Antonio Cromartie welcomes arrival of his 14th child

NFL footballer Antonio Cromartie's wife Terrika has given birth to the star's 14th child - his third since having a vasectomy. 

The 33-year-old cornerback, who has scored six touchdowns in his career, has now fathered three children since undergoing the snip.

He and his wife welcomed a girl named Jhett Paxton on August 30. 

Former NFL star Antonio Cromartie, pictured with four of his children, was recently welcomed the birth of his 14th child despite having undergone a vasectomy after reaching number 11

Cromartie and his wife Terricka, pictured, will appear in a new reality TV show in November which will feature life with their massive brood 

They couple, pictured with their twins J'Adore and Jynx, insist they are having no more babies

According to US Weekly, the baby was eight pounds and two ounces. 

Terrika said: 'This was one of the best pregnancies I've had out of all five I've had. Half the time I didn't even feel that I was pregnant. I had the most amazing delivery. I felt amazing having my sixth child!'

The former footballer fathered eight children before meeting Terrika. 

She continued: 'They are all loving it. All the kids are helping, even our 16-month-old twins [J'Adore and Jynx].'

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However, talk of a 15th child is somewhat premature. 

Terrika added: 'We are 100 percent done! Absolutely, positively done with having kids. We've been blessed with these guys, but adding to it, I think, would kill us both!'  

The Cromartie line is strong, with his children spread across the country, with eight different mothers.  

The couple admitted they were planning a new reality TV series, The Cromarties, which will feature the couple's massive family. 

The first episode of the show will debut on USA on November 9. 

The couple, pictured wife of their children insist they are not having any more babies

Tally of Antonio Cromartie's 14 kids and their moms 

1. Alonzo Pierre Cromartie, 12 

Mom: Rosemita Pierre, of Tallahassee, Florida, they now live in New Jersey

2. Karis Marie Ford, 10 

Mom: Veronica Marie Ford, they live in San Diego

3. Antonio 'A.J' Cromartie Jr., 10 

Mom: Erin Victoria Wilson, they live in Georgia

4. Deyjah Cromartie, 10

Mom: Latoya M. Burley, living in Houston

5. Tyler Jae Cromartie, 9 

Mom: Ryan Ross, living in Los Angeles

6. London Jaye Cromartie, 9 

Mom: Rhonda Lynn Patterson, living in Charlotte, North Carolina

7. Leilani Cromartie, 8

Mom: Latoya M. Burley (same as child No. 4, Deyjah) in Houston  

8. Julian Cromartie, 6

Mom: Tina living in San Diego

Antonio's now wife, Terricka Cason Cromartie living in New Jersey with him have the five following:

9. Jerzie Cromartie, 7 

10. Jurize, 6

11. Jagger, 5

12 & 13 Twins:

J'Adore and Jynx 16 months

14. Jhett Paxton, born August 30

Terrika has noted the first season will focus on their own nuclear family, but the next season may introduce other mothers and more of Cromartie's brood.  

Many fans' burning question is how on earth was it possible for Terrika to get pregnant again, despite her husband's vasectomy?

Here, urologist Dr Jamin Brahmbhatt from Orlando Health explains.

First, Dr Brahmbhatt emphasizes, there is always the possibility of reversing the vasectomy - simply reconnecting the tubes.

But in many cases, the tubes naturally reformed a connection. While the failure rate is uncommon (about 1 in 2,000 cases), he says, it is not unexpected.

'Sometimes, it just doesn't work,' Dr Brahmbhatt explains. 

'When we do vasectomies we always tell the patients that the tubes may just reconnect.

'It's not something you can really control; it's about how your body heals internally.

'We do everything to ensure the tubes don't come back together. 

'But some things are out of our hands.'

Dr Brahmbhatt says he usually cites a failure rate of about 1 in 2,000.

He describes the procedure as splitting a piece of spaghetti. Sometimes they invert the ends, or burn the tips or put on clips. 

'We do everything we can to avoid failure, but some things are just luck of the draw,' he admits.  

'It's not 100 percent, but if you look at all of the options, it's one of the best forms of birth control.'

If a patient's partner does become pregnant, there are a number of options Dr Brahmbhatt pursues to determine what happened. 

First, he will discuss the option of paternity testing with the patient. 

Second, he will perform a semen analysis. If they detect even one sperm, that's enough. 

Despite Cromartie's booming family (he already has enough kids for his own football team, plus two for the bench), Dr Brahmbhatt emphasizes that the issue of procreating after a vasectomy has nothing to do with fertility.

'You only need that one lucky - or unlucky - sperm to make it happen!' 

Though widely considered the most reliable and cost-effective form of birth control, remain unpopular.

Only about one in 10 eligible men in the U.S. get the operation, according to figures released by the United Nations in 2015.

Conversely, the rate is almost double that in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Vasectomies are minimally-invasive procedures, which take about 15 minutes and involve very little recovery time.

That said, many will feel somewhat tender for a couple of days, and all surgeries carry some level of risk.

The procedure involves severing, then sealing off, a tube called the vas deferens, which carries sperm from the testes to the penis.

This prevents sperm from reaching the seminal fluid (semen), which is ejaculated from the penis during sex.

There will be no sperm in the semen, so a woman's egg can't be fertilized - and the procedure has a 99.9 per cent success rate.

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