20 Kids And Counting! Michelle Duggar Is Pregnant – Again
Posted on Nov 08, 2011 @ 02:00PM
Eight isn’t enough -- and apparently neither was 19.
Michelle Duggar and her husband Jim Bob made the surprising announcement Tuesday that they are expecting their 20th child.
"We are so excited," Michelle Duggar told the Today show in an exclusive interview.
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Michelle -- who’s three and a half months pregnant -- says she was surprised to discover that she's expecting again at 45. "I was not thinking that God would give us another one, and we are just so grateful."
Michelle says she's over her first-trimester morning sickness and has been craving dill pickles. She says she hasn’t had any health issues and that she’s been working out five or six days a week for the past year. "I'm really in better shape than I've been in 20 years," she said.
The kids thought their dad Jim Bob was joking when he told them they would have a new brother or sister, Michelle said. They lined the family up on the staircase for a photo, she recalled, and Jim Bob said, "Smile -- Mom's going to have another baby!"
"Their mouths dropped," Michelle said. "They all looked at me to see if he was joking."
Jim Bob says he's thrilled for their 20th child. "Michelle and I both feel like some of the most blessed parents in the world. Our children are so sweet... we are so grateful to God."
And, he adds, "We didn't want to stop on an odd number."
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Michelle says she’ll find out the gender of the baby around Christmas.
Their last child, Josie, suffered from gall-bladder problems as well as preeclampsia and was delivered three and a half months prematurely in order to save her life. (Josie is now a healthy toddler who will celebrate her second birthday in December.)
The Duggars' 19 children, who range in age from 23 years to 23 months, are: Joshua, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn-Grace, and Josie.
The family stars in their own reality TV show, 19 Kids and Counting, on TLC.
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LOL that's funny! All the adults kids are jam in with babies, toddlers, adolescences and teens-totallying 19 kids/2 BR's, parents/grandma's BR's not included and they want to add 1 more infant? Where's that kid going to sleep, on the ceiling?
Posted Wed, 11/09/2011 - 12:25pm
1 Duggar child got lost, another child split it arm and another fell down a deep hole b/c their buddies/parents weren't watching them. ADULTS daughters still living at home raising/sleeping in same BR with toddlers/babies and being maids.
Posted Wed, 11/09/2011 - 12:22pm
The Duggars seem to be a nice family that truly cares for their children, and they don't take welfare or need handouts to raise their children, so I'm not going to judge them. More power to them, I say!
Posted Wed, 11/09/2011 - 1:48am
If they were a different race and religion, nobody would dare to say anything negative. They don't ask for handouts, they contribute to society, they are raising responsible kids...not druggies or criminals, and it's their business.
Posted Tue, 11/08/2011 - 10:03pm
Stop watching the show and don't buy the products from the advertisers that sponsers it and maybe this xxxhole will start wearing a condom. These people think they are blessed because this horney xxxhole only cares about ratings.
Posted Tue, 11/08/2011 - 8:52pm
there was an old lady who lived in a shoe, she had some many children her uterus fell out
Posted Tue, 11/08/2011 - 8:44pm
This brood cow needs to be put out to pasture. Her husband must not care if she lives or dies. Oh he probably does....dead brings better Tv ratings. Why do people watch these rabbits?
Posted Tue, 11/08/2011 - 8:39pm
Just because you are fertile does not mean that you act irresponsible. If she dies who is going to take care of her children? Oh I forgot, her other children will. They already do. Wonderful mother? Jim Boob will replace her ASAP
Posted Tue, 11/08/2011 - 8:29pm
Michelle has been quoted as saying, after she almost died with the last baby, she'd love to be pregnant again even if she died. Does this tell you how responsible she feels for the children she's produced?
Posted Tue, 11/08/2011 - 8:18pm
What bothers me is that they are NOT parents to these children. They are just a baby making machine. They make the baby and hand them over to the rest of the kids to raise.
Posted Tue, 11/08/2011 - 7:57pm