Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar have just announced that they are expecting their 19th child.  The reality TV show family just welcomed their 18th child into the world a short 8 months ago and are expecting the birth of their first grandchild in in October.

Michelle, who is 42, says that she is tired and nauseous, but mentioned that tired an nauseous was pretty normal for the first trimester of pregnancy.  Michelle also homeschools all of the school aged children and has taught each child to play the violin.  Jim Bob, along with help from the rest of the family, built their new home.

For those of you who were wondering, along with me, the family figures that they have changed an estimated 90,000 diapers and that they do approximately 200 loads of laundry per month.  Michelle has not been pregnant for 147 months of her life which is only about 12 years.

The newest addition is expected to be born around March 18th.  The Duggar’s first grandchild, a baby girl, is due October 18th.

Michelle Duggar is expecting her 18^th 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.