Ark. Family Marks Birth of 15th Child

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&e=3&u=/ap/20040525/ap_on_he_me/fifteen_kids



FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Michelle Duggar's family says that the mother is all smiles after delivering her 15th child.


Both the baby and mother were doing well, although Michelle was feeling some discomfort because the birth was her second by Caesarean section, said father and former state legislator Jim Bob Duggar's mother, Mary Duggar.


"She's a trooper. She's just all smiles," Mary Duggar said in a telephone interview Monday.


The baby boy, Jackson Levi Duggar, was born at 10:52 a.m. Sunday. He weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and is 20 inches long.


"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.


Home briefly from the hospital later Monday, Jim Bob, 38, sounded a bit tired but happy. 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, 37, 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. He is a real estate businessman and a former state representative.


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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I got a good laugh out of the name "Jim Bob"

[rickg]

Surprised she had to have a C-section after 15 kids. Figured the last 3 or 4 would just walk out.

[LK1]

I wonder if Billy Bob knows he's perpetuating a stereotype.

[jjl]

15 x 15 x 15 x 15 x .. = figure it out.

[Gilly]

Home schooling? They're gonna have to start a whole new school district just for their home school, and a few buses too!

Gilly

[moparmike]

I bet yall have no idea how tired we Arkansans are of cousin/inbreeding jokes.

[AdMaven]

Hey Mike, I see you're from NW Arkansas. I lived in Bentonville in the mid 70's. Beautiful country!

[soypwrd]

What irresponsible fools these people are. They need to be fixed.

[moparmike]

Yes, it is beautiful country.

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Originally posted by jjl
15 x 15 x 15 x 15 x .. = figure it out.

Imagine if Mr. Jim Bob had past wives... or women he had affairs with.

[mikemover]

That is insane. Those idiots need to STOP BREEDING!

Mike

[Kuan]

Originally posted by moparmike
I bet yall have no idea how tired we Arkansans are of cousin/inbreeding jokes.

Sorry. Come to think of it, mine was in real poor taste.

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They deserve it.... its all those liberals in Arkansas that gave us Bill Clinton