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[name_f]Yasemin[/name_f] [name_f]Fatima[/name_f] [name_m]Olsen[/name_m] was born at 12:09 AM on [name_m]August[/name_m] 22nd, 2023. Anisha’s water broke at 2:27 AM on [name_m]August[/name_m] 21st, so the labor itself was almost twenty-two hours long. [name_f]Anisha[/name_f] & [name_m]Rafe[/name_m] are happy to have [name_f]Yasemin[/name_f] here & [name_m]Hunter[/name_m], [name_m]Marlon[/name_m], & [name_m]Jax[/name_m] are pleased to be siblings.
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[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] [name_f]Nathalie[/name_f] [name_f]Angelica[/name_f] [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] (27, she/her, diabetic, left, blonde), [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f] Shelton-Laurence (28, she/her, middle, brunette), & [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Annie[/name_f][name_f][/name_f] Paxton-Cross (27, she/her, anxiety+depression+epilepsy+P.O.T.S., right, redheaded) are three-fourths of a four-part-polycule along with their husband, [name_m]Isaiah[/name_m] [name_m]Matthias[/name_m] [name_m]Caspar[/name_m] [name_m]Isaac[/name_m][name_f][/name_f] (Ellis) Shepherd-Laurence-Cross (28, he/him, diabetic+autistic).
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[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] grew up as the eighth of eleven children [name_f][/name_f]- [name_f]Therese[/name_f] (36, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Leocadia[/name_f] (34, she/her, epilepsy), [name_f]Emiliana[/name_f] (33, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Francesca[/name_f] (31, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Catharine[/name_f] (30, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Magdalene[/name_f] (29, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Veronica[/name_f] (28, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] (27, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Philomena[/name_f] (26, she/her, diabetic), [name_m]Isaac[/name_m] (22, he/him, epilepsy), & [name_f]Dominica[/name_f] (20, she/her, diabetic) [name_f][/name_f]- born to [name_m]David[/name_m] [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] (67, he/him, epilepsy) & [name_f]Abigail[/name_f] (Olsen) [name_m]Shepherd[/name_m] (63, she/her, diabetic). Having already seen Catharine’s polyamorous relationship with [name_f]Dani[/name_f] & [name_m]Micha[/name_m] for years in all aspects of life & how they made it work with three people & all their girls, [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] felt more confident that she could make it work with [name_f]Lilia[/name_f], [name_f]Annie[/name_f], & [name_m]Isaac[/name_m] when she got into her own polycule. She has nine children she’s given birth to already (a son & eight daughters’) [name_f][/name_f]- [name_m]Ezra[/name_m] [name_m]Jacob[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] (07, he/him, diabetic), [name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] (06, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Talitha[/name_f] (05, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]Eve[/name_f] [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] (05, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Claire[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Susannah[/name_f] (04, she/her, diabetic+autistic), [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Rachael[/name_f] (03, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Ella[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Jessamine[/name_f] (02, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Frances[/name_f] [name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_f]Mackenzie[/name_f] (02, she/her, diabetic), [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f] (01, she/her, diabetic) [name_f][/name_f]- & she’s currently pregnant with another set of g/g twins. [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] is a psychologist by trade.
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[name_f]Lilia[/name_f] grew up as the second of seven children [name_f][/name_f]- [name_f]Piper[/name_f] (29, she/her), [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] (28, she/her), [name_m]Finley[/name_m] (27, he/him), [name_m]Lance[/name_m] (25, he/him), [name_f]Eden[/name_f] (24, she/her), [name_m]Silvius[/name_m] (22, he/him), & [name_m]Nico[/name_m] (20, he/him) [name_f][/name_f]- born to [name_m]Roman[/name_m] (Shelton) Shelton-Laurence (65, he/him) & [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] (Laurence) Shelton-Laurence (67, she/her). Having grown up in a completely healthy family, [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] needed reassurance that it was ok for her partners to get pregnant & that it wouldn’t impact any of their health (or the children’s health) negatively. Once she had it, she happily joined [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] (& sometimes Annie) in all pregnancies [name_f][/name_f]- [name_m]Fox[/name_m] [name_m]Oberon[/name_m] [name_f]Remedy[/name_f] (08, he/him, diabetic), [name_m]Bear[/name_m] [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f] (08, he/him, diabetic+austistic), [name_m]Colt[/name_m] [name_f]Indigo[/name_f] [name_m]Knight[/name_m] (08, he/him, diabetic+austistic), [name_m]Otter[/name_m] [name_m]Dashiell[/name_m] [name_f]Polaris[/name_f] (08, he/him, diabetic), [name_f]Athena[/name_f] [name_f]Saffron[/name_f] [name_f]Rhapsody[/name_f] (07, she/her), [name_f]Heidi[/name_f] [name_f]Nirvana[/name_f] [name_f]Lotus[/name_f] (06, she/her, ), [name_m]Cosmo[/name_m] [name_m]Jupiter[/name_m] [name_m]Fenix[/name_m] (05, he/him, diabetic), [name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] [name_f]Tempest[/name_f] (04, he/him, diabetic), [name_m]Archer[/name_m] [name_f]Sunset[/name_f] [name_m]Galileo[/name_m] (04, he/him, diabetic+austistic), [name_m]Lawson[/name_m] [name_m]Rocket[/name_m] [name_m]Zen[/name_m] (04, he/him, diabetic), [name_f]Electra[/name_f] [name_f]Stellamaris[/name_f] [name_f]Lightning[/name_f] (03, she/her, diabetic), [name_m]Hector[/name_m] [name_m]Astrophel[/name_m] [name_f]Rain[/name_f] (02, he/him, diabetic+austistic), [name_m]Max[/name_m] [name_m]River[/name_m] [name_m]Pendragon[/name_m] (02, he/him, diabetic+austistic), & [name_f]Vesper[/name_f] [name_f]Larkspur[/name_f] [name_f]Nyx[/name_f] (01, she/her, diabetic) [name_f][/name_f]- her latest pregnancy is a triplet pregnancy for a set of g/b/b triplets. [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] owns a Cafe named The Storyteller’s Espresso Yourself Cafe[name_f][/name_f].
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[name_f]Annie[/name_f] grew up as the fourth of five children [name_f][/name_f]- [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_m]Kit[/name_m][name_f][/name_f] (31, he/him, anxiety+depression+epilepsy+P.O.T.S.), [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f] [name_f]Hattie[/name_f][name_f][/name_f] (30, she/her, anxiety+depression+epilepsy+P.O.T.S.), [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] [name_m]Nick[/name_m][name_f][/name_f] (29, he/him, anxiety+depression+epilepsy+P.O.T.S.), [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] [name_f]Annie[/name_f][name_f][/name_f] (27, she/her, anxiety+depression+epilepsy+P.O.T.S.), & [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] [name_f]Nellie[/name_f][name_f][/name_f] (25, she/her, anxiety+depression+epilepsy+P.O.T.S.) [name_f][/name_f]- born to [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] [name_m]Ben[/name_m][name_f][/name_f] (Graves-Little) Paxton-Cross (62, he/him, depression) & [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_m]Clemmy[/name_m][name_f][/name_f] Paxton-Cross (63, she/her, anxiety+epilepsy+P.O.T.S.). Having grown up in such a chronically sickly family, [name_f]Annie[/name_f] opted to leave most of the childbearing to [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] & [name_f]Lilia[/name_f], though, she carried three other children before this pregnancy [name_f][/name_f]- [name_f]Molly[/name_f] [name_f]Diana[/name_f] [name_f]Victoria[/name_f] (05, she/her, anxiety+depression+epilepsy+P.O.T.S.+diabetic+autistic), [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] [name_f]Eugenie[/name_f] [name_f]Camilla[/name_f] (02, she/her, anxiety+depression+epilepsy+P.O.T.S.+diabetic+autistic), & [name_f]Harper[/name_f] [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] (01, she/her, anxiety+depression+epilepsy+P.O.T.S.+diabetic+autistic) [name_f][/name_f]- this pregnancy is a baby girl also. [name_f]Annie[/name_f] is a computer programmer.