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the duggers are having number 19!

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heather1980 · 02/09/2009 11:04

they have announced the arrival of no 19 in march 2010 omg

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bargainhuntingbetty · 02/09/2009 11:05

They really need to get a TV.

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juuule · 02/09/2009 12:23

And they have a grand-daughter due in October

Duggar family

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dottyaboutstripes · 02/09/2009 13:30

I wonder how her body copes with it? Incredible!

Betty - there's nothing good on tv though, making your own entertainment is WAY more fun

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bargainhuntingbetty · 02/09/2009 14:17

I cant help but wonder how 'stable' the children are. I mean its all well and good beleiving in god but they are never experiencing life outside of their own community and will grow up to produce loads of children who will then grown up in that community. I just think that children should be allowed to experience life for themselves and make their own choices not have things thrust upon them (they dont even go to school and mix with people who are not from their religion). I am not slagging off religion, I'm all for having beleifs etc but I think this lot are just taking it totally too far. They make me that their children will grow and and just be baby making machines like their parents.

Rant over and Im sorry if I offend anyone but this is my view only.

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NotanOtter · 02/09/2009 14:20

why will their children follow suit?

if they do - then surely this indicates they have had a childhood they wish to replicate for their own dcs?

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bargainhuntingbetty · 02/09/2009 14:39

They will follow suit because it is expected that they will meet and marry someone in their own community just like the older son and his wife have done. I just dont think its fair thats all. Can you really see them being allowed to break away and go travelling the world etc??

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juuule · 02/09/2009 14:48

"Can you really see them being allowed to break away and go travelling the world etc??"

I can.

"they are never experiencing life outside of their own community "

Isn't that true for a lot of children?

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bargainhuntingbetty · 02/09/2009 14:53

Like I said this is just mu opinion, I am entitled to have one and as it is MY opinion I dont expect others to feel the same, I will perhaps keep my opinions to myself from now on.

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MerlinsBeard · 02/09/2009 14:54

holy cow !!

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Scorps · 02/09/2009 14:55

Ahh, the fabulous and original television comment.

Good for them, i say .

I know plenty of one/two/three child fmailies who have never left their county/country. Where i live, a mixed race child is rare; rarer still a child from a different religious background. No-one here misses out!

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BoffinMum · 02/09/2009 15:07

I am so inspired by this that despite the fact I am over 40, and suffer from SPD still, I am going to get DH to build me a permanent hoist so I can gestate away and produce another 16 offspring before my time is up, to beat their record.

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BoffinMum · 02/09/2009 15:07

Won't they run out of names beginning with J soon?

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sorky · 02/09/2009 21:49

Juule are they HE do you think?

They must be surely.

I don't think they live isolated lives, infact I'm a wee bit

Imagine the love!

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NotanOtter · 02/09/2009 22:36

bargainhunting mummy are you taking offence?

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DontCallMeBaby · 02/09/2009 22:38

Wow. If their children followed suit they'd have 361 grandchildren. My parents and in-laws have one between them!

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ilovesprouts · 02/09/2009 22:40

daddy dugger needs to tie a knott in it 19 kids blimey

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Ceolas · 02/09/2009 22:41

omg I have just had number 5 and honestly I feel knackered. I don't know how she copes with pregnancy and birth so many times.

I think we're done

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NotanOtter · 02/09/2009 22:42

i said that after number 5 Ceolas

number 6 is a lovely boy

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kinderfool · 02/09/2009 22:44

The pics and descriptions on that site have that 'overly saccharine', slightly vomit inducing look that some Yanks seem to love (especially with the motivational words on the wall) but that's my only (rather pathetic) objection . If appearances are right it looks like the children are happy, well-cared for and the parents really cherish them so if there happen to be 19 of them then fine. Unless I've missed something they don't seem to have done it for government handouts (unlike some in the UK) so congrats to them!

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Ceolas · 02/09/2009 22:46

no, honestly, the labour was long and drawn out. Mentally it was so hard-going. I don't think I could go through that again. And the mws said it often gets worse

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IrishDraught · 02/09/2009 22:49

Aww congratulations to them , I love the Duggars!

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NotanOtter · 02/09/2009 22:51

what have you got now Ceolas? ( girls/boys)

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Ceolas · 02/09/2009 22:53

4 dds 1 ds. Latest was dd4

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NotanOtter · 02/09/2009 22:55

how dreamy
i am in love with ds4!

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juuule · 03/09/2009 08:34

Sorky they are home-ed. I don't think they are isolated,either.

Ceolas I think the midwives were just trying to put you off HV told me that my scrawny looking dc6 was like that because more than likely my body just couldn't find the resources to grow babies any more and perhaps I should take it as a sign to stop. Dc7 (17m later) was 2lb heavier and quite chunky So I don't think they really know.