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Michelle Duggar is pregnant again with her 18th child...her youngest is 9 months old.
http://ap.google.com/...
Why am I always amazed when this woman is pregnant again? I should be used to it by now!
by NJmom on Fri May 09, 2008 at 10:25:42 AM PDT
that just makes my uterus hurt! that is hard core...
by Elisa on Fri May 09, 2008 at 11:19:21 AM PDT
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my hamsters didn't even reproduce at that rate.
if you wobba cypress trees then I will wobba you
by thais on Fri May 09, 2008 at 12:53:41 PM PDT
trying not to judge...trying to walk a mile in her shoes...not going to say she's out of her mind...not going to say she and her family give me the creepy creepies....not judging...ah...who am I kidding?
I childproofed my house but they got back in somehow.
by lonestar canuck on Fri May 09, 2008 at 01:32:02 PM PDT
I don't mind.
But it reminds me how thankful I am that in this era, we can control our fertility.
by shenanigans on Fri May 09, 2008 at 02:38:10 PM PDT
although, as it eventually turned out, I didn't need so much to control my fertility, I needed to encourage it!
by Lisa in Austin on Sat May 10, 2008 at 06:53:42 AM PDT
It wouldn't bother me if she had 118 children if they'd quit dressing them all the damn same!
by tjb22 on Fri May 09, 2008 at 03:02:00 PM PDT
dude she has practically been pregnant for TWENTY YEARS. Just think about that. 18 kids, oldest 20, youngest 9 months, pregnant again... doesn't that seriously mean for the past 20 years she has been pregnant for 65% of the time? Someone help my math.
20 years = 240 months 17 pregnancies (not counting the new one)= 153 months (based on the 9 month calendar concept, not accounting for what's actually a 10 month process)
Pregnant for 12.75 YEARS.
OH MY GOD.
by lilianna28 on Fri May 09, 2008 at 03:10:52 PM PDT
I know, it doesn't take a lot of time out of the equation, but....
My father was an only child. I think part of the reason he never felt lonely was because down the road there was a family that had 21 children. Everyone swore to this. I never figured out how anyone could manage to have so many, but I guess the Duggars might be giving me a demonstration.
by tjb22 on Fri May 09, 2008 at 03:24:20 PM PDT
said she's been pregnant a total of 11 years.
by Lisa in Austin on Sat May 10, 2008 at 06:49:37 AM PDT
That sounds like my personal version of HELL.
by tessajp on Sat May 10, 2008 at 12:02:35 PM PDT
I am SUPER JUDG-Y of this woman.
by lilianna28 on Fri May 09, 2008 at 03:03:17 PM PDT
I know. They seem like a nice family and the children seem well-cared for, so who knows.
My grandmother had 11 kids, including my mom, and for some reason I don't find that odd or even slightly interesting.
But for some reason, I have like radar towards Duggar news. Although of course, when it gets posted everywhere when she's pregnant again, how can I miss it.
by NJmom on Fri May 09, 2008 at 03:31:51 PM PDT
Clearly, this woman has the easiest pregnancies known to man. Why in the world hasn't her uterus fallen out yet?
by tessajp on Fri May 09, 2008 at 03:21:38 PM PDT
...clearly I meant to type "known to woman." Ugh.
by tessajp on Fri May 09, 2008 at 03:26:55 PM PDT
I think there are two sets of twins, so that takes some of the time out of it.
She did have a C-section at some point, but the rest have been VBACs since then.
She must have the easiest pregnancies ever.
by NJmom on Fri May 09, 2008 at 03:29:12 PM PDT
...for just a second time, I say
SUCK IT, Duggars.
:-)
by Erika on Fri May 09, 2008 at 05:01:09 PM PDT
by lonestar canuck on Fri May 09, 2008 at 05:05:35 PM PDT
Ew. The image is making me ill.
by aussieyank on Fri May 09, 2008 at 05:17:38 PM PDT
in trouble in law school. How about stand-up?
by mamacita on Fri May 09, 2008 at 06:55:11 PM PDT
It's just that the hours suck...heh!
by lonestar canuck on Fri May 09, 2008 at 06:57:26 PM PDT
Oh. My. Gawd!
by gloria on Fri May 09, 2008 at 08:13:09 PM PDT
by Erika on Fri May 09, 2008 at 09:45:22 PM PDT
I just spit soda all over my laptop :-)
by TeachPeace on Fri May 09, 2008 at 10:27:18 PM PDT
Although I cannot imagine that many kids in this house. I struggle with two. And I can't imagine being a kid in that house. It must be a strange existence. But what bothered me in that article wasn't the number of kids.
"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.
So...I can understand having "jurisdictions". It must take some organizing to keep that house running. But the girls have to do girls chores and the boys have to do boys chores. And if a girl hates cooking but would love to change tires, that's just too bad. Unless a TV show comes in and decides to "mix things up"?
Again...glad I didn't grow up in that house.
by aussieyank on Fri May 09, 2008 at 05:38:54 PM PDT
We have never had "girls work" or "boys work" in my house. Its all just work...and we don't assume that anyone should particularly enjoy doing any of it. I'm particularly sensitive to the idea that girls should somehow "enjoy" housework...my whole life I've always been very resentful of that notion. Its that kind of thinking that gets most of it dumped on women....I think there are men who pretend to believe that to ease their guilt. But....I digress.
I will say it again...I'm still hung up on their clothing. Yes, I understand simplicity and modesty, but I find their lack of ability to express any individuality very creepy.
by tjb22 on Fri May 09, 2008 at 07:04:11 PM PDT
my DH speculates what those kids will be like when (if?) they leave home for the first time.
by Lisa in Austin on Sat May 10, 2008 at 06:51:35 AM PDT
The oldest boy has to be about twenty now, right? Is he still at home?
by tessajp on Sat May 10, 2008 at 12:01:27 PM PDT
I can't imagine having sex that soon after giving birth. What was it, like an hour after the last came out?? Michelle has one amazing bod.
by mamacita on Fri May 09, 2008 at 06:44:13 PM PDT
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