Karissa Collins: Pregnant AGAIN With Baby 11 And Writing Another Harmful Book

[@tbarnestb]

11 children means being pregnant for 99 months, or 8 years and 3 months (assuming no premature births). Just putting that in perspective for everybody!

[@AragornElessar]

holy shit. that's a long time😲😳

[@dantom1]

oh. my. gosh. 😦

[@appledpickle]

Oh good lord. That's much more terrifying when you put it all together like that.

[@mediterranean_penguin_1863]

There was also one miscarriage, so basically she spent between her 25-40 ages by being pregnant most of the time.

[@AmberDanae98]

That's horrifying 😮 I don't know if she had any multiples (twins, triplets etc) but HOLY SHIT either way. Edit- I googled it. No multiples, she's been pregnant pretty much since 2009 🫠

[@H.P.93]

As a Christian, the more I hear from Christians like this, the more I'm reminded of the joke where a guy drowns after praying to God to save him and when he gets to Heaven and asks why God didn't help, God says he sent two boats with life preservers (which the guy ignored because he was waiting for God to save him). When these Christians talk about why all of this stuff is terrible, I just imagine God throwing all of these scientific advancements at them like life preservers s he wonders why they don't use them to make things easier, such as preventing a victim from being forced to carry the child of their victimizer.

[@Shylurr22]

I love this point of view such an amazing analogy

[@vladimirazubcekova7727]

I am pretty sure those advancements were invented by people.

[@lazy__axolotl312]

​​@@vladimirazubcekova7727 100% But if they believe that God has planned everything and he has the control, whose to say he didn't plan for someone to create those advancement. ...Or at least that's what I think op meant.

[@H.P.93]

@@lazy__axolotl312 that is what I was trying to say, thanks for making it more clear!

[@vladimirazubcekova7727]

@@lazy__axolotl312 that kinda undermines human intelligence then and sounds too convenient. But yeah might be what you they meant

[@alostkoi]

my uncle is an obstetrician-gyno. He used to live in a little town, one of his patients was a 23-ish yo woman with like 7 kids. She had been pregnant for so long since she was like 12 or 14. She had lost most of the teeth, just rot away due to lack of calcium in her body because of her constant state of pregnancy, she couldn't afford pre-natal vitamins, or anticonceptives. In Karissa's book, that would sound so nice. In sane people's books, it was a sad reality of poverty.

[@SpecialBlanket]

She couldn't afford contraceptives but could afford more kids?

[@lesbiangoddess290]

​@SpecialBlanket she probably couldn't afford them either, but without the contraceptives, she had no choice. And being pregnant from the age of 12-14 means she couldn't consent to sex (at least in my country you can't, it's crazy that the rules vary so much from state to state). So before you make a quick judgement, take time to think first.

[@gingermaniac5484]

@@SpecialBlanket no. she couldn't afford more kids. but she also couldnt afford the contraceptives to prevent more kids. meaning she had to carry to term anyways. this is why healthcare should be socialized so people who can afford a few more pennies in their taxes but still live comfortably can shoulder some of the burden so people like her and her separated at birth children don't have to go through this hellscape reality alone and vulnerable.

[@bexs9400]

@@SpecialBlanketshe probably couldn’t afford the kids either

[@jules2291]

​@@SpecialBlanketshe probably couldn't afford either but was married to an abuser who kept getting her pregnant . Child trafficking and sex slavery is surprisingly common even in developed areas .

[@abbysc417]

Since becoming pregnant (currently 15 weeks) I’m even more pro-choice than I was before. Pregnancy, for me, has been extremely taxing in every area of my life. Even with no actual complications beyond the normal symptoms. I’m so grateful to be pregnant and healthy but there’s no universe where this shit should be mandatory.

[@feliciasjoberg9886]

Yes! My mom had hyperemesis gravidarum... Holy shit what a fucking awful 9 MONTHS!

[@MaleWarmth]

Is issues having to nurture a baby you don't want or give birth as in going your separate ways. You even have to pay child support after . Its clear you don't bond with your baby

[@bluebird4815]

@@feliciasjoberg9886omg i had it too and it left me with PTSD. My pregnancy ended in what i call "premium tears", emotional, physical and mental turmoil. It's been 5yrs now and i still have not recovered. I am extremely pro choice.

[@hellomynamesninooo6017]

​@@MaleWarmth please reword your comment. It doesn't make any sense

[@RachelOates]

Oh don’t worry about him, he’s been leaving angry incoherent comments all over this video. I think us independent woman scare him a bit and he’s just lashing out in fear. 🤭

[@givemethetea9302]

Idk what’s funnier - stones are evil or astronauts aren’t real

[@nikitatavernitilitvynova]

Probably also the fact that dinosaurs are fiction and superheroes are devilish and evil. Miss who are you expecting when you're in danger? I bet it's not an evil superhero. Probably not even a cop. But most likely a priest armed with a cross.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Stones being evil. Just imagine the absurdism of a stone being prosecuted as vvitch.

[@Spagettigeist]

I don't know if ALL stones are evil... but that stupid one that hit my toe when I was on a walk yesterday was clearly evil. Bastard was just waiting for me... lying low on the ground, ready to jump my exposed toes as he saw me walk there... If that's not evil then I don't know But then again, I'm not the Egregious Professor Of Cruel And Unusual Geography, so what do I know?

[@efoxkitsune9493]

And dinosaurs! Lmao

[@librarianreviews3903]

I was assuming she meant crystals but I didn't know why she wouldn't say that

[@vvitch-mist20]

Those kids are gonna lose their mother because she dies in childbirth, and that father will have to parent 11-12 kids. Those kids will HAVE to be enrolled in school, amd they will be so behind socially, and academically, even if the kids are sent to faith based schools. Like this woman is so selfish.

[@marlyd]

He'll be remarried in 6 months time

[@hospitable_ghost]

Lmfao you say this like Mandray wouldn't literally pick a woman up off the corner if it meant he didn't have to parent his own children. Also can't help but notice that you didn't mention how selfish HE is. You know, the one doing 50% of the baby-making? They're both garbage humans.

[@NoelleTakestheSky]

Sadly, for those kids, this might be the best case scenario for them. Otherwise it’s more babies for them to raise, more guilt, more harm. I’m not convinced she loves them, and doubt they truly love her more than they feel obligated to. Being enrolled in school would give those kids a chance at some degree of education and a chance to do something other than be mothers to babies.

[@squirrel670]

Don't worry, he'll find a new mother quickly

[@vvitch-mist20]

@@squirrel670 If he already doesn't have someone on the side already.

[@swimmyswim417]

Ugh, I hate the rhetoric of “God doesn’t save people who aren’t praying hard enough”. My aunt was ostracized from her religious community after her young son died from Leukemia at four years old because she “should’ve prayed harder to save him”.

[@EnaGoba]

That's despicable.

[@marythewinter]

I would see red if someone, especially family, would say that... wow people are heartless

[@gaiaiulia]

And these people called themselves Christians.

[@janel.8921]

I have heard on occasion that God could kill one or more of your children because of your sins. I remember a relative talking about a man who lost all of children. He said the man must have done something awful. Also, what does “pray hard “ mean? Does it mean pray for hours?

[@latronqui]

😵 That's horrific!!! My little brother died of leukaemia and I was going to a catholic school at the time in a small town in Chile, so we were surrounded by very religious people, and my parents weren't (they were sending me there because it was the best school around) so they never felt completely part of that community, but what the more religious people around us said was more along the lines of "it was God's will and there was nothing to do, he is happy now in heaven because he was an innocent and had no time to sin" which was quite comforting. Now I wonder if they secretly thought something like what you're saying, but I hope that wasn't the case.

[@sophiet.3426]

Astronauts and unicorns being in the same realm of reality is wild 😂

[@MagisterialVoyager]

Same energy with "moon landing isn't real". Of course astronauts aren't real. What do you mean there are actual people who left the atmosphere of earth? LOL.

[@Anonymous_P]

​@@MagisterialVoyageractually it's giving the same energy as "there is no easter bunny, there is no tooth fairy, and there is no queen of England."

[@gingermaniac5484]

@@Anonymous_P i mean, yes but also not quite anymore seeing as how the queen of england is uh, no more.

[@sagepressley7351]

Didn't you know the moon is fake and all the cheese we get is from the fake moon? Astronauts are fake because there is no space. Just the void of what's beyond the matrix

[@warlordofbritannia]

I can accept not believing in the moon landing but not believing in astronauts is where I draw the line!

[@julialostetter8855]

There's really no way you can adequately know and understand 11 children on an individual level. There's no way they're all getting enough attention.

[@two_5]

exactly!! its difficult for me to imagine even having a friend group of 11 people! there is no way that even with two parents (though i doubt the husbands participation) it would be insanely hard to purely care for that many children and the bare minimum is not what raises healthy people :(

[@Astadourian]

Karissa claims it's not a parent's job to meet each child's emotional needs. That's God's/Yah's job.

[@marufubi]

​@@Astadourian love me some godly emotional neglect.

[@Clarene24]

Facts!!!!

[@Raven.Madness]

What’s even sadder, the older children, especially if they’re older daughters, end up fulfilling the role of another mother. No child should be in that situation ever.

[@hgawesome12]

I wonder if the reason she never noticed blood from the uti/sepsis is because she never changed a diaper, it was her older kids

[@RachelOates]

Damn. That's a good point!

[@LaLaLonna]

That's how these families with an insane amount of kids work. Mom pops them out and hands them off to the pre-teen and teen girls, but def not the boys...oh heavens no.

[@Autumn1988]

@@LaLaLonna we all know the duggars buddy system wouldn’t have worked without their squad of oldest girls - Jana, Jill, Jessa, Jinger and to an extent Joy-anna playing mom from aged 12. Out of the eldest 7 there was 5 girls and 2 boys. As soon as Jill married Joy was in charge of that buddy group

[@AyAReI00]

​@@LaLaLonnaexactly, of they did all the raising they would not pop them like pokemons to collect... They destroy these poor girls lifes parentified them but the boys, they can be boys

[@demetradecember205]

​@@Autumn1988 And the oldest boy SAed many of his sisters ...

[@angeladelgado7668]

Karissa’s writing is so terrible because her audience is very targeted; she isn’t trying to convince anyone. She’s reassuring the people who already agree with her that they are in the right and deserve to judge everyone else. It’s like some fanfiction, where the author doesn’t bother to explain any background. The default assumption is that anyone reading it already knows everything they need to buy in.

[@ruminationstation4200]

Exactly. Drives me crazy when people will dissect propaganda as if they're meant to be persuasive to the out-group. Nope, it's usually to emotionally resonate with believers. Occasionally to supply them with explanations and retorts for growing criticisms. But the audience is always one that wants to believe in whatever drivel they're fed. It is not meant to stand up to critical dissection

[@animalxINSTINCT89]

My dad was one of nine children, and his mother's sister had eleven. And here I am about to get a vasecotmy at 34 with no kids in tow.

[@SpecialBlanket]

One of my partners got a vasectomy, other is pregnant rn.

[@julialostetter8855]

My fiancé got a vasectomy last year! Great stuff

[@doaasabila1202]

My father is one of eight and my mother is one of ten. they both had the same experience in their respective family dynamics and hated it so they only had my sister and I, and neither of us want children

[@jamiehamel3183]

Yay!!!!🎉

[@candaceflocks4838]

As someone who a Masters in Child Development and a mother of two teen boys, corporal punishment is not only ineffective, but damaging! I am 48 and my single parent dad raised me as a gentle parent. I did the same with my children. I never got into any trouble growing up and respected my dad. My children are well behaved, kind, loving and smart! I get compliments on them all the time. Spanking and authoritarian parenting do not work and is just lazy parenting?

[@lakritz8732]

As someone who was beaten by both parents: Yes. I lost respect for them very young, cause they obviously didn’t know how to handle themselves or us. Found it ridiculous that they thought physically overpowering children grants them authority. Realised at a young age that I didn’t really like or love them because they never loved me enough to develop better parenting skills. Haven’t been in contact with them since 2012.

[@princesstuesday5287]

I agree completely! I was punished by being put in “stress positions” and it did nothing to change my behavior and only caused me to dissociate and fear my mother and hide more things from her. In adulthood I had a schism where I split the version of my mother that raised me and the person that she is now in my adulthood and it is very hard to come to terms with. I will never corporally or angrily punish my children, they’re not evil they’re just learning.

[@pinetreegreen3330]

Agreed

[@thrgost]

I agree, with my whole soul. My young fella is the sweetest, kindest teenager ever. He'll also stand up for what he believes are social injustices. I'm so proud of the little human, and it makes it worth all the hassle and judgment I took for how absurd people found it that I actually treated him as an equal and with respect and an actual whole person. (Fu¢king judgemental pricks. 😒)

[@christinegivens9048]

👏

[@jessicawalton3497]

These poor children do not have a mother. She is literally just a birthing person.

[@marythewinter]

Now don't let her hear you saying she's a person! She will have a stroke😂

[@Amira_Phoenix]

Ironic how that woke term applies perfectly to this fundie female

[@lakritz8732]

They also don’t have a father, just someone so obsessed with procreation he willingly ignores everyone’s needs, even medical ones.

[@marywynne7931]

​@@lakritz8732Yep. They have a spawn point and a sperm donor. No actual parenting is taking place.

[@Yobydobie]

Holy sh*t I love this lol. She would be livid if someone called her that even though that’s exactly what she is.

[@NoelleTakestheSky]

When my 14-year-old “whines” to me all day about being tired, sick, or her appetite (she struggles with wanting to eat and sometimes throws up), I don’t “get frustrated” at her. I feel sad that she doesn’t feel well, but very glad that she feels safe enough to come to me. I will gladly cuddle my baby all day if she needs it. Fuck, if she wants to sleep with me at night because she’s having bad dreams, is struggling to sleep, or just needs to feel snuggled and secure, you bet she’s going to be in my bed with me. What my daughter needs, my daughter gets, and it’s never an inconvenience or hardship. I chose to bring her into this world, and the gift in all of it is that I have her to take care of and to love. Yet there Karissa is, talking about how “precious” children are, what a “gift” they are, but also while talking how the older ones can raise the younger ones and she doesn’t like to hear it when they don’t feel well. If she liked her kids at all, she’d be glad when they go to her with their needs. Instead they don’t since she’s made it clear that she doesn’t want to hear it. She’s turning those “gifts” away.

[@pinetreegreen3330]

Mhm

[@catherineannelockman3805]

At 14?...nope...don't agree...my opinion though...unless the child suffered a concussion, and needs to be awoken every 2 hours, they can sleep in their own bed...mother of 3 children now in their 40's, and a former psychiatric nurse...

[@marlena.]

I agree in a way, children should learn to self soothe. But it's all individual cases. One time, sleeping with my mom really helped. I was really depressed and sometimes had panick attacks that kept me awake. Most nights I managed and slept alone, but some of them were so bad that my stepfather chose to switch rooms for a night.​@@catherineannelockman3805

[@W-I463]

@@catherineannelockman3805 With all those credentials you should understand every kid and family is different.

[@AnneBurns-pv6xc]

But loving and caring for your children is woke s/. I want to know how that baby got a uti and why these freaks aren’t in prison for child abuse. We must stop catering to them and allowing them to use the religious freedom excuse.

[@Autumn1988]

I have no problem with “my body my choice” Working both ways. If she wants a lot of kids, then that’s her choice. However, free-birthing so her husband doesn’t have to pay? He can get in the bin. Your WIFE deserves the best of whatever medical care she needs to have a healthy and safe delivery - unless you want to be a single dad of 11 kids after your wife dies in childbirth?!

[@NoelleTakestheSky]

Her choice legally, but is she making a moral decision when it means that children are having to raise children?

[@Ia_catI]

I mean yes BUT the children brought into this world like that also deserve the care they need, not to be parentified, an education etc. I think maybe when it comes to bringing children into this world it’s not as simple as “Your body your choice” anymore. Those children are whole people who deserve the same rights and chances as everyone else from the point they are born. If your choice endangers children then it’s wrong.

[@qwinlyn]

@@Ia_catI There is no "yes, but." Rights do not end for someone because you don't like how they're using them. You can disagree with her choices, but you can not take her choice away.

[@gingermaniac5484]

@@qwinlyn there is such thing as a yes AND with rights tho, children deserve rights too. children are full people not just something cute. so how do you propose we make sure the children aren't parentified, without being separated from their parents and put into the system? (genuine question i like how you worded your first response so i would love to hear your thoughts on this~!)

[@Ia_catI]

@@qwinlyn Of course there is. You can’t have a discussion where people agree with everything or disagree with everything. I never said to take the choice away. I said it is wrong to not take responsibility for a choice you make especially when children are involved. It is not just “your body your choice” at that point because it is also “your choice your child’s wellbeing and healthy development”. There is context and nuance here that can only be expressed by adding further definition. I think you either misunderstood or are a bit hung up on semantics. Also by that logic child services would be wrong for removing children from dangerous situations. There need to be rules and regulatory systems in place to ensure everyone’s safety. “Your body your choice” BUT once your child is born it’s also “Their body their choice”. It gets more complicated at that point.

[@lexohey4718]

35:15 I genuinely think she put her older kids in charge of changing the baby that’s why she “didn’t know”

[@SpecialBlanket]

Or PPD

[@LaLaLonna]

Yep. More than likely. That's how these families work. Women are seen as baby makers and are started very young caring for the youngest kids.

[@mothvenom]

my friend became pregnant last year and suffered tremendously due to hyperemesis gravidarium. she was unable to work, sleep, eat, or enjoy herself in any way for the entire pregnancy. she lost over 15 lbs and had to spend the last few weeks of her pregnancy in the hospital before being induced. she always wanted a big family but has decided to put those plans on hold because she is likely to suffer HG in any subsequent pregnancies. genuinely would not wish that shit on my worst enemy

[@mothvenom]

oh and she has lasting health effects due to that pregnancy. thankfully she and the baby survived but it was an awful thing to witness a loved one endure. i cannot imagine what kind of hell Karissa has put herself through and will continue to put herself through until she dies or is unable to reproduce anymore... her body must be so exhausted from this. i hope she takes better care of herself and her existing children in the future :(

[@gavitalks]

As a Jewish person, I just want to say that the Hebrew word they are using "יהוה" is not pronounced, doesn't have vowels and is meant as a stand in for God's name. It's irritating, it's just not what we call Him.

[@gavitalks]

Also - Yeshua, it's just Joshua. Jesus was a common name and is not the same as Joshua.... W is also not a letter in Hebrew - it's a V so it's Yahuvey I guess.... Ultimately, in Judaism we are not allowed to used God's "actual" name, nor do we claim to know it.

[@abigailmcarthur-self8013]

Literally. I always feel a little weird/gross hearing (usually) evangelical christians constantly retheorising how it's 'actually' pronounced and insisting on using it all the time like that makes them closer to G-d. Very strange vibes. No shade to reviewers like Rachel tho : ) it's of course not their fault that's what's in these books/that they have to say it, even if it's weird for me personally to hear.

[@lilypetal]

Wasn't all Hebrew written without vowels? (I am actually asking, because I would like to correct any wrong ideas)

[@Mix_it_with_sodium_hydroxide]

Yeah as a Jewish person, hearing her say she’s using God’s “real Hebrew name” made me immediately feel icky. WE’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT!!! That’s why we call Him things like Hashem which literally just means “the name” 😭

[@Amira_Phoenix]

That fundie woman never bothered to ask

[@burntloaves22]

I got pregnant while using birth control as perfectly as I could. I had an abortion and since had a tubal, but the thought of just "letting god decide" is horrifying. I'm sure I would have gotten pregnant so many times if I didn't worry about it, and I have zero desire to be a mom. Getting an abortion was very easy and legal for me to do, but I still had thoughts of unaliving myself because of how awful being pregnant made me feel. It's dangerous to not let women make their own decisions about their bodies and motherhood.

[@Moon0525_]

This is exactly why I am fighting so hard for a bilateral salpingectomy. Birth control is a *temporary* delay for something I want permanently (childfreedom) and only delays an inevitable (remaining childfree). It also puts me at risk for all the problems that occur from accidental pregnancy, side effects from birth control (which I run a severe risk of), as well as any mental/psychological trauma I'd endure for an abortion. I am as safe as safe can be but I know that is no guarantee, ESPECIALLY when I am without personal protection and relying on barriers/periodic abstinence. I live with such extreme anxiety that it's eating away into my sex life, and it's extremely hard to relax the minute ejac is involved. Just the way I scrub my hands with isopropyl alcohol so I don't have to worry about hand-to-genital contact! And the saddest thing is I am so certain this is what I want, I have been certain since I was a child. I KNEW what a hysterectomy and tubal ligation was. I didn't know there was a better and less invasive option (bisalp) because that's still rare on the gynaecological front. But having a medical mummy who let me flip through medical journals? Plus her own journey with her diseased reproductive system, and the many times hysto was on the table for her? I was under-10 declaring I want bits of me taken out so I don't get pregnant. I'm facing 30 and that hasn't changed. But I have a horrific uphill battle of long waitlists in public health, and then denials when I get there. I truly don't understand, if I can sign immunity/indemnity clauses that I am of sound mind and any future regret is on my shoulders and not a doctors (aka exempting them from being sued if I "change my mind")..... Why do they still refuse to sterilise Childfree women? Why are we supposed to keep our fertility intact, A FERTILITY I DON'T WANT? Sigh.

[@lesbiangoddess290]

​@@Moon0525_ misogyny simple as. They think that you don't know what you want to do with YOUR OWN BODY. The field of medicine still has a problem with which is so ridiculous.

[@lauralaforge558]

​@@Moon0525_whoever you are having sex with should pay for this or pay for their own vasectomy.

[@va.1943]

​@@Moon0525_ While I'm not child free (anymore...) I do truly feel your pain with the anxiety of getting pregnant accidentally. My son was an accidental pregnancy as I was using NFP (including more than recommended abstinence around my fertile days so it definitely shouldn't have happened) and I somehow couldn't get myself to terminate despite not wanting kids. After his birth I got an IUD. It was amazing and it felt so good not having to worry about getting pregnant.... until I got pregnant...with the IUD perfectly placed. I thought that the universe was freaking kidding me. And I got a termination. It was rough mentally but no regrets. Now I hardly am down to have sex. I'm so freaking scared it will happen again. I neither am ready for another kid at this time nor an abortion. My gynecologist recommended another IUD but I don't think I will be able to relax and rely on it ever again. It really is a horrible position to be in and I'm sending you positive vibes!

[@sophierescigno5064]

​@@Moon0525_Try lying to them and telling them you're on a hormonal journey to become a trans man, then sue them for transphobia if they refuse with the procedure

[@emaugusta9880]

Omfg, I chose to go to her Instagram while watching this and my heart broke. There’s a few of those kids in EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HER POSTS that look so uncomfortable and unhappy. It breaks my heart and makes me feel simultaneously so freaking disgusted.

[@aaishaahmad-x3v]

I just feel so…uncomfortable? I don’t know the right word but I feel off watching her and her poor children. Her writing is also far lacking in terms of what it should be.

[@NoelleTakestheSky]

Her oldest daughter looks outright depressed, and has for a long, long time. I don’t recall the last time there was a true smile from that girl. It’s so sad.

[@Of_infinite_Faith]

She's using her children, not just for parenting all the new babies she dumps on them, but also for clout. It's her whole thing. If she wasn't a birthing machine no one would talk about her

[@azuill1126]

Neil Armstrong is my favourite fictional character

[@marloeslovestea]

😂😂😂

[@AliciaC-qj9zr]

I'm more of a Buzz Aldrin guy

[@Babyvalkyie]

Ahhhh yes....my second favorite fictional Armstrong. My first being Louis

[@darrenm.7980]

As someone who doesn't want any kids at all, the idea of someone having 11 of them is absolutely insane

[@MaleWarmth]

@@darrenm.7980 that's opinion on your genes

[@darrenm.7980]

@@MaleWarmth my genes aren't anything to write home about, idc if they're not passed on

[@marlyd]

​@@MaleWarmththat sentence doesn't mean anything

[@rachelppython]

​@@darrenm.7980exactly. My genes are more likely to give my kid mental illness and poor joints. I don't feel any need to pass them on.

[@MagisterialVoyager]

@@marlyd No, honestly, I feel like Rachel in this video when she complained about this woman's sentences in her book, because what does that sentence even mean? Why is it there? OP says nothing about genes, just that they don't want any children. (English is not my native language.)

[@SquisheeDog]

The youngest person to SURVIVE pregnancy and childbirth (with a c-section) was 5. There is a rare disorder that causes reproductive organs to develop early. I wish more prolife/forced pregnancy people knew about this and that it would cause them to think harder on these serious topics than just their narrow experience.

[@Autumn1988]

I mean it wasn’t precocious puberty that caused early pregnancy- the precocious puberty meant the the child abuse she was subjected to was revealed when she was pregnant.

[@SquisheeDog]

@@Autumn1988 True. She never revealed who but it was likely her father. I added that in because most people don't know it's possible, through very rare, and why. Some people that think in extremes must be shown extremes to realize they may be wrong. It was the only thing that got my prolife/forced pregnacy family member to stop and think. They still don't care how a pregnancy happened, they believe all should be born no matter what unless both would die. The only thing that made them to wonder if some abortion should be allowed beyond saving a life was the harm pregnancy could cause a tiny child. Its really sad that some people act big on protecting youth unless they get pregnant, then they focus on the "more innocent" fetus and forget that they were r*ped. (Sorry, I over explain and recently had a bad discussion with that family member recently, I'm not saying many are like this, but that this is some of the views I've had to deal with)

[@margaretjohnson6259]

female humans are not valued in a patriarchy. we are unpaid labor and incubators to those in power.

[@MagisterialVoyager]

@@SquisheeDog I hear you and I agree with you. I'm sorry to hear about bad discussion, I have it regularly, too, unfortunately.

[@NoelleTakestheSky]

@@SquisheeDog There’s a picture of Lina with her son, and she looks like a small child holding her baby brother. They were raised as siblings. She’s still alive, though he passed several years back from cancer.

[@drowninginskyblue]

To comment on Karissa's claims that all pregnancies are the same - I'm only speaking from what I've heard and seen from siblings/cousins/etc. but no, all pregnancies are not the same. If they have multiple kids, I've often seen one come really late, one come super early, I've seen the first pregnancy be a breeze and the second suck, and vice versa. They're not the same at all. This is some coping if I've ever heard it.

[@argonanarchy3882]

Right? My sister got gestational diabetes the second time

[@kingdionysus1867]

Pregnancies are not the same! I was a C-section baby, and if I can remember correctly, I couldn't come out or something lmao. While my older and younger sister were birthed through labor, there were varying levels of sickness, cravings, mood swings, etc. This isn't rocket science to know not all pregnancies are the same.

[@CountessvonHuck]

Every pregnancy is different. For some mothers with multiple children, some of their pregnancies may be similar, but that is more of a coincidence than anything else. Are there anecdotes of mothers claiming that all their pregnancies were the same? Sure, but it is most likely that there were just some similarities, and they don't remember the rest.

[@Omi-gk4wd]

Definitely. I was speaking with a friend that has seven children, and she said every pregnancy and delivery was difficult. She has a beautiful family, but it's a myth that it gets easier the more children you have. I'm on my third and have been consecutively more sick and tired after each one. We're going to take a break after this baby 😅

[@katmancilla5777]

All three of my pregnancies were very different. My first was fine but the labor and delivery was very hard bc she was my first. Mt second was very hard and I had complications during birth. My third I had heart problems and would randomly pass out. It was dangerous obviously for me to just be passing out randomly. During my third pregnancy I decided to have my tubes tied and two hours after he was born I had surgery. I don't regret it one bit. Three kids is perfect for my husband and I and it could have been dangerous for me to become pregnant again with my heart issues that I began to have.

[@misskolala]

I wonder if she says that her kids were exposed to porn in kindergarten because of something LGBT-related. It's not the first time I hear of people thinking that "two men kissing" is something that should be censored for children, while being perfectly fine with "a man and a woman kissing". As if LGBT is inherently sexual and not appropriate for them because of it.

[@PirateQueen1720]

Yeah, that seems likely. Though she also seems to have a weird threshold for what's OK even in heterosexual marriages, so there's a lot of stuff most people think is normal and not even particularly sexy that she'd classify as "porn"! Heck, maybe one of the kids brought in a National Geographic where people are topless as a cultural norm!

[@psyduckpuddles4366]

lgbt stuff is not natural and gives kids weird thoughts

[@GreiH]

I've literally never heard someone say that astronauts aren't real before, wtf?! Commenting for engagement

[@TheLugiaSong]

I have, they're usually the sorts who believe in the flat Earth and that kind of thing.

[@the5stacys]

what a great supporter of Rachael! I'm trying for further engagement 🙂This channel deserves it.

[@the5stacys]

*replying

[@melanieserensen9021]

She also mentioned dinosaurs here😆

[@Roslyn.W.R]

I actually I found a lot of people online who believe the same thing. They also believe landing on moon was a lie... The whole NASA thing and all the pictures of the universe, the earth, and other planets are all a lie too... Idk if they're anti vaccine too, but a lot of them were against school education because they think it's meant to brainwash us and make us less intelligent which make it easier for those with power to control us... I think they're a little like the Amish.

[@JennaThePanda]

I have two kids and having them made me decide to be very pro choice. I was raised Catholic and I was deconstructing for a while but kids made me go even harder. I love my kids, but this is not for everyone and it’s so brutal. I had a lot of complications in my pregnancy, and, honestly, even more struggles once they were born. I love them dearly, but that’s because I chose this. If I didn’t chose this, wow, I think having them against a my will would be so bad. I hate the idea that having kids makes you better or you realize you wanted it all along, absolutely not the case for everyone. Pregnancy and parenting should be something people get to chose, period.

[@JennaThePanda]

Also, every pregnancy is different, she’s full of 💩

[@meganwalker27]

Well said 🤍

[@rae_gem]

I feel like she watched the Duggars as a young adult and decided to follow their life choices. But she also falls prey to the assumption that having lots of kids makes you a superior parent when in reality it just means you have a lot of kids.

[@comradeRat8545]

This lady terrifies me. She’s so much like my mom who also had a dangerous number of children and neglected their education. I’m so sad for those kids because they seem even worse off than I was and I still need so much therapy at 33.

[@jordensanders2289]

On the comment of “once you bleed you are capable of bearing children”, I knew two girls growing up who got their periods at 9 years old… just because menstruation has been activated doesn’t mean their bodies are ready to have kids. So much more growing has to happen before they are physically capable of carrying a child to term, for the health of BOTH the mother and child. I’m so tired of these fanatics saying literal children should be married off and impregnated, it’s disgusting

[@katmancilla5777]

Completely agree! I started menstruation at 10 years old and I definitely wasn't ready to have children at that age.

[@ycampbell7672]

Her insistence on using the Hebrew name for God is kinda ironic. The Jewish/Hebrew tradition is that the true pronounciation was lost. This was b/c no one ever used it for fear of violating one of the commandments; not to take gods name in vain. Even during our most sacred prayers Jews use a placeholder rather than reading gods name and risking saying it correctly and possibly taking it in vain.

[@NoelleTakestheSky]

How is merely saying a name vanity?

[@ameowingbird]

@@NoelleTakestheSky its not an issue of 'vanity', in the religious context 'in vain' means more like disrespect.

[@Ia_catI]

@@NoelleTakestheSky “In vain” means “without purpose” and in the religious context it means for example: using god’s name for the purpose of receiving monetary gain, using gods name as an exclamation of joy or a swearword i.e. “Thank god”, “Goddamnit”, using god’s name while misinterpreting the meaning of his words and thus spreading harmful misconceptions. (That’s how I understood it at least when it was explained to us in class.) I think you confused “in vain” with “vainly” which would mean “with vanity”. Although since I’m not a native speaker there might be other meanings as well and maybe long ago there was a broader meaning of “vanity” and “vain” than today which is very possible and probably where the expression comes from?

[@ilanacharnelle]

Came here to say this, how that 'translation' is literally never used

[@ycampbell7672]

In Jewish tradition there are many things which must be done with the correct intent and mental discipline to maintain that intent. For example, saying blessings, prayers, wearing teffilin (phylacterys) etc. Saying God's name is near the very top of that list. Lapses in concentration for most of these things are considered to be inevitable and understandable. We are human after all. It is merely expected that you do your best. However, God's name is a different story. It is considered to be of the utmost sanctity. Under Jewish tradition, to say it at all is to risk saying it without the proper intent. And to say it without proper intent is how Jewish tradition defines taking his name in vain.

[@noelani7]

Just started into this video and I just feel horrified. My grandma is like this, had 9 girls in total. Bred herself into poverty and forced her kids into a mentally, emotionally, physically, and financially violent environment. Makes her kids turn against each other for money, but will actively spend all of it to give to the church, then tells her kids they’re going to hell for not giving her a better life after her house burnt down. My aunts and mom kept begging her to stop having kids because they couldn’t even afford rice and had to starve as children. They had to fight over sanitary supplies as children. My grandma did not raise her kids, only two of them until they got older, then forced them to raise their siblings. To this day I still see the repercussions of her actions, and my aunts still fight with each other to this day. Even when my mom has two stage 4 cancers, they still try to fight with each other over pushing financial responsibilities and other things. Luckily my mom has heavily distanced herself as well as blocked some of them and isn’t blind to my grandma’s financial abuse towards her kids, but I wish all of my aunts could see this as well. Having as many kids as you can is just point blank abuse.

[@sydsky8815]

The remix of her song is hilarious 😭

[@daenerys02]

got me giggling at work 😭

[@ouijacorn]

@@daenerys02 Same; I was holding it together until the reverb came in.

[@alepvl8951]

Not the song 😭 The last video was on autoplay so it was playing while I was sleeping. I heard that song in my dreams, now it's buried deep in my subconscious

[@medea__witchhh]

​@@alepvl8951ommgg nooooo

[@ayannadivineempath]

Press F To pay respects at the gravesite of my womb 🪦

[@cocovcoco]

F 😢

[@espinita.]

F!!

[@13roy12]

F

[@NoelleTakestheSky]

F

[@nobody4248]

F

[@jilianh]

This whole section around 47:00 contains so much medical misinformation it isn't even funny. As a sonographer I have to say that endovaginal ultrasounds do NOT cause miscarriages. I think there is a perceived link because you are more likely to need an internal exam if the pregancy looks abnormal transabdominally or it is too early to see clearly. It isn't that the ultrasound caused a miscarriage, its that you are more likely to have a failed pregancy if an internal exam is warranted. Not to stress anyone who has had one out, if you are too early or we can't see well enough from above we do one for totally normal pregnancies as well!

[@Butterflier00]

it's like when people say 70% of men find out they are raising a kid that's not theirs. like that stat is TAKEN from the paternity test sites....so people that already suspect that they aren't the genetic father of the kids. it's skews the data.

[@katmancilla5777]

I had them early on because they thought I had an ectopic pregnancy and wanted to catch it early. I ended up having normal pregnancies and just had cysts along with them. I never knew people thought this, but I can say in my experience it isn't true. It's funny the things people will believe.

[@shrinkydinky97]

RACHEL LMAO those layered vocals had me dying😭

[@themedia1271]

I personally think that Karissa wants to die in childbirth. Because she never wanted kids and she clearly doesn't want to take care of them with the way she ignored their problems and forces the oldest kids to take care of the younger ones.

[@artfulray]

Honestly I’m so concerned for this woman.

[@ardocon1268]

I'm concerned for her children.

[@MagisterialVoyager]

@@ardocon1268 I was about to say this myself. I'm the eldest of five with generally incompetent religious parents and _holy crap_ (pun intended) no one should go through what I go through.

[@gaiaiulia]

I'm way more concerned for her children.

[@yasminchan7425]

I'm more concerned about the kids

[@oxysanrioo]

she’s making her own choices and decisions so don’t feel bad for her. feel bad for her children that HAD/ HAVE no choice but to do with nonsense

[@leonecarter9882]

The fact that she makes the kids sleep in their clothes for the next day seems less about “no pajamas less money/laundry” and more about her not having time/energy to help all her small kids dress. Because why wouldn’t they sleep in different non pajama specific clothes? Why make them do that? Just proving she doesn’t have time to properly care for all these children. Bordering neglectful

[@sophiemichel8045]

Sayin just because girls get periods they are ready to give birth is like saying toddlers should master iron man because they are starting to walk.

[@sluggytube]

Wasn’t that literally a game of thrones episode 😂

[@charliethesquishywitch340]

So... This woman doesn't believe astronauts actually exist ?

[@LithoCat]

I believe she's a flat-earther so it stands to reason she thinks astronauts are a myth

[@MustAvoidScurvy]

​@@LithoCat It makes a lot of sense!!

[@wyleecoyotee4252]

I bet she home schools

[@kimberlys8422]

I did have sex responsibly and when my partner told me the condom broke, I took a Plan B. Women and men should be allowed to have sex knowing they''re not ready to be a parent.

[@edvh88]

Same happened to me years ago and I am still so grateful for that plan B!!!

[@c.a.fontaine1074]

Pregnancy shouldn't be a punishment for having sex.

[@emilywiebe1163]

About an hour in, when you discuss weaponized incompetence, based on Karissa's passage that you read I think that she actually was just struggling with control issues - he put them to bed but not the way SHE wanted, so she was frustrated, and instead of working through her feelings or having a conversation with her husband, she decided she should just take back control... weaponized incompetence totally exists, I just think (also based on the vibe of all her content that you've covered before) that this is her control coming out. That would explain also why her "freedom" is finally letting go of her control.... and why she constantly struggles to not take it back.

[@RachelOates]

Oh interesting, I hadn’t thought of it that way! Thanks for sharing! ❤️

[@lyndora33864]

I had the same thought. And I also think that weaponized incompetence and an overly controlling partner may go together and feed off each other. The controlling partner is never satisfied with whatever the "incompetent" partner does so the "incompetent" partner just gives up and acts like an idiot and gets out of it. Both are wrong in the relationship. And I don't see gender having anything to do with either side of the issue. The controlling partner needs to allow the "incompetent" partner to flounder and figure things out. Now, there are some people who use weaponized incompetence just to get out of things, I'm not denying that. But I wonder how many people just have given up because nothing they do is "good enough". I've been with my husband for nearly 20 years and thankfully we've grown out of most of those silly games. 😂

[@Anasteroiddestroyer]

It breaks my heart that kids in huge families will always struggle to be seen & heard by their parents. Quiverfull people are some of the worst parents.

[@Sarah-re7cg]

I feel like referring to them as “parents” is too generous. They’re just irresponsible literal breeders.

[@polydactylblackcat2218]

She doesn't really care what happens to them (her kids) once they're here". Duh, that's what the older kids are for!!! Moms are just here to birth and nurse the infants. The it's up to the older daughters to actually raise the youngest ones!

[@foxisune]

Rachel, I just wanted to say that I’ve been subscribed to you since 2019ish. (I watch like every video) ❤ You’re one of my favorite KZbinrs and your takes are always so spot on. As a writer and Christian myself it’s so important to talk about people like Karissa and I just want to thank you for calling these people out. Your references are always amazing as well and I appreciate that you’re super respectful about the polarizing topics you discuss. Just wanted to say thank you and you’re appreciated because I don’t think I’ve said it before!

[@RachelOates]

Thank you so much!

[@SpookyScarletShadow]

Rachel, how dare you, I nearly burst into actual laughter in public during the Yahuah song

[@xyz1087]

nah at this point I'm convinced her husband either hates her or is incapable of caring if she lives or dies. what do you MEAN you got told you might die giving birth and YOUR HUSBAND DOESN'T WANT TO PAY FOR A MIDWIFE 😭

[@femdivinemind7777]

She's a breeding machine to him

[@happytofu5]

I think he enjoys being in control over her life or death.

[@edvh88]

Considering how many people have died from childbirth, and continue to die from childbirth, seems clear it is NOT for every body, just having a womb is not enough to make it safe to carry a pregnancy and deliver. I’m thankful to live in a time where we have more choices about if and how we become parents. 8 billion strong, we don’t ALL have to procreate. The species will survive (barring, ya know, nuclear war etc)

[@cynthiamayfield5664]

Day clothes are uncomfortable in comparison to pajamas. That just seems cruel to make children sleep in jeans, dresses, etc. not to mention sweating in the night, wetting the bed, etc

[@wayasaunooke3424]

Lots of kids just sleep in a baggy tshirt if they don't have pj's, why can't they just do that? It must be so uncomfortable for them 😢

[@happytofu5]

And they can wrinkle too, depending on the fabrict it can look very sloppy.

[@imthehottestokay111]

comment for engagement. But honestly Rachel, there really need to be more commentary creators like you. it's ridiculous how there's people like you making such comprehensive, well researched videos. I just never want you to stop posting please😭 l could watch like 30 years worth of your content

[@AlexaIoana]

I spat my juice through my nose listening to the last bit of the remix, IT BURNS 😂

[@Murmarine]

Eleven children is just incomprehensible for me. After a single child the human body needs to recuperate for months (varying from person to person, anywhere up from six weeks usually, and thats just your body, not speaking of the mental toll the birthing and the actual child care could take on you). You telling me, that this woman, popped out ELEVEN children? Her body must be screeching at her to stop, because at best, 4-5 is when you are going to experience stuff like maternal mortality, uterine raptures and placental problems. Its a fucking miracle in modern science and healthcare that Karissa hasn't kicked the bucket during birth.

[@daoimean]

Unsurprising that she perpetuates the common misconception that child trafficking is due to "them" (shadowy figures, probably queer and/or immigrants) snatching "our" children, when in the vast majority of cases these children are exploited by someone they know, very often their own parents. Not too far off, y'know, forcing your children to perform for millions of strangers on social media multiple times a day.

[@kryg717]

Not having ANY medical supervision of her pregnancy is so irresponsible I barely know where to start. Like, what if she developed hypertension or pre-eclampsia? What if the baby had a heart defect? She's not giving birth in a hospital, which means there's no routine screening of the newborn either until they have a pediatrician appointment. (This is assuming they take these kids to the doctor on the regular, which they probably don't.) And her spiel about IVF is mind-numbing because she cares more about egg cells than she does her living, breathing children. Or the fetus she's carrying to term. Or her pets.

[@elisa-beary]

The free birth part is INSANE, wildly dangerous to put out on her socials, especially to the type of ppl who I imagine are watching her. It’s also crazy hearing that from her. It rly makes me question her mental stability. It’s bad decision making as a wife, mother & person to continue getting pregnant back to back even after her drs have told her this could kill you, it takes it 10 steps further to get pregnant & have at home births w/o the proper medical care when you’re already a super high dose risk over your husband not wanting to spend $$ & then of course spreading this harmful rhetoric.

[@kaylaholland677]

On the birth control, our church had a big emphasis on purity culture and "saving ourselves" for marriage. We weren't outright told not to use birth control, but we were told *often* that birth control took months to "kick in," so if we were thinking we could sneak and have sex while engaged, we may very well still get pregnant, which would "expose our sin." As teenagers that were discouraged from seeking information from the world rather than the church, we genuinely took this to heart and didn't know any better 🤦🏼‍♀️ that may be where she got that opinion, but a very quick Google search would have told her that was incorrect before she published it in a book.

[@marsh1020]

every time I feel like I have a grasp on what flavor of fundie Karissa is she evolves new, contradictory traits. It's wild. I hope her kids are able to get tf away from her asap once they turn 18 and I hope they recover okay :( (also I hope they get their vaccines done!! In the US the CDC has a whole catch-up vaccine schedule available for people who missed them as kids, because it's still important to protect yourself and others

[@441MsVanillaRose]

I remember the episode of "Friends" where Monica was told that her uterus was inhospitable. Being so proud of her cooking and housekeeping skills, she was amazed that any part of her body could be inhospitable...

[@l.n.3372]

"I always tried so hard to be a good hostess!"

[@monicabarnett9231]

Just had to say that here in the 🇺🇸, most IUD insertion has ZERO pain management options other than “take an ibuprofen before”. It’s so ridiculous.

[@katmancilla5777]

Yes! It actually hurt pretty bad when mine was inserted and I still had random periods after. Like bleeding for 2 weeks, then not for a week, then bleeding for 2 weeks again. It's calmed down now after 3 years of having it but wow. I have my tubes tied so I technically don't need it for that, but I got it for hormonal help.

[@brendareyes6914]

I'm Mexican and we sometimes eat grasshoppers (called "chapulines") they're delicious, but I'll admit, not for everyone.

[@margaretjohnson6259]

many cultures eat insects and the like. it's not any different than eating chickens or cows.

[@MagisterialVoyager]

I'm a tropical Southeast Asian and we eat grasshoppers too! I don't dare to look at them too much but I must admit that they're quite tasty.

[@SlugSage]

​How do you prepare them? @@MagisterialVoyager

[@MagisterialVoyager]

@@SlugSage Usually seasoned and then deep fried. They get really crunchy. The seasoning can be as basic as salt, garlic, and shallots, but people can throw other local spices such as ginger, star anise, and those I don’t know the English names for. 😂

[@melh2831]

I don’t know the woman you are speaking about in this video but my doctor had me start my birth control 3 months before my wedding to be sure I had time to figure out what worked for me. I am so thankful we did this because I had to try several different prescriptions to find one that my body could tolerate

[@bagelprince3]

Comment for engagement! Was about to take a nap so now ill have this to listen to later!

[@Oona_Mae]

Replying to this comment for more engagement!

[@AW-uv3cb]

@@Oona_Mae Oh what the heck, let's do another reply to keep it going! :-D

[@marlyd]

I see this at 11pm here so I also just want to boost engagement now and watch tomorrow

[@chntylsounds]

When I heard that she clumped in astronauts as "fairytales" I thought it was just her not knowing what the term meant and I found that pretty funny. But then I remembered these people genuinely believe the earth is flat and therefore that astronauts are just...actors? I just really want to understand what goes through their mind. There's aerospace engineering and astrophysics students right now, there's people training for space exploration, you can literally go to a campus and see people working and studying certain things that are most certainly not "the earth is flat". Do they legitimately think they're studying made up stuff for years and then once they get hired their boss goes "Surprise! All you've learnt in school was all fake! Now go in front of that green screen and do a moonwalk!" Sorry for the text wall but it will never cease to bother me how they would get all their beliefs debunked by just...going outside and talking to experts instead of trusting tinfoil hat groups on Facebook :,)

[@ds-9701]

Aerospace student here. It’s all fraud, we’re all just really doing theatre in our “calculus classes”, whatever that means

[@chntylsounds]

@@ds-9701 Well apparently your acting skills aren't good enough to pass unnoticed to Karissa's cultured eye!

[@sluggytube]

Some people really are just (redacted) stupid and I think we as a society need to call that out more

[@hollyberry0602]

As soon as you mentioned the Plexus products she tries to advertise in her book, I was floored. Having watched anti-MLM content excessively for two years, I really shouldn't be shocked that someone like Karissa Collins got sucked into one, I know they prey on women (especially mothers) and people involved in religion HEAVILY. (Also want to say the bears you have on the sofa in the background are absolutely lovely!)

[@XxLostFinalGirlxX]

I'm infertile I had an emergency hysterectomy when I was 14 (I'm 22 now) and my grandma who is all about god and blah blah blah told me a couple months ago that it wasn't in gods plan for me to have children.. like wow ok.. she also told me that if the Man I adore isn't Christian that he's going to hell.. ok who the heck are these people to say who's going wherever when they die? Like if he's going to hell because he's a feminist and not Christian well I'll be happy to walk through hell as long as I get to hold his hand 💕 i know cliché but I don't care he's worth the cliche and cheesy stuffs.

[@SpecialBlanket]

Mine makes me super cheesy too 🥲 we're in a weird transitional period rn bc partner is moving out from my house and in with metamour (we're poly and we switch off who lives w who for periods of years so i'm happy for them but also sad mine is over) but we had such a good talk last night and they were so nice to me

[@unichan5]

So sad to hear about your emergency hysterectomy but glad that you‘re still here with us! As someone who is a little bit older (about to turn 38) and childless due to circumstance and physical problems, I can only advise you to please don‘t listen as much to people who think their opinion matters. It’s something I wish I adhered to sooner. The only thing that matters is what you want and what you care about, because it‘s your life and not theirs. Seems like you are on a good path already and I wish you all the best with your future partner!

[@frankensteinlives]

That is so romantic though, for real ❤️ Walking through hell hand in hand is such a beautiful image

[@elizabethclampittclampitt8469]

Sounds like my grandma they would be great friends

[@XxLostFinalGirlxX]

@@elizabethclampittclampitt8469 your grandma better be one of gods simps because otherwise my grandma would hate her guts and declare that she is going to hell 🙄 it's ridiculous!

[@edvh88]

Currently pregnant for the second time, by choice, but it’s so miserable. I could not and would not go thru this 11 times. Putting her kids at risk of losing their mom, just so she can have more pregnancies, is selfish, insane and disgusting.

[@sleepyspacegremlin]

I was parentified as a kid, so I hate seeing it happen to other kids.

[@feliciascorner9795]

"Why are these people still allowed around children?" Texas. Literally just Texas.

[@thespaceace124]

I asked my mom (who has had 4 kids and always says her life's calling was to be a mom} how much money someone would have to pay her to have 11 kids. She said nothing could ever convince her to have that many

[@Sophia-cd2ci]

Karissa I'm-a-published-author-who-has-only-read-one-full-book I'd-die-for-my-kids-but-won't-live-for-them I-stopped-telling-my-husband-when-I'm-ill-because-I-don't-like-my-children-telling-me-they-feel-ill Collins

[@Link-dx1lx]

This just made me feel even better than I did before about my hysterectomy next tuesday

[@hblobfish]

Funny how she tells people to read the whole bible but also claims to have never read a book lol

[@Melissamms]

She seems to think that in the "olden days" people constantly had unassisted home births. Like no? Not if people could help it. Even in ancient times, midwives and doctors were a thing. Maybe they werent as effective as today, but when wives went into labor the husband would ride into town to grab the doctor. Having a birth with no medical supervision has always been worst case scenario. Villages would and sometimes still do keep women in a community building in their final weeks so that someone with some sort of training is there to help. She is taking unnecessary risks. I still think that Karissa is deeply unwell and some part of her wants to be a martyr of childbirth. She wants to die and leave her kids motherless because of untreated mental illness.

[@femdivinemind7777]

They were much more effective than today.

[@cutienerdgirl]

My maternal grandmother died when she was pregnant with her 10th child. Neither of them survived. 💔

[@vll3yy]

I wish I had that fearless perspective of the idea of being pregnant.

[@snoodma]

I will say, birth control pill recommendations in the United States have changed over the years. When I first went on the pill, I was told I needed 3 months for it to become effective, this was in 2011. I used the pill for a while, but then decided I was ready for kids. After I was done having kids and breastfeeding, I went back on the same type of pill and was told I only needed 7 days for it to “kick in.”

[@brunetteartist24]

Off topic but your earrings are really cute

[@GingerNightDream]

I feel mom guilt splitting my attention between my two daughters I can’t imagine the absolute madhouse of trying to give equal love and attention to a dozen kids

[@finleymuratova9529]

not to comment twice lol but i just want to thank you for doing such great education without forcing us to agree with you in order to learn ❤ i’m a christian, but i love your takes and learn a ton from you, always

[@SpecialBlanket]

Christian here too, doesn't mean I agree w all these evangelicals!

[@katieociardha2196]

Christian too - living in a bubble is a bad idea. Gotta listen to other viewpoints

[@bluebird4815]

She sure likes to "sacrifice" herself and she is delusional. I had severe Hyperemisis Gravidarum (HG). It is not just severe vomitting. The risks that come with this illness are extreme. It does way more harm to both mother and baby. In my case, the pregnancy ended at 14 weeks due to how ill i was and my organs were all struggling. I could write a whole book and the PTSD it left me with.

[@mistercarlacat]

Ugh I forgot about the UTI sepsis story, my heart hurts for that kid. I'm literally treating a UTI for myself right now with a prescription I achieved simply by going to a pharmacy, describing my symptoms to the pharmacist at the counter, and walking out with some meds 10 minutes later. Its such an easy ailment to treat before it gets out of hand. I can't imagine ignoring this pain and discomfort in myself, let alone in a family member I'm supposed to love and care for. She ought to be charged for her neglect of that child.

[@Meow1013-s1z]

Thank you for sharing your experience with getting an IUD! I just got one in and it is comforting hearing someone else going through a similar experience.

[@lakritz8732]

I’m sorry, I know speculating about someone’s mental health isn’t right, but she can’t be okay. Her husband impregnates her every chance he gets, won’t be bothered with her concerns, feelings, needs or actual health status, won’t pay for medical services and expects her to cater to him and his feelings while her body and psyche go through the immense trauma of birth. That’s abuse to me. Psychologically and physically. Apparently keeping up appearances of a fun and active family is more important to him/them then actually caring for their infants to the point where they neglect to care for a baby in an acute health crisis. How emotionally detached do you have to be? There are so many red flags concerning abuse here.

[@stellablake6200]

I'm literally also an atheist but as a Jew the "Yahoo-ah" is absolutely killing me lol I have never in my life heard anyone ever pronounce the name that way. Like Jehovah bothers me less and that one is pretty egregious

[@RachelOates]

But I googled it and it told me to say it like that 😔

[@daphnesnail9465]

41:24 was so triggering as an older sibling who parents reasoning was the same. My life experience totally lines up with the studies and I really hope that this line of thinking dies out and more children won’t be subjected to this.

[@hanna.ciszewska]

There is no Easter Bunny, there is no Tooth Fairy, and there are no astronauts!

[@jordanchobson]

Gosh how nice would it be to pass off ALL responsibility to God. "I don't need to spend time with my kids because God" Must be so freeing!

[@valolafson6035]

Oh surprise. Karissa Collins, who puts her kids online, doesn't understand child predators.

[@seraphonica]

"But asking for health and provision is what He longs to give us" is my new favorite run-on sentence.

[@NoelleTakestheSky]

It’s not a run-on, but it it a awkward sentence.

[@plushkreations5873]

57:23 As someone who had extreme preeclampsia and had to have a c-section at 30 weeks, this is the biggest horse shit I have ever heard, literally taking my baby out that early is what saved both of our lives

[@LevadeNZ]

A little off topic, but just wanted to hop in as someone who had Mirena and a small uterus - I'm super glad it's working for you!! I had a series of Mirenas for endometriosis over about 8yrs, and while they worked they were wonderful. Just keep an eye on it - if you seem to be getting less effective time out of it each one, you may need to have a serious conversation with your doctor about switching to either a smaller hormonal IUD, or another option. It turned out I also had adenomyosis, and the combination of that plus the Mirena poking the sides of my uterus started causing labour-like cramping. Initially switching out the Mirena to a fresh one (which would have upped the dose of progesterone) settled it, but by the last time I only got 8 weeks of relief before I was ramping back up to daily labour cramps. For me, the adeno was a contributor so it didn't totally calm down after it got into the habit, and after a couple years of high dose progesterone and then "puberty blockers," I said screw it and my specialist agreed to let me have a hysterectomy at 26 with no kids in 2022.

[@RachelOates]

This is so great to know, thank you!! You’re the best! Hope you’re doing ok now ❤️

[@s.e.m.7767]

@@RachelOates I had a Kyleena and it worked great for me (prior to my bilateral salpingectomy).

[@chlo_kin]

48:14 look, I’ve never been pregnant and this is anecdotal - but, I was born 3 weeks premature at just over 4 pounds. My brother was nearly double that size, was 2 weeks late, and my mum had to have an emergency c-section. Every pregnancy story I’ve heard from my family tells me that this is, indeed, utter nonsense, and I am truly concerned for Karissa’s health

[@marloeslovestea]

I know someone who had severe HG, she was throwing up so much she had to be hospitalized multiple time because of dehydration. She had to lay down in a dark room for months and and the end of the pregnancy she couldn't even walk. Imagine if that happens to you whilst 10/11 kids are depending on you.......

[@OverAnalyst]

11:19 Raised/ex Evangelical here, she messed up Yeshua (Jesus) & Yahweh which... you're not supposed say YHWH, it's disrespectful according to her own scriptures. It's the anglicized version of יהוה‎, the tetragrammaton: the most holy name of _her_ ancient Israelite god. Usually written LORD in English translations, but said as Adonai in Torah readings, since FREAKING NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY the name (ha-Shem). Making up her own rules is on brand 💯, but ugh! Also Yeshua, Joshua, Jesús, Jesus, etc... all the same name. Funny thinking of church songs praising Josh - or ppl blaspheming by naming a kid Joshua, by her "logic." Anyway if it helps, it's usually pronounced: YHWH/Yahweh - YAH way/weh (Then bastardized further to Jehovah by some, but *same thing,* lady) Adonai - Ah doh NAI / NYE Elohim - El oh HEEM Yeshua - Yeh SHOO ah/uh, and esp not whatever she wrote in any language! Disrespectful 😤 /s Source: time at a "Messianic" Jewish Temple (Jews For Jesus), another regret. And yes all this is bonkers! Thanks for suffering thru her shit, it's worse than Colleen Hoover because IRL. Infuriating how many she's hurting. *Re-commented because I'd edited so much for clarity & accuracy

[@argonanarchy3882]

I was in messianic Jewish group. Man, it was a strange time

[@corneliao1674]

about the porn comment I personally think it could also depend on her definition of porn. I am an early education teacher and the children are about age 3-5 and in the classroom we have books and obe of them is about human anatomy and basic discriptions where babys come from (full of drawings) which are topics which tend to come up. One day a mother comes into the clas very outraged that we show porn to our students and for her it was that book which is on the list of accepted recources for that agegroup from my district. It is something like that which i belive could have happend in the kindercarten class with her older kid

[@Alyse_bell]

He seems like the type of guy that’s “it’s not the man’s job to take care of the children” so he’ll either marry someone else as quickly as possible or farm them off to their grandmothers

[@alisaurus4224]

No need, the older girls are built-in Little Mamas

[@RealLukeWilson]

I’ve been subscribed to you for a long time (since the days you did videos on the Creation Museum in Kentucky, which I went to for a field trip with my university Evolution & Extinction class), but I have no memory of your videos on Bart Ehrman’s books. I read a lot more nonfiction now than I did back then, too, so thank you for bringing him up again. I plan to read at least one of those books you mentioned!

[@RealLukeWilson]

For the record, the honors college at my university funded the trip, so I didn’t have to give them a dime (though they still got paid, I guess), and we went to the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History beforehand, which is right across the river. A fun day all around, and the Creation Museum was legitimately one of the most entertaining places I’ve ever been to, though not in the way they intended.

[@SoCalJellybean]

So if a few of her kids almost died and needed to be in NICU, and she herself almost died, and they’ve suffered three miscarriages, then by her own logic doesn’t that mean she and her children are dirty sinners who asked for that mistreatment? They really don’t hear themselves, do they?! 🙄