I became a mum at 19 and now have eight kids at 31 – I’m always blamed for overpopulating the earth but I don’t care

GROWING up, some of us dreamed of one day having a big, happy family – and after becoming a mum at 19, Heather McPherson was on route to make it into reality.

Together with her partner Justin, the US-based super mum is a parent to eight kids – but despite being blamed for ”overpopulating” the earth, all is not as it seems.

Heather, 31, and Justin met when they were already parents – the young mum had three daughter and Justin, too, was a father to three kids.

After the couple began dating more seriously, their relationship blossomed – and the duo fell pregnant twice.

Despite having a total of eight children – Jordyn, Aila, Everly (from Heather’s side), Addi, Hallie and Emery (Justin’s side), as well as Bellamy, only one of them is a boy – the newest addition, baby Joey.

The eldest of the brood – Jordyn, 15 – is not Heather’s biological daughter – the two met when Jordyn was just three.

After breaking of the relationship with Jordyn’s father, Heather finally left their home and took Jordyn, as well as their two kids, with her.

After years of visiting courts, the young mum desperately for her daughter, and she is currently in the final process of adopting the teenager.

In the meantime, however, Heather loves splashing out on her massive brood, especially during the festive season.

Last year, for instance, the 31-year-old mum, who sees Jordyn as her best pal, treated the daughter to a whopping 40 presents on Christmas.

As well as some fashion bits, the 15-year-old received hair styling tools, accessories, beauty bits, perfume and even a new set of headphones.

The youngest, too, proudly showed off their piles of prezzies on Instagram, where the family has won over 113k fans.

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But despite having an army of followers, the ”blended family” has also been subjected to trolling – and even blamed for the climate crisis.

As well as being blasted as the sole reason for the world hitting 8billion people, social media users have slammed the mum for the excessive shopping habits.

”Seems a bit much honestly. We got a max of 3 totalling 100$ each and there are 3 kids,” one person reckoned.

”We enjoyed what we got and the memories of Christmas have always meant more then the presents.

”I mean do you but just seems like a lot of waste.”

Someone else agreed, writing: ”I don’t mean to be rude but you are really spoiling that child.

”Imagine all the children watching this whom maybe didn’t get anything. Also it is a total waste of the planet.”

In the meantime, however, Heather hasn’t revealed if the pair would like another tot joining the crew of ten.

Looking back at her life, the 31-year-old said that after breaking up with her ex-boyfriend, she found it difficult to trust men again.

”To be honest, I thought they were all poop.

”They now have the perfect ‘bonus dad’.

”The best feeling is knowing your kids feel loved and safe.”