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Ang pangarap lang ng mag-asawa noon na magkaroon ng dalawang anak, naging… dalawampu’t isa! Sa edad na 50, si Kingking, nakapag-ire na ng halos dalawang dosenang anak!
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Ang pangarap lang ng mag-asawa noon na magkaroon ng dalawang anak, naging… dalawampu’t isa! Sa edad na 50, si Kingking, nakapag-ire na ng halos dalawang dosenang anak!
Ang usapin kaugnay ng kawalan ng access sa family planning, talakayin din natin sa video na ito. #KMJS
"Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" (One at Heart, Jessica Soho) is the Philippines' top-rating news magazine program, hosted by one of the most-awarded broadcast journalists in the country, Jessica Soho. It features human interest stories, food, news personalities, travel, trends and pop culture.'KMJS' airs every Sunday, 8:15 PM on GMA Network. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KMJS
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00:00In today's difficult times, parents limit the number of children they will have.
00:11But in Sorsogon, Bicol, we met a couple whose number of children reached 21 or almost 22 dozen.
00:26The dream of Rommel and King-King was simple.
00:31It was the dream of two children.
00:33They achieved it. They had two children.
00:37But it was added, added, and added.
00:43King-King was pregnant for almost a year.
00:47He was dancing. We were making fun of him.
00:49Hey, he's been dancing since last night.
00:51Don't you get tired, kids? It's too much.
00:54King-King, you're a good boy. Be a good boy, King-King.
00:57Until their dream of having two children became times ten and over.
01:0421.
01:06Yes, at the age of 50, King-King gave birth to almost 21 children.
01:14I was pregnant for a year.
01:16Even if I go to the hospital, I don't know anything.
01:19I'm here again. I don't know anything.
01:22When I go to the hospital, I'll write down the names of the children.
01:25Your wife will give birth.
01:27This notebook is full.
01:29How about you fill the other one?
01:3321 children.
01:35Can you do it?
01:39In this house in Bukal-Bukalan, Sorsogon City, their whole family is able to do it.
01:46I don't know.
01:48I don't know.
01:52King-King, yes, that's it!
01:54My name is Romel.
01:56My name is Patnil.
01:57My name is Dithner.
01:58My name is Patrina.
01:59My family name is Christina.
02:02My name is AJ.
02:04I'm always pregnant.
02:06Of their 21 children, the 33-year-old is the eldest, Kissy.
02:12The youngest, Maggie, is 5 years old.
02:16Hi!
02:17I'm afraid that someone will fight with us because we have a lot of children.
02:22Before, we don't have electricity.
02:25That's why it's cold.
02:28Before, when I came from abroad, of course, it's cold.
02:33That's why it happens.
02:36Out of their many children, King-King admitted that there is a chance that they will exchange their names.
02:44My name is Patrina.
02:46My name is Christina.
02:48They just call me by my name.
02:50They say, Mama, my name is not Patrina.
02:54My name is Christina.
02:59They are like sardines swimming inside their house.
03:04There is a bed underneath.
03:07This is where we sleep.
03:09This is where we sleep.
03:11This is where our head is.
03:13This is where our feet are.
03:15When there is a baby, we just put him in the cradle so that we can sleep.
03:20They don't have their own room and bathroom.
03:23This is where we take a bath in public.
03:26We take a bath because there is no bathroom here.
03:33It's like they always have a feeding program in their house whenever they eat.
03:39We plant trees there.
03:42Sometimes, you know, that's what my children eat there.
03:46We don't do it anymore.
03:48When I'm not full, I just drink water.
03:51There are several organizations that have reached 21 of their children.
03:58The truth is, their situation is not pleasant.
04:03Because they have a hard life.
04:05In one day, we sold 500 grams of everything.
04:08Even rice, coffee, sugar, and our children's bread.
04:14King King is a fisherman.
04:16His mister, Rommel, is also a fisherman.
04:19But these past few days, he has stopped fishing.
04:23I suddenly got sick.
04:25I still can't swim.
04:26I don't have money.
04:27I have a chance to help my children.
04:32We don't have money to buy medicine.
04:35Rommel Jr. is the second child of the couple in taking care of their family.
04:42When I was 12 years old, I started working.
04:44I would throw away our neighbors' garbage.
04:48Even if they pay me 5 pesos, I would throw it away.
04:50So that we can have food.
04:52Sometimes, I would throw it away.
04:53Because this is our situation.
04:55We grew up.
04:56But it's gone.
04:57It's already there.
04:58So I just accept it.
04:59I get tired.
05:00But I can do it.
05:02Because I have younger siblings.
05:04Almost all of them are siblings.
05:07The eldest is Salau or Am.
05:09When we eat rice,
05:12I just add more soup
05:14so that our younger children can drink.
05:17For example, if there's no more salau,
05:20I just add water with sugar.
05:22But not all of the 21 children of King King are alive.
05:27Four of them are still alive.
05:29Only one of them survived.
05:32It's because of the lack of nutrition.
05:34For the others,
05:36I don't have much money.
05:37Maybe because I can't pay for the check-up.
05:40There's also one who died in an accident.
05:44I was in the hospital for 1 year and 6 months.
05:47At that time, I was pregnant.
05:50I was the one who gave birth.
05:53If I was the one who took care of the baby,
05:56I hope it won't die.
05:58Meanwhile, the other 13 children
06:01were forced to give birth.
06:04None of us survived.
06:06I'm not happy that I gave birth to him.
06:12Because if there was a future,
06:16I wouldn't have given birth to him.
06:21At present,
06:22out of the 21 children who are alive,
06:2615 are still forced to give birth.
06:29King King is very poor.
06:31That's why he doesn't seem to be out of poverty.
06:36My father is still alive.
06:39He's always drunk.
06:41My mother used to drink a lot.
06:45I don't want to be a widow.
06:48I want to leave my family.
06:55Rommel was 16 years old when he gave birth to his first child.
07:01My dream is to have 2 children.
07:03It's hard to have many children.
07:05I don't want that.
07:06I want to have a wife.
07:07I want to have 20 children.
07:09I have 5 children.
07:10I gave birth every year.
07:12I gave birth every month.
07:13I gave birth every year.
07:14I gave birth every month.
07:15Until they didn't realize that their children
07:19have already reached 21.
07:22What's left to do is
07:24what happened to King King.
07:26He didn't want to give birth to his children again.
07:28His eldest daughter, Kissie,
07:30got married early.
07:32I was thinking that
07:33when the time comes for my sister to graduate,
07:35she will help us.
07:37Until my sister got married.
07:40The 6th child, Katrina,
07:42was only 17 years old when she got pregnant.
07:45That's why I got married early.
07:47I went with my friends.
07:49I just want to forget about housework
07:52because I'm tired.
07:54When I see my mom, she's always in a hurry.
07:56I'm the one who's always the mother.
07:58It's hard.
07:59She's always crying.
08:00Sometimes, there's nothing to eat.
08:02Katrina's brother, Kendy,
08:04was only 14 years old when he got married.
08:08At the age of 27,
08:10he already has 5 children.
08:12I thought it would be easy.
08:14But it's hard.
08:16I regret it.
08:17I want my child to study well
08:20and not to disobey us.
08:22The family expected
08:24that they would be able to finish first
08:26because this is what the smartest person,
08:29Kitty, was only 14 years old
08:31when she got pregnant.
08:33When I finished grade 5,
08:35I got pregnant.
08:38King King and Rommel admitted
08:41that they lacked in raising their children.
08:45I'm still asking my children
08:48if I can't give them what they need.
08:51No matter what I do,
08:53even if I'm a marine,
08:55what I'm giving them is not enough.
08:58What happened to them
09:00proved the lack of knowledge
09:02or the lack of importance
09:04in planning the family.
09:06The use of contraceptives.
09:09I don't have enough knowledge
09:11and I don't have a family.
09:13I'm afraid that if I drink,
09:15I might die.
09:16The contraceptive method
09:18is generally safe and not fatal.
09:21But we need to consult
09:23with a healthcare professional
09:25to give the right contraceptive method
09:27for them.
09:28According to the DOH,
09:30or Department of Health,
09:3210 million women in the country
09:35still don't have access to family planning.
09:38Even if they plan to get pregnant,
09:41they don't have a partner.
09:43The number of women
09:45who get pregnant
09:47continues to increase.
09:49At the age of 15.
09:51If a family or a husband
09:53has too many children,
09:55beyond their means,
09:56it will affect,
09:57first, the health of the children.
09:59Second, their ability to go to school.
10:01These children,
10:03if they don't get enough support,
10:05they will be in the cycle of poverty.
10:09You need to be aggressive
10:10when giving information,
10:11when giving services.
10:12You can go to health centers.
10:14The Church believes that
10:16the birth of a person
10:17is not in the hands of a person.
10:19That is the work of God.
10:20That's why it should not be controlled.
10:22The Church teaches birth control.
10:25But in family planning,
10:26it's good because
10:27it's really planned by the family.
10:30In the hope of guiding
10:31King King and Romer's family
10:33about family planning,
10:35this Friday,
10:36they were visited by relatives
10:38of the City Health Office
10:40of Sorsogon.
10:41You're already 50.
10:42Have we posted yet?
10:43Not yet.
10:44Oh, not yet.
10:45I'm still pregnant.
10:46Yes, so you still have a chance
10:47to get pregnant.
10:48It's not the same
10:50as your age
10:51and the current status
10:53of your health.
10:55The prematurity
10:57of delivering a baby
10:59causes a lot of pregnancies.
11:00Because there are a lot of pregnancies,
11:02the substance that
11:03the mother should have
11:04will not return.
11:05All medical complications
11:06will come out.
11:08We have a lot of ways
11:09for childbirth control.
11:11Natural method.
11:12Withdrawal.
11:13Calendar method.
11:14Avoid those days
11:15when you are fertile
11:16to have contact.
11:17Second,
11:18the barrier method.
11:20The condom,
11:21when it says barrier,
11:22so that the sperm does not enter,
11:24what we call pills.
11:25Our injectables.
11:27Third is the implants.
11:29Permanent method.
11:30We offer it
11:31to our patients
11:33who have more than 5 pregnancies.
11:35That's the bilateral tubal ligation
11:37or BTL.
11:39The other one is the vasectomy.
11:40It's for men.
11:42Control,
11:43contraception,
11:44or family planning
11:45should not only be for women.
11:47It should be discussed
11:48with the husband.
11:49That's why it's a mutual consent.
11:51King-King was advised
11:52to get a ligation
11:54or to get a tie.
11:56I was afraid
11:57to get a cut
11:58because of the low blood pressure.
12:01In ligation,
12:02there's anesthesia.
12:04You won't feel pain.
12:06And then,
12:07we still give you
12:08what we call pain relievers.
12:10You choose your fear
12:12of getting a cut
12:14compared to the consequences
12:16that will happen
12:17if you don't get a ligation.
12:19But will he agree?
12:22I'm okay with getting a ligation
12:25so that I won't feel pain.
12:27If you're ready to get a ligation,
12:30go to our barangay health station
12:33and get a health assess.
12:35After that,
12:36refer to the RHU
12:37to get a referral.
12:38It's all free.
12:39Our team also brought Rommel
12:42to Sorsogon Provincial Hospital
12:44to see
12:45what he's waiting for.
12:47Maybe he has
12:48what we call
12:50ischemic heart disease.
12:52We can help him get an ECG
12:54to confirm
12:55the condition of his heart.
12:58I don't want to give birth now
13:00because our life is hard.
13:03If I can go back in time,
13:06I want to have a family planning.
13:09Yes,
13:10every child
13:11who is born
13:12is a blessing.
13:13But unplanned pregnancy
13:16and lack of preparation
13:18for the responsibility
13:19of having a family
13:21can cause
13:22harm
13:23to the health of the mother
13:25and the child.
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