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nyteacher13
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Woman gives birth to 17th child!
Okay, I don't know whether to be in shock or grossed out... Read below!!!
Arkansas couple welcomes 17th child
By JILL ZEMAN, Associated Press Writer
35 minutes ago
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - It's a girl — again — for the Duggars. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 17th child, and seventh daughter, into the world Thursday.
Jennifer Danielle was born at 10:01 a.m. at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rogers, Ark., the Duggars said in an interview. Jennifer weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and arrived five days after Michelle's due date.
Less than 30 minutes after giving birth, the Duggars already were talking of having more.
"We'd love to have more," Michelle said, adding that the girls are outnumbered seven to 10 in the family. "We love the ruffles and lace."
Jennifer joins the fast-growing Duggar brood, who live in Tontitown in a 7,000-square-foot home. All the children — whose names start with the letter J — are home-schooled.
The oldest is 19 and the youngest, before Jennifer, is almost 2 years old.
"We are just so grateful to God for another gift from him," said Jim Bob Duggar, 42, a former state representative. "We are just so thankful to him that everything went just very well."
Jennifer joins siblings Joshua, 19; John David, 17; Janna, 17; Jill, 16; Jessa, 14; Jinger, 13; Joseph, 12; Josiah, 11; Joy-Anna, 9; Jedidiah, 8; Jeremiah, 8; Jason 7; James 6; Justin, 4; Jackson, 3; Johannah, almost 2.
The family includes two sets of twins.
Michelle Duggar said that Joshua, Janna, Jill and Jessa were at the hospital, but that the rest of the family planned to visit their new sister later Thursday.
Michelle Duggar said she started feeling contractions Wednesday night and went to the hospital at about 5 a.m. Thursday.
"It actually went fast," she said. "I guess once I started progressing, it went within 30 minutes."
Jennifer was born via a VBAC — or vaginal birth after Caesarean, Jim Bob Duggar said.
The Duggars have been featured on several programs on cable's Discovery Health Network. The next special, the Duggar Family Album, is scheduled to air next month, Jim Bob Duggar said.
Among the "fun facts" listed on Discovery Health's Web page devoted to the Duggars: A baby has been born in every month except June; the Duggars have gone through an estimated 90,000 diapers, and Michelle, 40, has been pregnant for 126 months — or 10.5 years — of her life.
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Re: Woman gives birth to 17th child!
ok lady...close your legs!
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| Posted 8/3/07 11:35 AM |
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JennZ
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Re: Woman gives birth to 17th child!
DAMN!!!
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neenie
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Re: Woman gives birth to 17th child!
I'm surprised that they didnt already have a 'Jennifer'.
more power to them. 
though, I can only imagine whatthat women's uterus looks like 
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Beth
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Re: Woman gives birth to 17th child!
I watched a show where they were building there house
I have no idea how they do it-
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Posted by Blu-ize
ok lady...close your legs!
Don't get me wrong- i kow that this is a common reaction... but i wonder why people think she should stop? They're not out begging for money to raise their kids, so what should it matter??
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nyteacher13
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Posted by nyteacher13
"It actually went fast," she said. "I guess once I started progressing, it went within 30 minutes."
No $hit, really? I thought they would just FALL out after having that many kids!
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Shanti
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Wow! God Bless.
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I saw their show on TLC last week.
Before I saw it I'd say I was a little shocked at the shear numbers as well.
But you know what, they have never been on public assistance, and have taken care of their needs (including schooling) on their own.
They even built their own house 'mostly' by their own labor from the ground up.
Most of all, they are happy.
To each their own.
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Before I saw it I'd say I was a little shocked at the shear numbers as well.
But you know what, they have never been on public assistance, and have taken care of their needs (including schooling) on their own.
They even built their own house 'mostly' by their own labor from the ground up.
Most of all, they are happy.
To each their own.
ITA! 
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nyteacher13
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Posted by -DonnaMarie-
I saw their show on TLC last week.
Before I saw it I'd say I was a little shocked at the shear numbers as well.
But you know what, they have never been on public assistance, and have taken care of their needs (including schooling) on their own.
They even built their own house 'mostly' by their own labor from the ground up.
Most of all, they are happy.
To each their own.
All very good points! I'd love to see the show... do you have any idea if/when it will be on again? I'd love to have a big family some day (like 4!) but damn, THAT'S big!!!
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i've seen them on tv, also.
at first, i thought, "YOU MUST BE CRAZY!"
after watching, i can onlly say, "i wish i could be so organized"
god bless them and their growing family.
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this is her from her 16th child last year
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My only thought on it was that it must be hard to have a lot of one-on-one time with your parents when you have 16 siblings.
But hey, it's not my family - it's theirs. I have no idea how they do it, but they look really happy!
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Posted by neenie
I'm surprised that they didnt already have a 'Jennifer'.
That was my frist thought!!
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Jessee
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Isn't it amazing how so many of us are worried about having one child (financially) and they're getting by with 17!? I can't even imagine their grocery bills, etc.
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I have issues with the thought of only ONCE
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Re: Woman gives birth to 17th child!
I can hardly handle my 4 - I can't even imagine 17.
Also, my uterus hurts just thinking about it.
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Goldi0218
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Re: Woman gives birth to 17th child!
Good for her. If I could afford and have time for 17 kids, I'd do it too. It seems they are pretty self sufficient and ask for nothing. She is right, each one is a blessing.
However, it looks like she has the mother of all mullets!
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Posted by nyteacher13
Posted by -DonnaMarie-
I saw their show on TLC last week.
Before I saw it I'd say I was a little shocked at the shear numbers as well.
But you know what, they have never been on public assistance, and have taken care of their needs (including schooling) on their own.
They even built their own house 'mostly' by their own labor from the ground up.
Most of all, they are happy.
To each their own.
All very good points! I'd love to see the show... do you have any idea if/when it will be on again? I'd love to have a big family some day (like 4!) but damn, THAT'S big!!!
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Dicovery Channel/TLC link
Two of the shows on their family are airing on August 6th and 8pm and 9pm.
It really is a feat in organization! Its quite interesting.
Their new home is beautiful and must make everyday life much more manageable.
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Posted by Kara
My only thought on it was that it must be hard to have a lot of one-on-one time with your parents when you have 16 siblings.
But hey, it's not my family - it's theirs. I have no idea how they do it, but they look really happy!
That's always my concern when I see families like that. I don't care about their financials. That's up to them. It's just sad, IMO, that the kids won't really have any time to be kids, and spend time with their parents. With that many kids, the older kids wind up watching the younger ones. I don't think that's fair to the older kids. I feel a little guilty because I have to share my time between DS and DD. I can't imagine having to share my time between 17 kids.
I'm not judging, since it doesn't affect me, but I enjoy the alone time I can spend with each DC, and the bonds that we create during those times, as well as time together as a family.
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Posted by -DonnaMarie-
I saw their show on TLC last week.
Before I saw it I'd say I was a little shocked at the shear numbers as well.
But you know what, they have never been on public assistance, and have taken care of their needs (including schooling) on their own.
They even built their own house 'mostly' by their own labor from the ground up.
Most of all, they are happy.
To each their own.
ITA!
Posted by GoldenRod
It's just sad, IMO, that the kids won't really have any time to be kids, and spend time with their parents. With that many kids, the older kids wind up watching the younger ones. I don't think that's fair to the older kids. I feel a little guilty because I have to share my time between DS and DD. I can't imagine having to share my time between 17 kids.
I know what you mean but it tends to work out fine. My friends that are from large families (11, 13 & 14 siblings - all of my friends were the youngest) were "mothered" by older sisters. There wasn't resentment since it was all they knew.
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I saw their special on TLC a few months back. All I can say is if my name was Jinger or Jedidiah, I'd be real pizzed at my siblings who got off with names like Jason and Jill! What the fluck is a Jinger?
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Re: Woman gives birth to 17th child!
I bet the kids are happier than most. I have 5 younger siblings and we never felt we didn't have time with mom or dad.
You basically always have someone around with a lot of brothers and sisters, and you always have a playmate.
In their case, well, to each their own is right! I couldn't take 17 pregnancies..my body would collapse but she obviously has no problems and they seem that have their system down pat!
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