Arkansas mother has 15th child

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-05-25 07:54pm

Why would someone want to have so many children?

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Michelle Duggar is all smiles after delivering her 15th child, but she may be ready for more, her family says.

Mother and child were doing well, although Michelle, 37, was feeling some discomfort because the birth was her second by Caesarean section, said her mother-in-law, Mary Duggar.

“She’s a trouper. She’s just all smiles,” Mary Duggar said.

Jackson Levi Duggar was born at 10:52 a.m. Sunday, weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces and measuring 20 inches.

“She was wanting to do it naturally,” Mary Duggar said. But the delivery was by C-section because one of Jackson’s shoulders was presenting first.

“I call him Jumping Jack because he would go in a circle,” she said.

More on the way?
The baby’s father, former state legislator Jim Bob Duggar, sounded a bit tired but happy after returning home Monday. He said his wife and new son were doing fine. He said he leaves the decision up to Michelle on whether to have more children.

“I have always left it up to Michelle because she’s actually the one that carries them and does all the labor,” he said. “But we both love children. Even yesterday, she said she would like to have some more.”

Michelle probably will be in Washington Regional Medical Center for three or four days, said her mother-in-law, who is taking care of the 14 other children.

Michelle, who home schools her children and is helping to build the family’s new home in Tontitown from the ground up, started having her babies when she was 21, four years after she and Jim Bob married. Her 38-year-old husband is a real estate businessman.

Their children include two sets of twins, and the parents have stuck to the letter “J” for their names. There is Joshua, 16; Jana and John-David, 14; Jill, 13; Jessa, 11; Jinger, 10; Joseph, 9; Josiah, 7; Joy-Anna, 6; Jeremiah and Jedidiah, 5; Jason, 4; James, 2; and Justin, 1.

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Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-05-25 08:04pm

Joy-anna? What an odd name.

It doesn't really bother me how many children a couple has, as long as they're looked after well.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-05-25 08:09pm

Spelling "Jinger" with a J should be illegal.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2004-05-25 08:13pm

CaptainChewbacca wrote:Spelling "Jinger" with a J should be illegal.

Oh shit, are they going for 'Ginger'?

Fuck me sidewise, it didn't even register.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-05-25 08:16pm

Crown wrote:
CaptainChewbacca wrote:Spelling "Jinger" with a J should be illegal.

Oh shit, are they going for 'Ginger'?

Fuck me sidewise, it didn't even register.

Didn't hit me either.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-05-25 08:55pm

"Jebidiah?" As in, "Hey, Jebidiah, give us your lunch money before we beat the shit out of you?"

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-05-25 08:57pm

Why aren't any of her kids names Jesus?

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2004-05-25 08:58pm

Gandalf wrote:Joy-anna? What an odd name.

It doesn't really bother me how many children a couple has, as long as they're looked after well.

I'd like to see how many manage to get into college.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-05-25 08:59pm

HemlockGrey wrote:"Jebidiah?" As in, "Hey, Jebidiah, give us your lunch money before we beat the shit out of you?"

Are you kidding me? Jebidiah is a farmer's name. He probably wrestles bulls for fun. He'll knock your face through the back of your head.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-05-25 08:59pm

HemlockGrey wrote:"Jebidiah?" As in, "Hey, Jebidiah, give us your lunch money before we beat the shit out of you?"

No, even worse, it's a Jedidiah. Maybe they were going for the "Jedi" thing but Jedidiah? That's just plain weird.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-05-25 09:23pm

So he better hope they never run reruns of The Beverly Hillbillies when he's growing up or the kids will be calling him Jed Clampet.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » 2004-05-25 09:26pm

How the fuck can you financially support 15 children?

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2004-05-25 09:28pm

Tsyroc wrote:So he better hope they never run reruns of The Beverly Hillbillies when he's growing up or the kids will be calling him Jed Clampet.

See above, where someone mentions that he's probably a farmer with plenty of muscle to crush taunters' skulls.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-05-25 09:29pm

Are you kidding me? Jebidiah is a farmer's name. He probably wrestles bulls for fun. He'll knock your face through the back of your head.

The day I get my ass kicked by some backwater Lancastrian farmer is the day I move to New Jersey.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2004-05-25 09:29pm

15 kids.

I wonder if they inspired 'Cheaper by the Dozen'?

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2004-05-25 09:31pm

HemlockGrey wrote:
Are you kidding me? Jebidiah is a farmer's name. He probably wrestles bulls for fun. He'll knock your face through the back of your head.
The day I get my ass kicked by some backwater Lancastrian farmer is the day I move to New Jersey.

The day you get your ass kicked by the Amish, I'll laugh so hard I cough up my pancreas.

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2004-05-25 09:41pm

HemlockGrey wrote:The day I get my ass kicked by some backwater Lancastrian farmer is the day I move to New Jersey.

He'd turn the other cheek... and then crush you with his mighty Amish glutes.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-05-25 09:45pm

I wonder if they inspired 'Cheaper by the Dozen'?

The movie is loosely based (read: there's 12 children and the name is the same but no other similarities) on a book of the same name which is a biographical account of a family which really did have 12 children; IIRC, the father was an "efficiency consultant".

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-05-25 11:29pm

Well there would be problem when the children grow up. They would have difficulty dividing parental property between so many children.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-05-26 12:07am

Good gravy, they're called condoms. Get some!

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-05-26 02:52am

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
she had so many children,
her uterus fell out.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-05-26 03:18am

What's next, a son named John Jacob Jinglehammer Smith?

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-05-26 07:47am

Crayz9000 wrote:What's next, a son named John Jacob Jinglehammer Smith?

Jingleheimer Schmidt, you rube! And families like this are precisely whats wrong with the world today. Too many goddamned humans, not enough shit around to feed em all. Goddamn china with billions, india with billions...is it any wonder that 80% of civilization is a festering shitpool of third world and stuggling countries? anyway, I've done my part to keep population growth at zero. I had one. One to replace me when I die. That's it. No more. ever. Not maybe, not perhaps, not possibly, never. now I'm not saying that a couple should have a kid, or two kids, or even three...but bloody hell, come on, people...15....i mean....15?! This woman is a walking stretch mark! How can his dick even come in contact with her sidewalls? Does he tie a 2X4 to his ass and dive in or what?

Phil Skayhan · Post by **Phil Skayhan** » 2004-05-26 10:28am

Defiant wrote:How the fuck can you financially support 15 children?

You work your ass off, clip coupons, hand down clothes, fix household & auto problems yourself, no luxeries, ect. It also help greatly if your job benefits have good dental and medical coverage.

Me - #9 of 11

Jawawithagun · Post by **Jawawithagun** » 2004-05-26 06:42pm

Defiant wrote:How the fuck can you financially support 15 children?

Seems like he had a well-paying job.

The baby’s father, former state legislator Jim Bob Duggar,...