Thread: Arkansas Couple Welcomes 17th Child

Arkansas Couple Welcomes 17th Child


Aug 3, 10:56 AM (ET)

By JILL ZEMAN



LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - 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.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070803/D8QPK4SO0.html

This story doesn't make me feel all warm and fuzzy. These people are twisted.

If they can afford all those kids, and want them then best of luck...even if I had the money I don't think I could deal with 17 kids running around the house.

I just hope they're not on welfare.

I saw a documentary on this family about a year ago. No, they're not on welfare. HOWEVER, the community they lived in all got together (including some local businesses) and donated enough money to build them their 7,000 square foot house. They even had a decorator come in and professionally decorate the children's rooms (it was on one of the Home and Garden channel decorating shows).

They're surviving on their notoriety and people's charity.

Also...the girls (including the mother) all wear long dresses, like from out of the 1800s or something. And all the boys dress bizarre as well. This family is very backward and very strange...believe me. Those kids are going to grow up with "issues".

Originally Posted by americangirl

I saw a documentary on this family about a year ago. No, they're not on welfare. HOWEVER, the community they lived in all got together (including some local businesses) and donated enough money to build them their 7,000 square foot house. They even had a decorator come in and professionally decorate the children's rooms (it was on one of the Home and Garden channel decorating shows).

They're surviving on their notoriety and people's charity.

Also...the girls (including the mother) all wear long dresses, like from out of the 1800s or something. And all the boys dress bizarre as well. This family is very backward and very strange...believe me. Those kids are going to grow up with "issues".

If I'm not paying for it, I really don't care.

Reproductive rights only stop when I have to start footing the bill for your kids