LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - 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."
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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| Name: zoey9810 | Date: May 10th, 2008 3:13 AM |
| Man ive watched this family on TV and i feel so bad for their kids!!!! now another one, i would shoot my mom if i was her kid!!!! ↑ |
| Name: briseis | Date: May 10th, 2008 5:55 PM |
| Yeah there was a documentary on on that. All the J's! ↑ |
| Name: bennetth | Date: May 10th, 2008 6:17 PM |
| i think it takes a strong woman to raise 17 children. And continue to have more. I saw them on tlc and they look like a loving family. Who can hadle anything that comes thier way.Thier children help thier mother out .Thats what you call a family. So congrat to her and her hubby.That baby is very lucky to have such a strong family unit. ↑ |
| Name: DRB | Date: May 10th, 2008 8:02 PM |
| i wouldnt want to have 18 kids...or have 17 brothers and sisters...so yeah.....they're nuts ↑ |
| Name: cjsims | Date: May 10th, 2008 8:16 PM |
| I've watched these people on TV building their new house. The last time I saw them was when they were finishing their house, and Michelle was pregnant with Johanna. OH MY GOODNESS!! Those parents have more patience than I do! I'd NEVER have more than 4, and even that is pushing it. Pardon the pun. lol. ↑ |
| Name: cjsims | Date: May 10th, 2008 8:18 PM |
| Aren't they gonna runa out of "J" names soon? They're gonna have to start making them up after awhile. I'm glad they're both on the same page about having a ton of kids, cause I know my hubby would NEVER go for it. EVER. I'm not that crazy either, thank GOD. ↑ |
| Name: Opheiliamath | Date: May 12th, 2008 5:52 PM |
Yup I heard congrats to her!
But I watched a special on them and they are COMPLETLEY DEBT FREE and built a home FROM THE GROUND UP!
I think they have it under control,lol. They seem like a well rounded family actually.
i don't feel bad for the kids, they always have a playmate, lol. ↑ |
| Name: Opheiliamath | Date: May 12th, 2008 5:57 PM |
| Plus with doing the special you know there're getting paid. ↑ |
| Name: cherry Girl | Date: May 12th, 2008 10:14 PM |
To
many
kids
stop
already!!! ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: May 13th, 2008 1:15 AM |
| I think part of why they have some many is because of the Publicity and because they get paid to do these shows..... because we all know that after 18 kids the Sex doesnt feel that good LOL theyprop dont feel a thing !!! ↑ |
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