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    The Duggars Expecting 20th Child

    The Duggars have their 20th child on the way!

    "19 Kids and Counting" stars Michelle and Jim Bob will welcome their next child in the spring, People reported.

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    "We are so excited," the Duggar mother, 45, who is three-and-a-half months along, told the mag. "I feel good. I am past the sickness stage now."

    The couple's most recent child, Josie, born on Dec. 10, 2009, is doing well after being born premature at just 25 weeks.

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    "It is a miracle. Josie is the most energetic, busy little almost-2-year-old," Michelle told the mag. "She is short, and yet she can keep up with the big girls and she thinks she is just as big as they are. We are amazed at what she can do."

    According to dad Jim Bob, his wife is doing better than ever.

    "Michelle is probably in better health now than she was 10 years ago," the 46-year-old said. "She has been getting on an elliptical for about an hour a day and is very careful of what she eats."

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    During her last pregnancy, the Duggar mother was diagnosed with preeclampsia and is now under the care of a high-risk pregnancy doctor. She is eating very healthy with plenty of protein, vegetables and skipping the caffeine - along with getting plenty of rest.

    "We are just going to do the best we can," she explained. "I am taking a nap every day, and we are just taking good care."

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    Jim Bob added, "If we had lived by fear after Michelle had preeclampsia after her second delivery, we would have missed out on all our wonderful blessings. So many of her pregnancies have gone extremely well."

    One aspect of their latest pregnancy that will be different is Michelle's first scheduled C-section.

    "I've never had a planned C-section," Michelle told the mag. "So this one will be different."

    In addition to their youngest daughter Josie, the couple is also parents to Joshua, 23 (who has two children, Mackynzie, 2 and Michael, 4 months, with wife Anna, 23), twins Jana and John-David, 21; Jill, 20; Jessa, 19; Jinger, 17; Joseph, 16; Josiah, 15; Joy-Anna, 14; twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah, 12; Jason, 11; James, 10; Justin, 8; Jackson, 7; Johanna, 6; Jennifer, 4; and Jordyn, 3.

    The season finale of "19 Kids and Counting" airs tonight at 9 PM on TLC.

    Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

    What do you think?

    Are 20 children too many?

    Enough is enough The more, the merrier
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    • anchi / named by my germa ...  •  1 mth 16 days ago
      Nuts nuts nuts.They have enough children.What are the children going to do when she dies during your birth????
    • Amy  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      So her 19th baby was born at 25 weeks and she miscarried her 20th baby. I think her body is telling her its time to count her 19 blessings and leave it at that!
    • Krishawn  •  3 mths ago
      Frist and For most they are killing how can you be emotionaly and phisicaly andmoney fit for 20 children. You Need like bigger then a House to fit 20 of them things it's krazzzy
    • A B  •  Norfolk, Virginia  •  4 mths ago
      I have mixed feelings, too. It's starting to get creepy. But.....who is to judge?
    • Alycia  •  Providence, United States  •  5 mths ago
      I have two sides to this. One side of me is very thankful that she is a wonderful Mother and tries her very best to be the best Mother she can unlike some of the young mom's out there that just hand their child over to their own mothers or just don't care at all and would rather party then raise a child (then close your legs if that's the case). But then another part of me thinks in a way this is selfish, basically not fair to the children she has now. They need attention and not from their older siblings from their Mother and Father all the time. I don't know I guess i'm just thankful I'm not one of her children.
    • Lizzie  •  San Francisco, United States  •  5 mths ago
      This disgusts me. SI would not be surprised if this baby doesn't make it. A woman's body is not meant to pop out 20 children
    • Candy J  •  Altoona, United States  •  6 mths ago
      I wish the Duggars could have 200 kids. I would rather see the earth populated with loving kindhearted people like the Duggars instead of the selfish hateful kind who post a lot of these comments.
      • A Yahoo! User 6 mths ago
        Candy J Thank you so much for being like me you and and I are like the only nonnegative people on this blog and I agree with you maybe even 50,000 Kids!!!
      • AK 5 mths ago
        agreed!
    • erika s  •  Butler, United States  •  6 mths ago
      When your children start having children I think it is time to stop having them yourself!
      • An 6 mths ago
        Not in this day and age when so many YOUNG girls are getting pregnant.
      • Debra 6 mths ago
        and women are able to stagger their babies ages.My grandmother and my mother were pregnant at the same time. My mom was only 19 at the time,but yes i have an uncle 1 mo. older than me.
      • Amber 6 mths ago
        Right!!!
    • children's tutor  •  San Antonio, United States  •  6 mths ago
      If the family would like to keep the "and counting" thing going, and if they have enough room and resources, (guess they do with a TV show,) then why not try to adopt some children who are already on this planet? We have many special needs children who need love and siblings; why try to "grow" your own? Does this sound mean- spirited? Hope not! I decided not to have a child at 45 - (after I met the "right one") because I visited a genetics/fertility clinic and found my odds of having a downs syndrome child was approximately one in 12.
      If one becomes preggers at 45 +, you may have to accept that God is blessing you, and I would hope/pray for the absolute BEST- but to TRY to have another baby - and one has to wonder if it's BECAUSE of the TV show, this appears to be a mockery of our very reason for being.

      It is totally selfish to have children that will not be reared in a normal home. How does one care for these many children emotionally?
      • Shari 6 mths ago
        Maybe they will when they can't have their own anymore. How many have YOU adopted?
      • Tiffany 6 mths ago
        thats your choice you cant blame others for having thier own kids most ppl adopt because they cant have them smh you cant blame others because of wrong in the world
      • irenne 6 mths ago
        there are so many people on this planet!why on earth would these people need 20 kids?what's the purpose of that?only to feed their egocentric personalities, their desire to be needed. Of course people should adopt. it makes much more sense than be pregnant at 45--endangering both your and your child's life. What a twisted couple!
    • celes2017  •  6 mths ago
      Hurry up and go through menopause already Michelle!
      • Victoria 6 mths ago
        as long as she keeps having kids menopause wont start
      • celes2017 6 mths ago
        Not true! Although I know it's still possible for an elderly woman to have children. I've heard of the instance, but it's RARE.
      • Ava 6 mths ago
        I'm afraid she'll just turn to adoption once she hits menopause!
    • h  •  Kansas City, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Their last child was born early with complications... its time to STOP having babies, when you can no longer carry them to full term. SELFISH!!!
      • Presley Michelle 6 mths ago
        I feel bad for her kids:(. This kid's probably gonna end up with Down's Syndrome..
      • joe 6 mths ago
        wow. i just cant even respond to this......
      • Brittany 6 mths ago
        SERIOUSLY THAT IS ONE OF THE RUDEST THINGS TO SAY ABOUT AN UNBORN CHILD
    • Sassy  •  6 mths ago
      Wouldn't they run out of J names? What J names are left for them to use?
    • CF  •  6 mths ago
      When your older children start raising your younger children then it's time to stop having kids. So sad...the older kids (the girls that is) seem to have no life outside of running the household.
    • Mary  •  6 mths ago
      Just because you CAN breed, doesn't mean you should. Children in industrialized countries use up a vast amount of resources and create a huge impact on the environment. Overpopulation is, literally, a gigantic problem. If they have a desire for a large family, why not adopt and care for kids who are already here? It just seems kind of selfish to me.
    • Maria C  •  Bel Air, United States  •  6 mths ago
      I find it very sad that these people are still breeding and on television. First of all to answer one of the posters. THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTING THESE CHILDREN BY TEMSELVES! They are starring in a TV show. Also, she is not raising these children- her older girls are. She is NOT a mother - she is a breeder - real mothers with that amount of children do not have the luxury to work out on ellipticals, take naps and have their food made for them and brought to them. The kids might be happy, but its not because they have a real relationship with their mother. The small onces do not even know what it means to really be with a mother that has time for them. This woman gets back to breeding almost immediately after she pops another child out. She has a psychological condition... she can only be happy when she is pregnant and birthing. And their excuse that they do not believe in birthcontrol is total nonsense. Abstinence for the sake of their other children is an option that these breeders just cannot fathom. And they have taught their kids well. These kids will be in the business of breeding as well. They do not care about anything but themselves.. and I would call that kind of behavior self centered, selfish and sort of sick.
    • Jean  •  6 mths ago
      Ridiculous, I think she should get a new hairdo instead.
    • going crazy  •  6 mths ago
      As one of 7 siblings and in a deeply religious family, this is my view:
      There is Intimacy Jealousy toward each new addition to a family.
      Childlren need attention. When good behavior no longer works they will turn to bad behavior.
      Tweenies need to be monitored closely until the hormonal imbalances level out.
      The odds are good that at least 1 out of 20 children will feel resentment.
    • ElizabethE  •  Elizabethtown, United States  •  6 mths ago
      ‎7 billion!!!!.......and counting.........Stop breeding
    • sweet pee  •  6 mths ago
      Hellllllllllllllllllllllll Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo- whats wrong with these people
    • sunne  •  6 mths ago
      yeah, more white children coming into the world!!!! we are the smallest minority in the world...the more the merrier!!!!
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