Well, might as well be a shoe with all these kids under one roof!! Just the thought of it makes me want to take two birth control pills today.


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.

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On the Net:

Duggar family Web site: http://www.duggarfamily.com

I just can not imagine 19 people in a 7000 sq ft home. I can not imagine giving birth 17 times, either.
I guess if you can afford them..........at least he is an ex - State Rep.
I am glad that they are all healthy.
17, however, that is just too weird.


Thanking the heavens for 3.

Sorry...I just can't resist.

Don't click if you've got a boss over your shoulder.

wow, think of the family reunion in 15/20 years, that would suck! good thing they are from a good sized town, or the dating life would really suck for them too! lol

LMAO. I thought about that pic when I posted this. Couldn't be a more appropriate one for this story.

Ex-cat you are right...that story could get a lot worse if they were from a small town. They would have serious dating problems.

Of course it's appropriate That picture is of THEM. Only the picture was taken about 3 kids ago

Children, we're selling you all to medical research...

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Okay, my grandmother was the youngest of 19...then she had exactly one child of her own.

I think it is downright criminal...the mother may say she is happy and blessed, but frankly, I don't believe it for one second. And who says every child is a gift from God anyway???? But, that may be a different thread!

It is criminal to have a lot of kids?

For some, its' criminal to have one.

It is OK to say

V A G I N A

.........all of our female ancestors had one............Moms, Grandmothers, Sisters, Daughters, Aunts, Nieces.......yep, they all have 'em..........

..............most males spend the first 9 months of their lives struggling to get out of one and the remainder of their lives struggling
to get back in.........

Geez and they said they would like more kids...

How much can one uterus withstand??

This one............at least 17.....even the 2 sets of twins she had had to have a room.......

*ouch* that makes me hurt.........

NURSE...Ohhh....NURSE....*beep* *beep*.......

Being it is that the last time I gave birth was in 1984.........

...........this is the first time I ever heard of a VBAC ( vaginal birth after Cesarean ). It seems to be some sort of oxymoron........

Does this mean that her last delivery was a C-Section and this one is typical, or does it mean that they cut her open to shove the baby through?

My sons are 25 and 30, I might need this info, someday, Lord, have mercy.

Here you go - it's actually pretty common to have a vaginal birth after a c-section now. Why you would want to is beyond me, but who knows!

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean FAQ - Childbirth.org

I just wanted to KNOW so that I could say that NOW I know everything! hahahhaa

Your message answered my question. Thanks.

Sex for the Duggars must be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway.

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Ohhhhhhhhhhh BAD........veryvery Bad..........LOL