Woman Pregnant With 18th Child

[~Tszura~]

Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child.

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I'm not sure WTF to say about this. I feel bad that she's spent the past 11 + years of her life knocked up, but, hey, whatever makes you happy. She's just damn lucky that they've all turned out healthy. I wouldn't be taking any more chances, though. I bet if one of their earlier children had special needs, they never would have gotten this far.

I read that Mr. Duggar used to be a state senator, but does anyone know what he does now? I know they have a TV show, and maybe that's where they get their money now, but this obvisouly wasn't always the case. I've looked, but I can't find any info. As a social worker, I'm curious to know how they've supported this large of a family for all these years.

[Destroit]

WHAT?!?!?! OMFG....

That's just excessive, I'm sorry. I mean normally that's not bad, especially back 100 years ago, but families that size put SUCH a strain on the environment & such. Well...I'm sure one family obviously won't make that big of an impact.

God knows if I was that lady, and this is just me, I woulda totally went postal like 10 years ago..but if she's actually happy with that, whatever floats your boat I guess...?

[sass_in_the_pants]

They seem very happy and everyone seems to be doing very well.

So why does anyone care?

[Onyx]

I'd think most people couldn't handle that many children.

They actually do seem to be doing well. Their house is paid for, HUGE nice house. They do seminars on being debt-free.

They do seem to love the attention too, though. I looked over their website. Lots of shows about them and they are in the media a lot doing interviews.

[~Tszura~]

I personally don't care that they have that large of a family, especially since they seem to be both happy, AND able to afford it.

My first reaction, not having any children, is....AGGGHHHH!! The whole process of birth scares the crap out of me, and just looks uncomfortable. Why would anyone want to do it 18 times!?!

And then I start to think about how there are other children waiting for good homes. Part of me wishes they would have stopped at about 5, and then adopted the rest. If raising a good family is part of their mission in life, then they could do it with other children who are already here. Using their line of thinking...Gods children are Gods children, right, no matter who's vagina they come out of.

Maybe I should put on my chastity belt, though, and go to one of their seminars on how to be debt-free. Goodness knows we could all use that!

[sass_in_the_pants]

Hey, I'm not saying I'd be all about that either.

God knows it takes a unique family to have, want, and be able to care for 18 children.

And interestingly, MY reaction HAVING two children is....also AAAAAAGGGGHHH!

On the subject of adoption - I think it's a beautiful thing. It's a beautiful thing that costs 10K, and takes about two years. In addition, when Guy and I looked into it, I very quickly realized that our family would not pass muster - our home is modest, we both work, and frankly, our lifestyle just isn't as comfortable as an adoption agency would like. I don't blame them. They are trying to do what is best for the children, but if our family wouldn't get approved, their family like;y wouldn't either.

[Infidus713]

it makes me wonder since they are doing all of this tv shit if they are not having all of these kids just for the attention and another thing is how can they devote a good portion of there time to each child when they are doing all of this... its like hay mom can i talk to you... um lets see i have an opening in august... and their happy could be tv happy, and they could truly be extremely dysfunctional. i mean how can each child grow up and be an individual with out having some sort of mental instability. And ya never know mom and dad could have a plan designed for each child that goes from there birth to just about there death describing everything they will do in the beginning of their life to the end. Just so they can control every thing… ya never know they could be the “ideal” American family but honestly the ideal American family the one that’s so happy and everything has a plan and everything goes the way it was supposed to is usually more fucked then Americas dysfunctional family… ya know why because they want every one to think they are perfect and they ignore the problem… and another thing what happens when their kids have kids and they do the something so they each have 18 kids so that would be 324 and then those 324 each have 18. that’s 5832. and then when each of them have 18 kids 104976… and so on and so forth… like seriously I think they are planning to take of the world in the future… ya never know… that could just be me thinking to much or what ever…. But I mean seriously I want to know there secrets lol…

and another thing… does she even feel it when she gives birth… do they just fall out or go flying out. like does the doctor have to wear catchers gear… lol is it gonna be a fast ball or a curve… or did they just install a zipper for a permanent c section or what…

yeah I could be over analyzing things but its usually the things that seem happy have the biggest secrets to hide…

[Destroit]

it makes me wonder since they are doing all of this tv shit if they are not having all of these kids just for the attention and another thing is how can they devote a good portion of there time to each child when they are doing all of this... its like hay mom can i talk to you... um lets see i have an opening in august... and their happy could be tv happy, and they could truly be extremely dysfunctional. i mean how can each child grow up and be an individual with out having some sort of mental instability. And ya never know mom and dad could have a plan designed for each child that goes from there birth to just about there death describing everything they will do in the beginning of their life to the end. Just so they can control every thing… ya never know they could be the “ideal” American family but honestly the ideal American family the one that’s so happy and everything has a plan and everything goes the way it was supposed to is usually more fucked then Americas dysfunctional family… ya know why because they want every one to think they are perfect and they ignore the problem… and another thing what happens when their kids have kids and they do the something so they each have 18 kids so that would be 324 and then those 324 each have 18. that’s 5832. and then when each of them have 18 kids 104976… and so on and so forth… like seriously I think they are planning to take of the world in the future… ya never know… that could just be me thinking to much or what ever…. But I mean seriously I want to know there secrets lol…

and another thing… does she even feel it when she gives birth… do they just fall out or go flying out. like does the doctor have to wear catchers gear… lol is it gonna be a fast ball or a curve… or did they just install a zipper for a permanent c section or what…

yeah I could be over analyzing things but its usually the things that seem happy have the biggest secrets to hide…

I <3 this post.

Firstly, as an only child, I REALLY see your point about the attention thing. Not only could I never imagine having to share my mom with other siblings, but DAMN...18?!?

That reminds me of my neighbors, who have anywhere from 6-8 kids, I dunno I lost count. She's kinda like Bonnie on Family Guy where she's always pregnant. Well, you know who pays attention to her kids? ME. I don't even like kids much either I just feel sorry for them. The lady doesn't work, her husband does, and she sits there and plays with her kids ALL day...and STILL cannot get to them all. Just isn't physically possible, not enough hours in the day, so those kids are always running around the neighborhood clinging to anyone they can for attention because they don't get enough of it from their parents.

Also, Infidus, your commentary on her giving birth is hilarious. I can't help but think of Monty Python in the Catholic skit where the wife is standing there doing the dishes and a kid just falls out on the floor so she says to her other child, "Hey, you think you could get that?"

[Homicidalheathen]

Quote: 'I bet if one of their earlier children had special needs, they never would have gotten this far. '

Don't count on it.

Beethoven had a grandfather, also named Ludwig who died when he was very young. He had a grandmother named Josepha who passed on her alcoholism to her son, Beethoven's father, Johann.

Johann was a highly irresponsible father who had to be looked after by his children more than he looked after them. Beethoven's mother, Maria Magdelena died when Beethoven was 16 but was a wonderfully kind woman who Beethoven loved very much.

Beethoven older brother, Ludwig Maria died before Beethoven was born.

Beethoven had two younger brothers named Caspar Anton Carl and Nikolas Johann.

He had more younger siblings but none of them lived to adulthood. Their names were Franz Georg, Anna Franziska and Maria Magaretha.

When he was older Beethoven had a nephew (son of Caspar Carl) named Karl who he looked after once Caspar Carl had died. It was over this boy that Beethoven had a bitter custody battle with Johanna van Beethoven (Caspar Carl's widow).

Beethoven never married but he had some illegitamate children named Minoa (with Josephine von Brunswick and Karl with Antoine Brentano and possible others as well.

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Thuer,

Beethoven was raised in a poverty stricken household by a hardworking mom, and a good-looking, but a vain singer and tippler for a dad. Out of the seven children she bore, 4 did not survive infancy.

The first was Ludwig Maria and lived six days.

The second, our Ludwig, again named after the child's paternal grandfather.

Kaspar Anton Karl

Nicolas Johann

Anna Maria - lived 4 days

Franz Georg - lived 2 and a half years

Margareth died when she was less than a year and a half old, after Frau van Beethoven passed on from tuberculosis earlier that year.

As for the rest of the details, I leave that to the experts of this forum. Suffice to say, that I have heard this propaganda floating around for years, and I believe it was used as a pro-life arguement.~

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[Destroit]

Quote: 'I bet if one of their earlier children had special needs, they never would have gotten this far. '

Don't count on it.

Beethoven had a grandfather, also named Ludwig who died when he was very young. He had a grandmother named Josepha who passed on her alcoholism to her son, Beethoven's father, Johann.

Johann was a highly irresponsible father who had to be looked after by his children more than he looked after them. Beethoven's mother, Maria Magdelena died when Beethoven was 16 but was a wonderfully kind woman who Beethoven loved very much.

Beethoven older brother, Ludwig Maria died before Beethoven was born.

Beethoven had two younger brothers named Caspar Anton Carl and Nikolas Johann.

He had more younger siblings but none of them lived to adulthood. Their names were Franz Georg, Anna Franziska and Maria Magaretha.

When he was older Beethoven had a nephew (son of Caspar Carl) named Karl who he looked after once Caspar Carl had died. It was over this boy that Beethoven had a bitter custody battle with Johanna van Beethoven (Caspar Carl's widow).

Beethoven never married but he had some illegitamate children named Minoa (with Josephine von Brunswick and Karl with Antoine Brentano and possible others as well.

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Thuer,

Beethoven was raised in a poverty stricken household by a hardworking mom, and a good-looking, but a vain singer and tippler for a dad. Out of the seven children she bore, 4 did not survive infancy.

The first was Ludwig Maria and lived six days.

The second, our Ludwig, again named after the child's paternal grandfather.

Kaspar Anton Karl

Nicolas Johann

Anna Maria - lived 4 days

Franz Georg - lived 2 and a half years

Margareth died when she was less than a year and a half old, after Frau van Beethoven passed on from tuberculosis earlier that year.

As for the rest of the details, I leave that to the experts of this forum. Suffice to say, that I have heard this propaganda floating around for years, and I believe it was used as a pro-life arguement.~

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Well yes, but in those times this described almost everyone's family. Since there weren't medicines or reasons for them to be sick, or so they thought, and thought that illnesses were a curse from God, they would just keep having kids anyway knowing that a few were going to either be fucked up or not reach 5.

I do understand what you are getting at though. Having a special needs child doesn't necessarily mean the parents won't have more children after that, it's all about how much you can handle I guess.

[Infidus713]

I <3 this post.

Firstly, as an only child, I REALLY see your point about the attention thing. Not only could I never imagine having to share my mom with other siblings, but DAMN...18?!?

That reminds me of my neighbors, who have anywhere from 6-8 kids, I dunno I lost count. She's kinda like Bonnie on Family Guy where she's always pregnant. Well, you know who pays attention to her kids? ME. I don't even like kids much either I just feel sorry for them. The lady doesn't work, her husband does, and she sits there and plays with her kids ALL day...and STILL cannot get to them all. Just isn't physically possible, not enough hours in the day, so those kids are always running around the neighborhood clinging to anyone they can for attention because they don't get enough of it from their parents.

Also, Infidus, your commentary on her giving birth is hilarious. I can't help but think of Monty Python in the Catholic skit where the wife is standing there doing the dishes and a kid just falls out on the floor so she says to her other child, "Hey, you think you could get that?"

Yeah that’s my point exactly I mean most people only have time for two if that because every one has to work in today’s society so you don’t have time to do jack shit… cuz you gotta be better then the next guy I mean yeah your kid might learn how to be independent and they might learn how to fend for them selves but its not gonna teach compassion and empathy and good family values… because they are gonna keep everything bottle up inside and then one day they will esplode and start a cult called mommy didn’t love me or some shit like that

And I am glade you love my post lol and that you think my birth commentary is funny that makes me happy… yeah i was thinkin of the family guy were he was trying to hook up with all of his ex girls during their lets see other people stage but any ways. he went to se one and she is breast feeding 2 and there are sevrel running around in the back ground and one at her leg and then a baby just falls on the floor with the embilical cord still attached and shes like hay harry (i think) i told you i was pregnet... but yeah after i posted that one i started playing this game and came up this lol... i don't mean to over kill i just thought i was funny

i know isn’t it insane… it reminds me of this awesome game called insane aquarium… it’s a click happy game, but you can have these friends that help you and one of them is called prego she keeps giving birth to guppies so you don’t have to buy them to populate your tank… or feed you piranha … but like eventually she has so many that you start wishing they would all die and then you start starving them and waitting for the aliens to kill them lol

[Oh_My_Goth]

That is commendable!!!!!

[Rayne]

Having a special needs child doesn't necessarily mean the parents won't have more children after that, it's all about how much you can handle I guess.

Three of mine are special needs.

My oldest daughter has psychiatric issues.

My youngest daughter has an emotional impairment and Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome.

My oldest son has a high functioning form of Autisim.

That didn't stop me. I still even had one more after them.

[Homicidalheathen]

LOL its not a clown car I just caught that.........heh....

Tell that to a mormon......sorry couldn't resist.

My mom in law comes from a big family and usually its not funny. He couldn't afford them all so he sent some off to work on other farms even though he couldn't keep his dick in his pants. She was away on the Poland Border when she was abducted by the Russians.

[TygerLili]

That picture makes me think of a cult.

As long as everyone is happy and they have the time and money to properly take care of all those children, I guess this is a good thing, or at least an okay thing.

The picture creeps me out, though.

[amalthea23]

Aside from the environmental catastrophe that this woman and her husband are, as a friend of mine said, your vagina is NOT a clown car.