Posted on 05/25/2004 9:06:38 PM PDT by projectile
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Michelle Duggar is all smiles after delivering her 15th child, but she may be ready for more, her family says. Mother and child were doing well, although Michelle, 37, was feeling some discomfort because the birth was her second by Caesarean section, said her mother-in-law, Mary Duggar. “She’s a trouper. She’s just all smiles,” Mary Duggar said. Jackson Levi Duggar was born at 10:52 a.m. Sunday, weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces and measuring 20 inches. “She was wanting to do it naturally,” Mary Duggar said. But the delivery was by C-section because one of Jackson’s shoulders was presenting first. “I call him Jumping Jack because he would go in a circle,” she said. More on the way? The baby’s father, former state legislator Jim Bob Duggar, sounded a bit tired but happy after returning home Monday. He said his wife and new son were doing fine. He said he leaves the decision up to Michelle on whether to have more children. “I have always left it up to Michelle because she’s actually the one that carries them and does all the labor,” he said. “But we both love children. Even yesterday, she said she would like to have some more.” Michelle probably will be in Washington Regional Medical Center for three or four days, said her mother-in-law, who is taking care of the 14 other children. Michelle, who home schools her children and is helping to build the family’s new home in Tontitown from the ground up, started having her babies when she was 21, four years after she and Jim Bob married. Her 38-year-old husband is a real estate businessman. Their children include two sets of twins, and the parents have stuck to the letter “J” for their names. There is Joshua, 16; Jana and John-David, 14; Jill, 13; Jessa, 11; Jinger, 10; Joseph, 9; Josiah, 7; Joy-Anna, 6; Jeremiah and Jedidiah, 5; Jason, 4; James, 2; and Justin, 1. © 2004 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Probably the reason for the C-sections --- but it sounds like she's doing okay otherwise and no mention of trips to a welfare office --- as long as they have the income to support that many -- more power to them.
Just damn!
Jumping Billy-Bob Jesus!
Well, you better get her out of there before her family outgrows the store!
Gee my dad was one of 15 kids (that lived) and six still born and only one set of twins in that....
,,, total class! [LOL]
I read in another article about this family that they are Southern Baptist.
Arkansas cheaper by the dozen ping
Maybe when they're little -- but when they're all teenagers wanting to drive and all that? I guess each kid won't get his own room, tv, and bathroom --- probably have to share toys and clothes --- probably a very nice family.
,,, and don't go out of the house much at nights.
I want a nice large catholic family. I don't consider children to be an inconvenience.
I've seen an article on this family before, in a homeschooling magazine. She homeschools that whole family, it is amazing how they function.
My son has gone all through K-8 with a boy whose family has 17 children. Apostolic Lutherans in this case.
Me too.
It should be a nice family, especially with the older kids helping with the younger ones and such (though it wouldn't be fun for some when they want privacy). It would be interesting to know how a family that large manages to operate, especially with all the activities that kids today take part in. But the whole extended family must be getting in on the raising of the kids if they are getting by, so good for them.
"Someone sure has some funds to be able to support 15 kids."
Food must be a killer expense, but you probably save A LOT on clothes as time goes by. Kids never wear out their clothes, they can probably easily be worn by three kids in a row, as long as you avoid the trendy stuff.
People used to have big families like this all the time. And remember, the improverished third worlders do it all the time.
I only have one kid, so I better shut up now. Good luck to mom and dad and all their kids!
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