The Duggar Family is pregnant AGAIN!

[pennst8r]

I do admit I watch the specials about them...

Did anyone else notice that one of the younger boys--didn't look much older than 5 --was helping to cook and taking things in and out of the oven?

I wonder if the kids will want to have large families??

 

[wishspirit]

Just looking at the family photos, and they do seemed to have travelled well around the states, a lot more than a lot of families can boast.

I just find it weird that the girls have to wear skirts! Long ones too! Weirds me out a little.

 

[SueM in MN]

From what I have heard she has been told by a doctor before that she should not have any more children.

They need to cut it out before her DH ends up raising those kids by himself.

That was part of the show when she became pregnant with the last one. ?Baby Jennifer?
Before that pregnancy, the doctor had said he would not care for her if she chose to become pregnant again. She was told that she was at grave risk of her uterus rupturing during pregnancy, killing both the baby and her.
She and her DH said that they believed if God sent them another pregnancy, nothing bad could happen.
My thought was that maybe God sent them the doctor to warn them.

Frankly, I would be very surprised if the kids, especially the girls, were being raised with the expectation of college.

From one of their TV shows, a lot of the girls' home school classes have to do with running a household. One of the girls is responsible for the wash and has to figure out how much detergent, etc to buy and what the budget for that would be. Some of her other math problems had to do with figuring out things like the amount of time needed to do xx number of loads of wash and then schedule her time around that.

Should any of the children attend college he or she would likely qualify for financial assistance based on the number of dependents at home. I personally know what it is like to have $50,000 in student loan debt and no help from my parents so I plan to assist my TWO children when the time comes. That is my choice. The bigger issue (for me, anyway) is that not one of these girls appears to be encouraged to follow any dream that isn't traditional "women's work". What if one of the daughters wants to study archeology? Or molecular biology? Or dance? Will she be encouraged and supported? Not if they truly follow the "Quiverfull" philosophies. I find that to be very sad.

I think they are really only exposed to people with the same philosophy, so they don't really have any ideas about work outside of their little 'cocoon'.
With the kids having to schedule (in advance) their little 20 minute sessions with mom and dad, I doubt that anyone gets much time to talk about their dreams.
And with all the work they are assigned, I doubt that many of the kids get much time to dream.

Here's a question-please forgive me if it's dumb...

She's pregnant with her 18th child. At what point does her health become an issue with basically yearly pregnancies? Do OB's worry about taking patients like this, or is no big deal?

It was a problem a long time ago.
For the health of the mom and baby, it's recommended to wait at least 2 years between pregnancies.

 

[mylilnikita]

Makes me wonder if they have the older kids essentially parenting the younger ones, what is going to happen to Jim Bob and the wife when they get older? The older kids will have done their time taking care of kids having kids of their own.

 

[KiKi Mouse]

I think it is sad that the children are growing up without knowing what choices they have as far as their future goes.
We have Hutterite colonies where I live and the Duggars remind me very much of their way of life. Self sufficient, stay within the colony, work within the colony, etc. It's not necessary a bad life and fine if it can sustain itself...but...how can that happen with the Duggars? The boys will want to leave and start their own lives I would assume. The girls will be married off.
Unless they just keep adding to the family with daughters and sons in law and then tons of grandchildren.

 

[pennst8r]

As for the kids studying archeology or biology, ....do you remember if they home school because of their religou views? If they are like some home schoolers I know (and they seem to be) who do, they teach from a very different science book. The world is only 2000 years old, carbon dating is wrong, dinosaurs existed with man..... I can't imagine how the ones I know would make it in traditional college classes.

 

[monsterkitty]

Or how about Jesusenoughalready.

You just made me choke on my chocolate shake.

 

[suzanna1066@comcast.]

You know it wasn't too long ago that families this size were common. Their religious beliefs dictate that they let "God" decide how many children they should have thus they practice no form of birth control. Say what you want about Michelle Duggar but she is obviously organized. Again, if they can afford it (which obviously they can) and their spiritual beliefs dictate it, why is everyone so worried about it?
I have seen the shows about them. They seem to be a very happy family. I have said in a previous post that I would never make the choice they made but I am not going to make fun of them and criticize just because I have a different lifestyle.
I don't mean to offend but this thread seems very mean-spirited to me.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

You know it wasn't too long ago that families this size were common. Their religious beliefs dictate that they let "God" decide how many children they should have thus they practice no form of birth control. Say what you want about Michelle Duggar but she is obviously organized. Again, if they can afford it (which obviously they can) and their spiritual beliefs dictate it, why is everyone so worried about it?
I have seen the shows about them. They seem to be a very happy family. I have said in a previous post that I would never make the choice they made but I am not going to make fun of them and criticize just because I have a different lifestyle.
I don't mean to offend but this thread seems very mean-spirited to me.

What is really mean is having children and then forcing your other children to raise them.

 

[ilisao]

You know it wasn't too long ago that families this size were common. Their religious beliefs dictate that they let "God" decide how many children they should have thus they practice no form of birth control. Say what you want about Michelle Duggar but she is obviously organized. Again, if they can afford it (which obviously they can) and their spiritual beliefs dictate it, why is everyone so worried about it?
I have seen the shows about them. They seem to be a very happy family. I have said in a previous post that I would never make the choice they made but I am not going to make fun of them and criticize just because I have a different lifestyle.
I don't mean to offend but this thread seems very mean-spirited to me.

Where to start? It's unhealthy for children to grow up in such a coccoon. It's unhealthy, IMO, to have to schedule one on one time with your kids. It's simply not right that those kids have to raise their younger siblings simply because their father can't keep it in his pants. They have no childhood. These kids are not being raised to find their own interests. And what about their environmental footprint? On the Discovery Channel site, it says they've used approximately 90,000 disposable diapers to date. They do 200 loads of laundry.

When you start parading your family around on tv for the world to see, yeah, I can and will have an opinion.

 

[suzanna1066@comcast.]

I disagree. It is their life and their children seem well cared for and happy. The shows about them are not promoting their lifestyle but are more about how they maintain an organized environment.
I guess I just don't like seeing people made fun of and ridiculed. Sorry

 

[bigmerle1966]

Man, My MIL breast fed all 12 of hers for like 2 years APIECE....

Oh my stars! That's 24 years!

Well with that much "traffic" I'd be surprised if Jim Bob even knows if he hit his target!

She due around new years...I bet she has a Christmas baby...She could ame him Jesus..Goes with the J theme.

I hope they give up the J's and go with an M for once! But if not please let it be a boy cause they will probably come come up with another Joy-Anna, JoAnna or Johannah!

Holy Juacamole!!

Their stiimulus check should pay for a new extended van.

They need a bus!

Here's a question-please forgive me if it's dumb...

She's pregnant with her 18th child. At what point does her health become an issue with basically yearly pregnancies? Do OB's worry about taking patients like this, or is no big deal?

They have apparently talked to her about it before.

I believe that with the exception of one child that was a c-section, the rest were home births.

I think more than that were born in a hospital. I have seen several pictures of her over the years in a hospital bed. At this point I don't think they would really let her, sounds like she is really high risk.

 

[Pigeon]

You know it wasn't too long ago that families this size were common.

And it wasn't too long ago that women weren't allowed to vote or own property. Fortunately, we've evolved a little.

These people have chosen to make their private circus a media circus (complete with the aforementioned clown car). So if they can benefit financially from making a spectacle of their breeding, they can expect to be critiqued for it.

 

[Shutterbug]

You know it wasn't too long ago that families this size were common. Their religious beliefs dictate that they let "God" decide how many children they should have thus they practice no form of birth control. Say what you want about Michelle Duggar but she is obviously organized. Again, if they can afford it (which obviously they can) and their spiritual beliefs dictate it, why is everyone so worried about it?
I have seen the shows about them. They seem to be a very happy family. I have said in a previous post that I would never make the choice they made but I am not going to make fun of them and criticize just because I have a different lifestyle.
I don't mean to offend but this thread seems very mean-spirited to me.

People in cults seem happy too...brainwashing will do that to you.

 

[NEVERENOUGHWDW]

If the new baby is a boy, keeping with the "J" names, the other kids collectively decided to name the child Jiminy

With all the work they do, they want this child to be the conscience to guide mom's decision for a tubal or hysterectomy.

Wouldn't wish a hysterectomy on any woman before her time.....

 

[Pigeon]

Wouldn't wish a hysterectomy on any woman before her time.....

Her "time" was about a dozen kids ago.

 

[hentob]

What is really mean is having children and then forcing your other children to raise them.

When you start parading your family around on tv for the world to see, yeah, I can and will have an opinion.

What she said.

 

[hentob]

Because the adults aren't doing the laundry or the cooking. The kids are. Michelle and Jim Bob have plenty of time to breed when they've created all their household help.

They also only have TWO bedrooms for all of those children One for the boys and one for the girls. That HUGE house and teens have to share a bedroom with the toddlers

 

[Hollister]

If I was one of the kids, I wouldn't be a happy camper.

 

[PrincessSuzanne]

You know it wasn't too long ago that families this size were common. Their religious beliefs dictate that they let "God" decide how many children they should have thus they practice no form of birth control. Say what you want about Michelle Duggar but she is obviously organized. Again, if they can afford it (which obviously they can) and their spiritual beliefs dictate it, why is everyone so worried about it?
I have seen the shows about them. They seem to be a very happy family. I have said in a previous post that I would never make the choice they made but I am not going to make fun of them and criticize just because I have a different lifestyle.
I don't mean to offend but this thread seems very mean-spirited to me.

Then God created birth control.

We worry about it because it can't be healthy for those children to not have the individual attention they need.

You know I went to church with this crazy woman that said God said in the Bible that we shouldn't wear shoes, but for the life of me I can't find that scriptuer anywhere. Maybe the Duggars shouldn't take so "literally" what the Bible says, because much of it isn't meant to be taken "literally".

Suzanne