VIDEO RECAP: The Duggar Family's Emotional Birth Of Baby Number 19
Posted on Feb 01, 2010 @ 07:40AM
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 19th child Josie Brooklyn into the world on December 10, 2009; she weighed a miniscule 1 lb. 6 ounces.
“Jim Bob told me how small she was. He said, ‘Michelle, her head is the size of a pool ball,’ Michelle emotionally recounted. “I was thinking I’m thankful she was alive, but I’m scared for her life.”
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On Sunday night’s newest episode of 19 Kids and Counting on TLC, the family took viewers through the dramatic journey of Josie’s birth.
“I was surprised, very surprised. I thought maybe it would not happen because of my age,” Michelle explained of her 19th pregnancy. “I was thrilled.” But while in her 24th week of pregnancy, Michelle was rushed to Mercy Hospital in Rogers, Arkansas for severe internal pains. Complications eventually led Michelle to be transferred three hours away to a hospital in Little Rock.
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“We were all concerned because we didn’t know if the baby could survive at 24 weeks,” one of the Duggar daughters said. Michelle expressed her concern saying, “Definitely I realized this was a very serious situation.”
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While the 11 oldest children went on a preplanned trip to El Salvador, Jim Bob stayed at the hospital with Michelle where her condition started to worsen. “The life of my baby is at stake. If the people that are assisting are not able to get that under control for me,” Michelle said of her rising blood pressure. “I could lose my baby and I could lose my life.”
Doctors diagnosed Michelle with pre-eclampsia, which is the most common of the dangerous pregnancy complications. “We’re hoping for the best and praying for the best, but also preparing for the worst,” Jim Bob said.
The Duggars Baby Number 19 Still Fighting To Survive
Unable to get Michelle’s blood pressure down, the doctors decided to deliver baby Josie via c-section, four months prematurely.
“I don’t have a clue what the next months are going to be like for Josie and for us, but I have hope,” Michelle said. “I do have hope.”
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Although a baby’s chance of survival after being born at a stage like Josie’s is 80 percent, the Duggars remain in high spirits. “Jim Bob and I definitely have realized this is a new season of life,” Michelle said. “We’ve never experienced anything like this before or walked through anything like this with one of our children.”
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Who gives a crap if these people disgust you. They have a right to their own life style, just as you have a right to speak your mind, as little as most of yours seem to be anyway. I would bet half of you here collect some sort of welfare. Get a life.
Posted Mon, 02/01/2010 - 8:26pm
This lady needs to be cut and tied and her husband needs a vasectomy. No way can her body handle popping out all these babies. Birth control is the answer. & the media needs to leave them alone.
Posted Mon, 02/01/2010 - 8:17pm
Why do all of you have to trash the Duggars, if you were more Christian like and believed in the Lord there would not be all this trash talk. They set a very good example for family, no welfare or state help. Totally self sufficient
Posted Mon, 02/01/2010 - 7:21pm
What if you're Jewish?
Posted Mon, 02/01/2010 - 7:53pm
Sorry, we are not going to leave "these poor people" alone because they do not want to be left alone. If that were the case, they would live their lives quietly instead of jamming this absurd lifestyle in everyone's faces.
Posted Mon, 02/01/2010 - 6:56pm
TOO BAD THEY ARENT CONTENT WITH ALL THE CHILDREN THEY DO HAVE & KEEP GOING FOR MORE. WHAT HAPPEND TO QUALITY VS QUANTITY?
Posted Mon, 02/01/2010 - 3:14pm
Why don't people just put their remarks away for now and put some effort into praying for little Josie to make a full recovery & be able to go home soon! God Bless You Baby Josie!
Posted Mon, 02/01/2010 - 2:41pm
These people make me sick!!! Just had to have another kid, now this poor baby has the fight of her life to survive, & I pray with no complications!!!! Enough is Enough!!!
Posted Mon, 02/01/2010 - 2:34pm
While I hope and pray that baby Josie grows strong and healthy, these people disgust me. It's not the older childrens responsiblility to raise all the little one's.
Posted Mon, 02/01/2010 - 1:36pm
Josh Duggar makes me sick. He acts like the sun rises and sets on his arrogant ass. Let's see just how well he provides for his future large family, as a part time car salesman. He needs TLC paycheck. Kind of like the Gosselins much?
Posted Mon, 02/01/2010 - 1:39pm