothing of the reality of it.

[@sad_artwork]

Was thinking this too. It took a lot to diagnose me - and I'm followed by multiple doctors and an amazing neurologist to keep me functioning. I have also been told a few times that pregnancy does seem to help symptoms. But still. Yeah. Doubt very much they would go to the doctor enough to be diagnosed.

[@Emmasaama]

Zero chance she knows multiple women who've had 11 c-sections and they're doing just great. Absolutely not.

[@DarkFire1536]

I had three and it has been very hard on me. Long, painful recoveries, glued together incisions coming open and getting infected, scar adhesions, and surgical menopause at age 36.

[@alexia3552]

You think everybody’s doing great if you ignore their feelings 🥰 neglect 101 babey

[@alexia3552]

@@DarkFire1536 dude. You’ve gone THROUGH it.

[@re7478]

The doctors most likely told Karissa why Anthem got a UTI and sepsis, but for Karissa to tell people what they said she would have to admit neglecting her child... allegedly (and logically). Regular changing of soiled diapers, cleaning front to back thoroughly, baths, proper nourishment and hydration can actually cause a great improvement and might even prevent some conditions, like U.T.I.s and sepsis, for example.

[@missingmimic]

@8:50 not Chelsea twerking for the good word 😂😂 I'm dead.

[@nikkisaturno.]

I cackled out loud!

[@NekolatheDruid]

Absolute GOLD 😂 "you like Jesus? He likes you" 😂

[@Julialynn08]

This made my morning

[@Terminal.Rainbows]

THE FACE SHE'S MAKING..... I CAN'T EVEN

[@shyannaroe9196]

Yesss 😂 that was actually hilarious

[@katereckinger5405]

Children that young having UTIs is such a red flag

[@Hannibal-Rx]

It’s not super uncommon, but the fact that two of her kids had it is a bit of a red flag for me.

[@emilyhubbard137]

That's what I was thinking. Why are your kids getting so many UTIs??

[@shellymorrison3822]

Best wedding story. My youngest brother and his wife weren't going to have a reception because they didn't have the money for one. The ladies at my sisier in law's church found out so they gifted them a reception. The church ladies and their friends made all the food and a few cakes. It was the best wedding reception food i have ever had. My brother and his wife were completely surprised because they didn't know about it until after the ceremony when the pastor announced the church's ladies council had arranged a reception downstairs for anyone that wanted to join the bride and groom in celebrating their special day. It was an awesome day.

[@Ruth_Rosa]

That is amazing!!

[@TheTheresaI]

That’s how our wedding was! It was in a church friend’s backyard. So intimate and special

[@mariamendoza259]

I needed to hear a good story before work today 🥲 thank you

[@alexia3552]

That’s really sweet 😭 see this is what community is for

[@jilliansmaniotto2326]

33:10 I *FULLY* believe that the “buddy system” is what facilitated josh duggar’s abuse of his sisters, and allowed it to go unnoticed and unaddressed for so long. those girls had no reliable adult to talk to.

[@ari.maeve.g]

When you casually dropped “mission trips to the club” I lost it 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ThatRedhedd]

That got me, too! 🤣

[@lindseyhendrix2405]

Same 😭😭😭

[@itsmevivi_]

Same 😅...I flew to the comments after that lol

[@leigh8253]

I was parentified as a child and now never want children. My parents beg for grandchildren but I already spent my whole life caring for their children so why would I want to continue?

[@karleighwilliams2911]

This is spot on for me as well. Sometimes I think about maybe having one of my own, but I don’t know if I could do it because I’m so burnt out and exhausted from being parentified myself. No kid deserves that. I refuse to continue the cycle.

[@Jo-razz]

My mom's parents, believed in having children, as long as God wanted them to. My mom is the youngest of 10. Her mother was in her forties and her father was in his fifties when she was born. The doctor told her mother what is 6 children that she could not have any more children or it can kill her. She had a very weak heart. By her sixth, she was very sickly. They still continue to have children had four more. The last four, seen their mother, most of the time bedridden. After she had my mom, she was completely bedridden. Her mother passed when she was small child. Then unfortunately her father passed only a few months later. Her older sister raised her. All my aunts and uncles, said that they will not have lots of kids. Besides her mother being sickly, they struggled a lot financially. So my grandfather was always working. My grandmother was sick most of the time. Is brothers and sisters they basically had to take care of each other. They didn't want to do that to their children. Out of 10 of them, there is only myself my brother and four cousins. Total of six. They ment it.

[@oneandonly1990]

Yea my maternal grandmother had 12 children and was in ill health until she died. She lived till 76 but she was rarely healthy. She looked much older than her age and she had constant OBGYN issues smh. Having all those children wears your body down.

[@meghansullivan6812]

Jesus!

[@jaggirl]

It's cruel to have that many children if you can't be a functional parent. I'm sorry but some don't use the commonsense that god gave us all. A sad story. 😢

[@Willowtree82]

It was common back in the day for western people to have a lot of children. 12 is a lot. What is most common was 6 or 7. Now because western people millennials aren't having children it means we have an aging population so this means when you are elderly there won't be enough young people to run the country and take care of our elderly including in hospitals. Our countries are facing a severe crisis in the next 30 years but it's effects will be seen sooner, we are starting to see it now a decline and short staff in medical but it will be all industries soon. You'll see lots of businesses close as well

[@oneandonly1990]

@Willowtree82 So. Why would anyone have 6+ children just because we have an aging population? That's just silly considering we leave in an economy that doesn't support parents and children at all. Also its not possible to give 6+ children the time and attention they really need from a parent.

[@laurence.d.a]

As someone who has given birth a year ago, I'm like the opposite of a free-birther. Give me all of the drugs, hospital beds, doctors, nurses, EVERYTHING. I don't want to feel a thing, just get that baby out so we can snuggle. Thank you.

[@laurence.d.a]

Oh, and also: leave my friends out of this, please. No one wants to know me like that.

[@keeleymarsh6033]

Im gonna brag about my own wedding for a second, we had a fully loaded build-your-own pasta bar. 100000/10 recommend, people STILL talk about it 3 years later 😍

[@napalm_lipbalm86]

@keeleymarsh6033 that is a cool idea. I had a Taco bar at mine!!!

[@shealynnmichelle]

okay, YUM 🤤 totally adding this to my wedding menu!!

[@keeleymarsh6033]

@@shealynnmichelle highly recommend! The catering company was there preparing everything, we had a couple meat options, three different sauces and tons of veggies and everything! It was seriously the best.

[@melissad4056]

That sounds way better than some dry ass chicken.

[@jackieimhoff8428]

That sounds awesome!

[@icrochetedthething]

The fact that the story of Abraham and Issac is presented as "you must give up what you love most for god" instead of "What a fucking weirdo to think god said 'Hey, kill your kid' and you just went, 'Yeah, okay.'" is a really damn problem in how fundies take care of their children.

[@DiMagnolia]

That story always fcks me up lmao

[@jernisharichard5032]

If read I'm context, it was a trusting in him that was trying to be presented, he is our creator so he can bring back whoever he wants. When we check out hearts we would know he loved us, and we just don't want to follow his rules. Some people love their darkness.

[@jernisharichard5032]

If read I'm context, it was a trusting in him that was trying to be presented, he is our creator so he can bring back whoever he wants. When we check out hearts we would know he loved us, and we just don't want to follow his rules. Some people love their darkness.

[@tabithamotta8753]

Also, the story was told to emphasize that God doesn't want human sacrifice.

[@sweetgrassviews5841]

If you’re still interested in more of Karissa also check out Rachel Oates videos on her. She even did a book review and Karissa’s book which is as batsh*t crazy as you would think it is. As always great video CC!!

[@AndromedasLight17]

There are also videos of her & Mandray floating around out there. They are disturbing. In one video she jokes about almost killing their pets.

[@lindseyhendrix2405]

Yes!!!!! Rachel is incredible, plus she has a lovely accent. That one clip of them answering questions has never left my mind.

[@OnsceneDC]

Unassisted births aren't just dangerous for the babies, but for the mother as well. I had a serious complication when I was pregnant and I was so thankful to give birth in a hospital! And my daughter had to spend 8 days in the NICU. Was grateful for that as well.

[@rebeccamueller8790]

These types of moms have this skewed perception of their kids being sick, I see it all the time with my sister and on Instagram. They will CONSTANTLY post that their kids are sick, under the weather, etc and then they will absolutely swear their kids are never sick. I said something to my sister once when she said her kids were sick yet again, something like "weren't they just sick last week?" And she's like "No.... They never hardly get sick!!" When in reality, they are sick nearly every 4-6 weeks. The delusion is actually amazing.

[@AndromedasLight17]

My SIL is a germophobe and her kids are constantly sick.

[@rebeccamueller8790]

@@AndromedasLight17 exactly. That's my sister too. Constantly cleaning, hand sanitizer, taking a shit load of supplements, I mean DOZENS. They're constantly ill. It's wild.

[@Jmg5594]

I had a nervous nail biting habit since I was little. Hands always in my mouth. I very rarely got sick. Maybe a cold once a year. I still don’t get sick, I’m 30. Not saying it’s correlated….but maybe 😂

[@rebeccamueller8790]

@@Jmg5594 I agree, I was drinking from an artesian filled cow tank and crawling through culverts playing with my neighbors ducks every day 🤣 overall, I'm pretty healthy. I maybe get a cold every few years or so

[@andshefreeman3888]

Ironically got prescribed Zoloft yesterday for ppd/ppa. Haven’t started it yet. I needed to hear this. Thank you.

[@S-R-H]

I had 3 c-sections. My last two were just shy of 10 months apart. When they went in a month early to deliver my daughter, my uterus had almost ruptured. It was translucent and my OB could see my daughter through the uterus lining without cutting it because it was so thin from the scar tissue not stretching from previous c-sections. I call BS on this woman claiming women can have 11 c-sections and be fine. No, no, no.

[@DarkFire1536]

Exactly! I had three, c-sections ,and there we many health complications because of them.

[@alexia3552]

Whoa that is terrifying. I am so sorry you’ve gone through that. That is rough and should never ever be downplayed.

[@alexia3552]

@@DarkFire1536 it’s like people forget that cutting a person nearly in half is not how the body is supposed to work. Cutting your entire abdomen open is a horror movie. It’s not just “business as usual.” We have to process it that way because what else are you supposed to do, and the alternative is worse, but we forget it was never a good or neutral option in the first place. I’m tired of women’s health being brushed off.

[@abigailxmary]

my mum had an emergency cesarean with me, a semi emergency cesarean with my sister was breach and an elective cesarean with my last sibling bc she had severe placenta previa... she bled out internally, almost to death before having a total hysterectomy and a blood transfusion of about 4-5 pints of blood before the hysterectomy. If medical professionals werent involved in her final birth, i would've lost my mum at 11- almost 12 years old... im eternally grateful for the life saving procedures that were done for my mum, at 25, she truly is one of my best friends and could literally not imagine life without her. If you are a mother who has to reply upon these medical procedures for the safety of you and your baby, dont listen to these women when they try to make you feel bad, you are not less of a mother for delivering them with medical intervention... i see you, i hear you and 100% believe in your ability to be good parents!! Also, as someone with juvenile diagnosed lupus (which is often more active than lupus that has its onset in adulthood) i have been advised against falling pregnant bc it could kill me! I also have PMDD which me makes me incredibly sensitive to my own hormones during my cycle. It would not only be dangerous to fall pregnant, the experience could literally kill me bc of my lupus. Autoimmune disease for many of us will not make pregnancy easier, it could have fatal side effects for both mother a d baby. This woman is spreading extremely dangerous misinformation. Please, if you have an autoimmune disease, please consult a specialist before in your given immune disorder before deciding to have children.

[@AllieHails92]

CC I needed that reenactment of you being a club missionary, it's gonna be what gets me through folding 3 loads of laundry today, so thank you

[@daftoptimist]

I also have three loads of laundry ahead of me and will be laughing at that all day.

[@amandamandamands]

The really scary part is if people are doing a detox and are seeing 'worms' or similar when they are pooping, rare case they do have worms. More likely is that it is actually the lining of their intestines. This is what happens to people who ingest bleach and other things to detox themselves.

[@xbrixe]

22:42 side note resumed: the flat emotional affect is actually pretty common in schizophrenia/affective disorders. Before I started working in MH I always just assumed it was a side effect of the medications that caused it but no, it’s present in the untreated as well.

[@ItsMuffinTimePls]

Was looking for this! Obv we can't diagnose thus woman but the combination of behaviors and symptoms is INCREDIBLY concerning to say the least. She should be seeing a professional.

[@jessierabbit]

My sister got multiple UTIs as an infant because of a genetic kidney mutation (my brother also has it and his is worse leading to a kidney being removed). We knew when she had one because the cries were different and NONSTOP. We could suspect one was developing based on visuals and try to intervene but when that crying started we knew it was too late. She went to the ER the first few times because it was scary how much she would cry. Doctors eventually walked us through what to do when she had one and we had to wait till the next day to get her in for a visit at the primary. Hers were nowhere close to what that poor child had so I cannot imagine the amount of crying she was doing beforehand. Honestly horrific to think about.

[@tanyarivera4039]

Had I “free birthed” with my second, I would have died and left both of my children without a mother. Without medical intervention and emergency surgery that same second born would have died at 1 year old. I am incredibly grateful to the doctors who helped my little family. I also believe in God and am grateful to Him for all the blessings we have.

[@crowgang6678]

I'm no longer Christian but I always thought that doctors and medicine would be a gift given by God and it's the will of God for us to use it.

[@shanoncollier769]

I experienced severe PPD with my firstborn son who had colic. I was an RN and this contributed to me feeling like I should be able to "handle the situation " (maybe I would have felt the same regardless of my profession. I got pregnant again 8 months later and came clean with my doctor about my first time struggles. Thank God for Zoloft.

[@okaylady8692]

The anti Vax post also referred to her "adult children" isn't her oldest 14?! Lol

[@kyibobpeb]

The oldest are mini parents so in Karissa's pea brain, they're adults 😂

[@meganrae2508]

That’s what I was confused about as well! Which…at least it’s a minor silver lining that she needs the oldest girls to take care of everything so she doesn’t decide to marry them off to have their own kids 🤢

[@jenniferromano5152]

OMG YOU IN THE CLUB!!! 😂😭🤣😭 Bob Barker also said “Spay and neuter your pets” and that’s relevant in this case too 😂

[@akemi3517]

I don't understand why she was so attracted to her dark skinned bf, got married to this man and has his children.. and then go on to whitewash your kids with him? They are beautiful. I couldn't imagine editing my kids' photos at all. They are perfect in my eyes. I feel so bad for these kids, I hope this doesn't do too much damage to their self-confidence. 😢

[@Bella-pb6uk]

she is sexually attracted to darker skin but when faced with the outcome of said dark skin, she realizes that she isn’t able to supply the numerous snow white babies that eugenicist quiverfull fundamentalism requires

[@AnnaSanrio]

It's because it's purely a sexual fetish, so when she's not having sex she reverts back to being racist.

[@meredithughh]

@@akemi3517 as awful as it is, she probably sees dark skin as sexual and “naughty”, I’ve even known people who like how “pale” they look when compared to their dark partner. Like it emphasized their whiteness or something to hang out with or date POCS. So it maybe something acceptable in partner, a sexual fetish- but that’s not exactly how you’d want to see or describe your own children. So she does everything she can to make them come off “whiter”. It’s truly gross.

[@IchNiemand-mj8mf]

The whitewashed pics give a weird uncanny valley thing and I'm terrified they see that too. They are adorable child just as they are. I can't imagine how they feel

[@SpecialBlanket]

Maybe she doesn't even realize it's racist. Her husband might not feel comfortable talking about it. But yeah I would never make my kids look less than my partner, I love that he's black, it's beautiful!

[@SigEMT09]

To be fair, sepsis really can come on swiftly and severely…but without treatment a person WILL die. God says in the Bible that it rains on the just and the unjust. Prayers aren’t for granting wishes, it’s for changing your own heart. She should have read some of those Bibles she handed out for context. If my child ever put my grandchild at risk like this, I’d bust down whatever walls to have my grand children removed!

[@robinmitchell7442]

utis don't turn to sepsis overnight!!!

[@SigEMT09]

@@robinmitchell7442it absolutely can. Sepsis can develop within 12 hours of an infection onset.

[@ljrcantread]

Also your Jewish audience thanks you for the shout out on Rosh Hashanah! It’s true: we don’t proselytize and don’t want you to join! Just respect us and leave us be ✌️❤️

[@AnnaScanlonPhD]

True but if people do want to join, we do welcome them. Nobody is asked to do it, though. Except Chabad who want to basically convert Jews to become more Jewish lol

[@idarothschild9267]

I know, it made me so happy hearing her say that! Shana tova

[@pamela9573]

Thank you to you and Chelsea for teaching me something new today!

[@amylou22snowhite]

But I wannnnna join. Yall have good food and you don’t push religion.

[@louloulouthoughts]

I'm not religious but I studied religion from a historical perspective for many years for my degree and I have always had a very high respect and regard for Judaism and how the religion functions socially and spiritually. You guys get it. My favorite western religion by far (is that weird to say? lol)

[@mistakenlymidwest2460]

I didn’t expect a Jill Rodrigues crossover. 🎉 just waiting for the fundie Fridays collab of my dream

[@missamanda2703]

My son is 21. After we realized everyone was a freak on the internet, I would post some family pictures of our son, but in about 2013/14, he was 12. We sat down and went through my fb, the only SM I had. Anything he was embarrassed by, we deleted or moved to private family albums and took them offline. No photo has been posted, wo his permission.

[@opticalyoutube9529]

Such a good idea! Good to give the kids agency in this sort of thing once they're old enough to understand what it means to have their face on the internet. :)

[@ThatRedhedd]

"Rebecca, that doesnt sound like Divine intervention - it sounds like a manic episode." 👌🏼🤣 For real!

[@femmegeneticist]

Chelsea has had a lot of good lines over the years but I think mission trip to the club might be my favorite thing she's ever said

[@ThatRedhedd]

Same! She's had a few exceptional zingers - wish I could remember them all! I just know there were multiple times she's said the funniest thing I'd ever heard! 🤣

[@Steveve4123]

The clip of you in the club SENT ME 😂giving major Jaime French vibes

[@JoaniRayl]

That is a collab I never knew I needed until this moment, LOL!

[@myheartismadeofstars]

The best wedding I've ever been to was really simple but had three great aspects: 1) The Bride made her own dress! She's a cosplayer and her dress was based off of Sleeping Beauty! 2) The bride and groom had a swordfight during photoshoot 3) the wedding favours were bubbles. My table got the cute idea to blow bubbles at the couple during the photoshoot, so the photographer incorporated them, highlighting the bubbly background. The pictures turned out so pretty! If you know anime, especially old ones, you know that a sparkly bubbly background is often used to emphasise a romantic scene. The couple, and my table, are all anime fans so it was very fitting!

[@hlywrd]

I did bubbles for our recessional and I loved the pictures my photographer got and I just love bubbles they are so fun

[@brainst3w]

love these!!! thanks for the happy comment (:

[@BeforeOurCrime]

Oh I love everything about this story! Also, first older anime my brain went to as soon as you mentioned the sparkly bubbly background was Sailor Moon!

[@alexia3552]

I love that ❤

[@goose7574]

So true with the names...I had a great aunt Bertha! Won't ever forget that name!

[@Puddleduck1]

Imagine a baby Bertha in 2024 🙈

[@luv2bevl1]

Without Rhogam I wouldn't have my Girls! I have a negative blood type, my girls have positive blood types. This shot saved me from losing them!

[@SDavis0430]

Same here! I wouldn’t have either of my children if it weren’t for RhoGAM! It’s terrifying this lady is telling people not to take the shot 😭

[@Boones_Toilet_Hooch]

She must be positive because no way she'd not take that shot

[@jernisharichard5032]

Praise God 🙌🏽, some people don't understand the blessing ❤

[@ashleycormier5714]

8:41 Seriously, I f*cking can’t with this skit!! “Do u like jeeezus, he likes yew” 😂😂

[@maeveemery1973]

Jewish Fan here: Thank you for the RH shoutout, I hope your year is sweet! You can join and become a religious jew, we just don’t evangelize. You are welcome, but not coerced. Also, something interesting to share is that in Torah, doctors are some of the most blessed people. The greatest mitzvah (blessing/good deed) someone can do is saving a life, and Torah instructs us to heal others when they hurt. It’s shocking to see people like this dismiss doctors as worldly when they exist in the word!

[@greenfloatingtoad]

Empire has had weird effects on the empire's religion

[@alexia3552]

Dude that’s a good point, thank you for bringing it up!

[@carolynk1170]

Best wedding - a Greek wedding where the brides father owned a $$$ restaurant - long mass/ceremony but the most delicious lavish food ever at a wedding. Think "fill a bag candy" tables and apps on 20' tables on the dance floor amoungst food and ice sculptures. They were "regular people", it was just a standard banquet place, but they went ALL OUT on the food. Was not expecting such a lavish reception - we ate well!! Love your videos! This one was quite a story!

[@phillyjawnlolo089]

UTIs hurt like a bitch. Had one when I was 9. There's no way it snuck up on her or that baby didn't dang near wail in pain while peeing. Poor baby

[@napalm_lipbalm86]

When I was pregnant the doctors told me I had one and I didn't feel any pain. They asked me how I didn't feel it😮

[@gasparinha]

They're fairly easy to track if you're actually changing the diapers in a timely way. If they're uncomfortable and not peeing (or it's dark), go to the damn doctor. 🤦‍♀️ It's so easy (and potentially dangerous) for babies to get dehydrated, and you're supposed to be watching for that, anyway. But this implies she ever changes the diapers, and isn't shoving parenting duties onto a tween.

[@Jmg5594]

I’ve had some so bad I had to leave work, and could barely walk. They hurt so badly

[@PetraP01]

@@napalm_lipbalm86 The couple times I had uti, I never had any symptoms until it progressed to almost kidney infection. I always pee often, so that's not a symptom. There was no pain, no itching, no burning. Just eventually I start feeling nauseous, have a low fever and that something was just off. The last time my gp was very convinced it's covid, but nope, just uti. The cherry on top is that I'm allergic to the most common antibiotics for uti, so I had to take one that's just one pill, very strong and it made me feel like shit, and we just needed to hope that it works.

[@napalm_lipbalm86]

@@PetraP01 that's what my antibiotics did made me feel real sick. I get sick with most prescriptions.

[@joseygenoc]

I just recently started getting back into my religion. My husband said if I started leaving Bible verses in his lunchbox that I make in the morning, he wouldn't eat the food inside. He also told me he doesn't wanna see "that shit" around the house. Context: i just wanted a Bible, my mom bought me not only a Bible but a study Bible, study journal, and a Bible study kit with special pens/labels/stickers. I didn't ask for the extra things, although appreciated. I am just trying to stop being so down, not get into the church again or indoctrinate anyone. It's completely insane sometimes how far in both directions people go, due to people like her and her family. It gives personal worship a bad name. If i want to pray in my head I should feel free and not have to justify it.

[@Meredythdin925]

The best wedding I went to was my own in Las Vegas that was 15 minutes long and was just me, my husband, the officiator, and Elvis. Married 27 years this month!

[@nicola1439]

Congrats on 27!! Love this story ❤

[@ritaagopian4150]

@@Meredythdin925 I had a Vegas wedding a couple years ago. It was fabulous, short and sweet! We were even able to broadcast it to family and friends across the country. So cool.

[@RomaBeautyLily]

My husband is so sad they don’t allow Elvis to marry people anymore

[@TangentialTif]

Team Wellbutrin here 🤚 To further illustrate the chemical thing, a couple of weeks after I had each of my kids, I had pain-free (thankfully) aura migraines where it was like having my eyes dilated plus colors. I never had them any other time. The doctor said it was just a side effect of the hormones leaving my body. We as a society really do love downplaying how hard pregnancy and birth are. Probably so we can justify controlling people’s bodies.

[@Yes_Anastasia]

@@TangentialTif ugh yes. After my two live births, and then after two miscarriages, I had horrible migraines! Like, debilitating. I was told it was from the hormones leveling out.

[@Yes_Anastasia]

@@TangentialTif ugh yes. After my two live births, and then after two miscarriages, I had horrible migraines! Like, debilitating. I was told it was from the hormones leveling out.

[@AnnaScanlonPhD]

Just fyi…Jews don’t actively seek converts, but we do welcome them. It’s not as easy as evangelicals where you just accept a doctrine and you’re suddenly Jewish, but if someone genuinely wants to be Jewish, they are welcome to do so if they go through a sponsoring rabbi and are approved by the “court”/beit din (which everyone who completes the requirements is unless there’s a crazy problem).

[@Parrot5884]

Adding to your point: I heard from a Hasidic orthodox Jew that her community actually discourages conversion because non-Jews need to follow fewer commandments than Jews. Being officially Jewish is considered more of a risk to your obedience to god (the more rules there are, the more likely you are to accidentally break one) than being non-Jewish, which is quite opposite to the Christian view on conversion.

[@Catglittercrafts]

This was interesting. Conversion requirements To convert to Judaism, a candidate must accept Jewish commandments, even if they don't commit to keeping them. Other requirements include being circumcised (if male) and immersing in a mikveh before a kosher beth din. Jewish atheism 66% of Jews say that it's not necessary to believe in God to be Jewish. About 20% of Israeli Jews don't believe in a deity, and 15% don't observe religious practices. Atheist rabbis The Central Conference of American Rabbis doesn't have bylaws that allow them to defrock rabbis who don't believe in God. Study period The time it takes to study for conversion can range from six months to a year

[@jernisharichard5032]

We just say accept Christ, and read the Bible for yourself, and get sound doctrine, not that sow a seed for everything. I'm just a follower of Jesus and disciples are made once you understand the word of God and his commandments ❤

[@audacityanissa]

lol you backing it up to get the word across the dance flow 🤣 cracked me up!!

[@yukil.spencer3848]

Oh I have an aunt (chinese) who marriwd a british dude, so we had both chinese and british tea and desserts at their wedding!!! I love tea so i was sooooooooo happy to try everything

[@nicola1439]

That's such a beautiful meeting of two cultures! Absolutely love it

[@minachernobog]

Sounds lovely

[@jernisharichard5032]

Beautiful ❤

[@MareTigeress2]

54:18 I’m not even a seasoned nurse and I can explain what happened to that baby and why. The thing is, the reason why it happened was neglect from the parents! And It’s difficult to explain that to an already emotional parent!! That you still need to work with to keep your patient healthy!!!

[@randi_bee]

22:24 They just love being a martyr it's unreal. People who repeatedly put their unborn children in this kind of harm's way, should not be allowed to continue to have children it's freaking wild.

[@Bernice-i5d]

Alot of babies died because they didnt have the immunizations like we do now. Half the cemeteries are filled with children. Back then families were wiped out from diseases. 😢

[@krussell-2000]

Your makeup is extra gorgeous. I'm loving the lip!

[@Denise4ASimplerLife]

Truth

[@misssnobooty]

Yessss the lip color is so gorgeous especially

[@annadavied7253]

Those eyebrooooows are, like, actual magic, I think.

[@laughingcorrpseholly4136]

Right?! When I saw her I was like “her makeup is on point!!!” ❤

[@earsofcorn]

The best wedding I went to was Alice in wonderland themed. They had tea cups and all sorts of cute decorations that they let the guests take home. They had appetizers and drinks before the reception. It was a beautiful ceremony backdropped by white rose petals painted red. So many amazing little details. And lots of dancing of course.

[@Gretelsbetterhalf]

The way she claims to reject and be untrusting of modern medicine, she’s sure benefits from all of it to save her and her family’s lives. After SHE ALMOST KILLS THEM 🤦🏾‍♀️ and how negligent are these people that they didn’t notice even in the slightest that their child had a severe UTI? She had the audacity to thank a god that would let it happen in the first place, if going by her logic of everything he does is good and part of the plan. You’re ok with your kid dying if the friend in your head said so?? Every time I her about this family, I shudder at the thought of what those kids must be going through.

[@joannhempen8210]

😂😂😂😂😂 omg that reinactment was Every Thing Girl❤❤❤❤

[@gwenp3450]

I don't understand how people can take the Bible as the word of God yet ignore the fact that God just might have inspired medical professionals and scientists to make this world a safer and more beautiful place. 23:32

[@iamlivingproof9136]

@@gwenp3450 I love your pfp🥰 My fav!

[@iamlivingproof9136]

Love your pfp. My favorite ❤️

[@katesawyer1151]

Exactly and as a Christian I believe everything God creates is good and perfect. It’s just us humans that are sinful and do wrong with it. Which the Bible does explain. She’s just delusional and hears what she needs/wants to.

[@jernisharichard5032]

​@@katesawyer1151yes, I am a believer and I understand the balance in doctors and what we do as a believer God does heal, and he does speak, we understand.

[@thisrothtribe3780]

YESSSSS. Keep calling her out! I’ve PRAYED for the day when Karissa gets called out for her nonsense and exploitation! Sincerely, mom of 11 who isn’t exploiting my kids in the name of Jesus!

[@thisrothtribe3780]

I do homeschool and gather round is ATROCIOUS. Rebecca is cringe. The fact that Karissa lets her kids do that work on their own is horrible. There’s almost nothing to it unless the parent adds a lot of books and activities to it to supplement the basics in the work pages. I refuse to use it.

[@stephaniesinger]

Watching my step dad get up on the speakers at a wedding and do the YMCA was epic! Fun fact he was sober and just having a silly good time.

[@StonedHunter]

Your stepdad sounds amazing XD

[@tnsmom]

I suffered from hyperemisis gravidarum ( excessive sickness during pregnancy) I was in and out of hospital due to severe dehydration and was so seriously ill that the doctors gave a direct line to the ward so I could let them know if I was coming back in for treatment. Every time I was sick, they had to give me an injection. I live in the U.K. thankfully so healthcare was free but to have a direct line so I could let the ward know that the sickness had started up again was a lifesaver. If I had not gone to the hospital I would have most certainly died. What she is spouting is dangerous.

[@MelanieGannon]

It is about time somebody spoke about this baby making machine! What the hell is wrong with these people? They don't vaccinate their children, they preach about God and how they don't allow their kids to watch television or listen to popular music while doing videos that dub television and popular music and the kids look miserable half the time.

[@DarkFire1536]

It's the same as The Duggars. They exploited all of their children on TV, but didn't believe in having TVs in their house.

[@jernisharichard5032]

Some of those things are good, not everything has to be done through the eyes of sinful ways. The things on TV and radio how everything is sexualized it's just sad, there are good programs and nice music though. Plus fun activities. Idk too much on this person which is why I'm watching, but most believers of Christ don't act like her.

[@madisonmccann1221]

My dumb sister did the whole freebirthing thing. She almost died and is still mad a year later that she succombed to pressure to get a blood transfusion. Dumbass.

[@jennifer_moss]

Hello fellow member of Team Zoloft! 🙋🏻‍♀️ I had PPA and getting on medication helped me to become the best version of myself and that's who my daughter deserves to have as her mother ❤❤❤

[@valerielevasseur8674]

Heyyyy teammate!

[@kaitlynbrown719]

Yessss- not prepared to be holding back tears at her talking about ppd/ppa/ppr ♥️

[@melissad4056]

Zoloft club hangout I totally agree, it has completely revolutionized my life. I used to have soul crushing anxiety but I literally just booked an impromptu Halloween trip this week. I am in eternal debt to sertraline hydrochloride.

[@EMILY4DAYS]

I'm only 56 minutes into this, and I'm horrified for these children! Mandrake is just as responsible for the child abuse and neglect. Where is Texas DCFS?! They've come after other parents for significantly LESS! 🤬

[@agentkurt]

I grew up IFB and there were so many “quiver full” families. I remember after one specific family had each baby their grandfather would do a whole ceremony before church services where the pastor read that passage in the Bible, and the grandpa brought another arrow up the center isle and put it in the quiver that he’d given his son when they’d had the first baby 🙃

[@StonedHunter]

Ewwwww

[@gasparinha]

🤢

[@CatBully61]

Breeder cult

[@jernisharichard5032]

What is the quiver ?

[@laurenmartin9105]

Every time I meet an anti-vaxer that says their non Vax kids are healthier I introduce them to my dad. My dad didn't receive any vaccinations out of neglect and he contracted scarlet fever- he had yellow teeth because the medication ruined his enamel and got dentures at 45, salmonella, measles, pneumonia, has weak bones, asthma and is the only one in our family with a hereditary immune disease. Some of his illnesses could have been avoided via vaccines. But the more poignant point is, vaccines can't prevent against hereditary disease(looking back through family histort we think we can figure out people in the past that may have had the same immune disease but never had an official diagnosis because science just wasnt there back then). So many people don't realize your immunity is hereditary. Vaccines can help, but they can't change what's coming down the line via genes. So it's not the vaccines causing ear infections or tonsillitis or high bp, it's genetics babe.

[@nora4642]

AND repeated viral infections can lead to long term consequences - think like along COVID

[@SemiIocon]

I'm not surprised that she whitens her children in photos, the target audience of this type of content wouldn't be happy about their real looks.

[@valerielevasseur8674]

It’s such a wild coincidence that nearly all the quiverfull people are white, and any exception is obsessed with whiteness. Right? Coincidence?? /s

[@BimmieJames]

41:00 a reason why some people who are pregnant might experience a dramatic decrease in conditions like Lupus or MS is because during pregnancy the immune system is compromised and therefore renders one temporarily immunosuppressed. The two aforementioned conditions are autoimmune based conditions which are usually treated with corticosteroids or artificial antibodies to decrease or deactivate parts of the immune system.

[@s0siimdying]

So excited to watch this while I work out 🤣 Also, best aspect of a wedding I’ve been to: good music with fun people. A dance floor with people legitimately having fun and dancing like no one is watching is the BEST.

[@s0siimdying]

Also, I am suuuuuuper jealous of your birth story. You and my sister are unicorns lol. She got to the hospital, got into a bed, pushed twice and my nephew was here…. 😩 I was traumatized lol. My first birth….i don’t share with pregnant people or people trying lol. Just so I don’t scare them 🤣 but at least I was prepared for my second. And that one wasn’t easy, but at least I knew what to expect. My second was also a csection and he was breech, I tell everyone he came into this world ass first 🤣 his personality is all cannon ball, so it makes sense.

[@maryeckel9682]

Religious psychosis is definitely real. There's no way the women of biblical times didn't get as much help as then available to have safe childbirth. They had midwives and even doctors. Her "let God take me" attitude is highly disturbing.

[@elisa-beary]

OMG the anthem UTI story, how scary. She said the doctors don’t know why it happened but from 16-18 I had a string of kidney infections cuz I’d get a UTI then bladder infection but not a single symptom of those so it ran into my kidneys & I was hospitalized for 1-2wks at times. EXTREMELY sick!! I can’t imagine being a baby fighting that off much less my mom ignoring every sign, making it far worse/causing it by leaving me in soggy diapers.🤢 truly terrifying, they could’ve died. I can’t believe CPS hasn’t gotten involved more w/ that family & I don’t think they’re always a great solution but a mom who’s baby is in the hospital who’s in the waiting room thinking about sacrificing her child for God’s will is frightening. Unacceptable! It seems like she’s dissociated from everything around her. The kids, the chaos, their needs, her medical needs, the real world & is stuck in her head, detached in her own head with her distorted version of God. Makes me wonder what the proper psychological intervention could do for not just her but ALL these innocent children!!

[@amandahugginkiss9065]

It always amazes me that CPS doesn't get involved more often with families vloggers

[@steffymuze]

They don't have enough time for the offline ones, but I agree with you. If they're gonna put that out there for all to see, then they'll be easy to catch!

[@toniprekker]

Unfortunately, what all of us recognize as "abuse" or "neglect" is a different standard than CPS. They have to let a lot of things go. In my state, hitting your kid is okay, as long as it doesn't leave a mark, for example. Other similar rules. And there are plenty of people for them to deal with that are doing really horrific things. While these parents are awful, it probably doesn't reach CPS standards, which is why they keep getting off. (Source: my younger bro is a CPS evaluator.)

[@SmittenKitten.]

Ugh. You accidentally converted me at the club, Chelsea! DANG IT!!!

[@annadavied7253]

I had to pause the video because I couldn't stop laughing. Accidentally woke up my dogs, but that clip was worth it. 😂

[@jernisharichard5032]

See how funny it will be on judgement day 😅

[@annadavied7253]

@@jernisharichard5032 what does this mean?

[@imajhawk11]

The number of kids a family has is between the parents. As long as the kids are loved and cared for, that’s what I care about. My Dad’s family had 11 kids.

[@beeee3722]

Chelsea: As Bob Barker famously said.. Me: "spay and neuter your pets" Chelsea: "the price is wrong" Me: ....oh 😬

[@ThatRedhedd]

I loved him for saying that! 🤘🏼

[@AndreaTay89]

Clexa here! Starting this medicine is the most positive life changing thing I could have done!!

[@jernisharichard5032]

Praise God 🙌🏽

[@christianburton1652]

Girl, I needed that twerking for Jesus skit today. You always give us the food stuff

[@jernisharichard5032]

Don't be so quick to count him out 😢

[@brittanyplatt3741]

I feel honored to be the first on your list of common millennial names! 💁🏼‍♀️

[@pacoojavier1984]

I had a friend get married in Puerto Vallarta and she had fireworks for her first dance and a churro and taco cart at midnight for a second dinner snack. I wrote that down for my wedding 😂

[@ldegraaf]

I grew up in a church where the quiverfull doctrine was preached. I was told at the age of 8 that taking birth control was similar to saying God isn't real, because if you believed that God was real you would trust that he wouldn't give you more children than you could handle. However, it wasn't uncommon for newlyweds (who got married at 18-20 years old) to have a baby before they had their first wedding anniversary and I could see how stressed out they were. The other issue with these large families is that the oldest girls are turned into mini moms around the age of 10 and expected to babysit their younger siblings, cook, clean and even in some cases punish their siblings. These girls weren't allowed to be kids because they had so much responsibility. So many of my friends were completely stressed out and when they were able to hang out at my house they would just want to sleep. I can't understand why these groups don't accept medical help. If you believe that God created everything why wouldn't you take advantage of the medical advancements that God made?!? Doesn't that show that you don't actually trust God and respect all the work that he has done? Most of the women at my church at least had a midwife for their home births. The biggest reason they gave for not going to the hospital was because of modesty, many of the women believed that only your husband could see certain places unless you were in serious condition and apparently childbirth didn't count. So, the midwife would direct the husband, others made an exception for the midwife, but didn't have any exams or procedures that would require a doctor (even a female one) to see or touch them "inappropriately". Thankfully I didn't get married while I was still a Christian and me and my husband are more than happy to accept any medical treatments that are necessary and we are equals.