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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
*jenn* re: your pg
You're falling behind. You better hope there's 21 kids in your uterus right now.
Re: *jenn* re: your pg
1) she looks awesome for being 45 (eta: AND having 19 kids)
2) can't she share some of her kids with infertiles?
3) i secretly have 21 in there. that's why i say no when people ask if i have twins...because i don't..i have 21-tuplets. nobody suspected that, now did they?
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1) she looks awesome for being 45 (eta: AND having 19 kids) - My mom said.. having more keeps you young! She has had 11 of us, like I've mentioned before, and just turned 48..
2) can't she share some of her kids with infertiles? hmmm, I may or may not say more to this comment.
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Your mom just turned 48?!?!! OMG. I thought my mom was young at 51. That's amazing.
I don't really follow the show either but I've wondered if any of the Duggar kids have rebelled from their way of life. I was homeschooled (NOT with 19 siblings and not in that religious tradition) and I hated it. I pushed away from my family bigtime for several years. I turned out just fine (at least, I'd like to think) and things are fine with my family now, but I know for a fact that a lot of kids who grow up like that eventually rebel to varying extremes. I'm sure the kids are asked to put up a certain front for the tv cameras, but I wonder if all of them are really on board.
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I don't really watch it, but I think only the oldest is married w/ a baby. The younger ones may not have had a chance to rebel yet.
What I can't understand is, her last child was born prematurely, almost died, right? And she's pretty old to be having kids. Why on earth would you keep having kids knowing the risks? It seems incredibly stupid, selfish, irresponsible, etc. to have more children at such an advanced age knowing the complications she had with the last one. End rant.
I don't watch the show either, but this is what I heard this morning.
For her last kid she was pregnant as the same time as her DIL. Her grand kid and youngest kid are about the same age.
They don't believe in, or use, birth control. This is the longest she's gone without being KTFU (2ish years) and she thought she was done having kids till she found out that she was being "blessed" with another little one.
From Wikipedia:
The family has discussed the possibility of having more children in an exclusive May 2010 interview with Radar Online.[20] Michelle was quoted as saying:
Yeah, I don't get it.
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So the oldest son is sitting beside Michelle with his wife and kids so yes those are the grandchildren.. one girl and a boy.
I have no idea if they perm their hair.. it's always wavy.
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The way I understood it was the youngest was delivered early because Michelle was having issues with her gall bladder, and had Pre-E, so for the safety of baby and mother they delivered baby early.
Also as for her age.. my mom was 44 when she had my little brother so it's all a matter of perspective. Yes there is more risks, they also say that if you have regularly been having children that the risk is less than it would be for someone who is just having their first at that age.
Then... your rant.. lol
Some of the complications could happen to anyone, even with your first child when you are much much younger. The chances of her having Pre-E again are very slim because in general if you have it once doesn't mean that you'll necessarily ever have it again. Same goes for the problems she had with her gall bladder.
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and i'm okay with this. i just think that realistically it's hard to live a "normal" life with so many kids in such varying ages. but what's normal, anyways, right?
as for the PP that says they support themselves (and i've read that somewhere too...) ......can they support themselves w/o the show, too? just curious.
♥ bfp1 06/14/2011 ♥ edd 02/22/2012 ♥
♥ baby jennlin born on 02/15/2012 ♥
who says you can only wear your wedding dress once?
honeymoon bio ♥ married bio ♥ planning bio
jumped ship to the new and improved nest. back to TB for baby boards.
Yes, From what I've understood the show is a way that they consider that they are "ministering" to the rest of the world. Even though they don't always come out and say it that way. I've read the book on their family and that's how I understood it from that.
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#2-BFP 08-6-11 ~ Due 04/18 ~ born via c-section April 22, 2012
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Since I watch the show somewhat regularly, this is what I think (I don't know the actual financial numbers obv) Without the show, I doubt they would be able to at the same level of "fancy" living (nicer clothes, vacations, etc), there is another family that's on the show who has 17-18 kids and they do not have their own show. That family is able to support themselves, but you can tell the economic difference between that family and the Duggar family by the general state of the other family's home (the Duggars have had several shows based on the Duggars traveling to the other family's home and helping with home remodeling).
The Duggars do have various businesses/investments, and I think they could support themselves w/o the show if they had to. Their eldest son owns his own Auto Dealership, and that is how he supports his family (with two kids).
I admire the Duggars, the way they have been able to make sure they are all insured (dental, medical, vision), owning their own home, and clothing and feeding all those kids.
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OMG, i thought my parents were young too... nope, they're not!
LOL... my dad is almost 5 years older than my mom, so 53. We don't generally think of them as old either.
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