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Happy Mother's Day! Woman Pregnant with 18th Child

Sat, 11 May 2008 13:22:00 GMT

posted by pauleilers
It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman — she's pregnant with her 18th child.

Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.

"We've had three in January, three in December. Those two months are a busy time for us," she said, laughing.

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The Duggars' oldest child, Josh, is 20, and the youngest, Jennifer, is nine months old.

The fast-growing family lives in Tontitown in northwest Arkansas in a 7,000-square-foot home. All the children — whose names start with the letter J — are home-schooled.

Duggar has been been pregnant for more than 11 years of her life, and the family is in the process of filming another series for Discovery Health.

The new show looks at life inside the Duggar home, where chores — or "jurisdictions" — are assigned to each child. One episode of the new show involves a "jurisdiction swap," where the boys do chores traditionally assigned to the girls, and vice versa, Duggar said.

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"The girls swapped jurisdictions, changing tires, working in the garages, mowing the grass," she said. "The boys got to cook supper from start to finish, clean the bathrooms," among other chores.

Dr. Manny Alvarez, the managing health editor for FOXNews.com, said he has seen other families who have a large number of children; however, the more children a woman has, the higher her chance for birthing complications.

"There can be bleeding complications at the time of the birth, due to overstretching of the uterus," Alvarez said. "But, under the proper management, it can be done."

Duggar said she's six weeks along and the pregnancy is going well. She and her husband, Jim Bob Duggar, said they'll keep having children as long as God wills it.

"The success in a family is first off, a love for God, and secondly, treating each other like you want to be treated," Jim Bob Duggar said. "Our goal is for each one of our children to be best friends, and everybody working together to serve each other makes that happen."

The other Duggar children, in between Joshua and Jennifer, are 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; and Johannah, 2.

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DUGGAR FAMILY 41 - YEAR OLD MATRIARCH PREGNANT WITH 18TH CHILD

Thu, 9 May 2008 22:30:00 GMT

posted by Content40
By JILL ZEMAN

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman — she's pregnant with her 18th child.

Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.

"We've had three in January, three in December. Those two months are a busy time for us," she said, laughing.

The Duggars' oldest child, Josh, is 20, and the youngest, Jennifer, is nine months old.

The fast-growing family lives in Tontitown in northwest Arkansas in a 7,000-square-foot home. All the children — whose names start with the letter J — are home-schooled.

Duggar has been been pregnant for more than 11 years of her life, and the family is in the process of filming another series for Discovery Health.

The new show looks at life inside the Duggar home, where chores — or "jurisdictions" — are assigned to each child. One episode of the new show involves a "jurisdiction swap," where the boys do chores traditionally assigned to the girls, and vice versa, Duggar said.

"The girls swapped jurisdictions, changing tires, working in the garages, mowing the grass," she said. "The boys got to cook supper from start to finish, clean the bathrooms," among other chores.

Duggar said she's six weeks along and the pregnancy is going well. She and her husband, Jim Bob Duggar, said they'll keep having children as long as God wills it.

"The success in a family is first off, a love for God, and secondly, treating each other like you want to be treated," Jim Bob Duggar said. "Our goal is for each one of our children to be best friends, and everybody working together to serve each other makes that happen."

Story comes courtesy of the Associated Press.

The Duggar Family Announces 18th Child

Thu, 9 May 2008 19:03:14 GMT

posted by tatiana

How many children is too many? Well, Michelle Duggar would be a good person to ask. She announced today that she is six weeks pregnant with her 18th child. Yes, that's 18.

The 41-year-old mother is due on New Year's Day, and the baby will join a family of seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins in the bunch, and the oldest child, Josh, is 20-years-old.

Dugger and her husband Jim Bob hail from the town of Tontitown in northwest Arkansas. They live in a 7,000 square foot home, which would only be fitting for a family of that size, and all the children, who's names all start with "J," are home schooled.

The family is currently working on a series for Discovery Health, that takes a look inside the Duggar home, and how the Duggars tackle raising such a large family.

No word yet on the Duggars slowing down their baby-making factory. The couple told the Associated Press that they'll keep having children as long as God wills it.

If the Duggar family plans to continue growing, it might be a good idea to just throw out the whole naming system, and just number their children. Just a thought.

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Welcome to our wikizine called "Michelle Duggar"

Thu, 9 May 2008 18:45:14 GMT

posted by tatiana
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Michelle Duggar". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article!