Woman Expecting Her 18th Child
Michelle Duggar is expecting her 18th child.
You may have heard of the Duggar family before: they live in Arkansas and have done several specials for the Discovery Channel on their family. Jim Bob Duggar was a car salesman, a politician and a realtor. Michelle is a full time mother and currently homeschools all of the children who range in age from 20 years to 9 months old. There are 10 boys and 7 girls. There are also two sets of twins. Baby number 18 will join the family around New Year?s Day.
All of the children have names beginning with the letter J. Josh is 20; Jana, 18; John-David, 18; Jill, 16; jessa, 15; Jinger, 14; Joseph, 13; Josiah, 11; Joy-Anna, 10; Jeremiah, 9; Jedidiah, 9; Jason, 7; James, 6; Justin, 5; Jackson, 3; Johannah, 2; and Jennifer is 9 months old.
Currently, the family lives in a 7000 square foot home they built themselves, which took them over 39,000 hours to complete. Michelle says that she does over 200 loads of laundry per month and that it costs slightly under $2000 per month to feed her growing brood. She also estimates that she?s been pregnant around 135 months?more than 11 years– of her 41 years of life.
Mrs. Duggar relays that she is currently 6 weeks along in her pregnancy and that she and her husband have said that they will keep having children as long as God wills it for their lives.
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Margaret s says...
I think that having lots of children has become a negative thing these days, because usually it means they become a burden on everyone else, and the mom can’t take care of them, etc. Especially when you see it all over the news, but they are able to care propely for their family, and although they rely strongly on their religion, they seem to be good parents. So I think that as long as they can provide for their family on their own, good for them!
VaMomma says...
I am amazed at the strength this woman has–and I’m talking physical strength.
To be able to carry and birth that many children is certainly an extraordinary accomplishment.
I know how taxing my most recent pregnancy was on my body(I have 5 children) and I’m 38.
I wish the family the very best.