[Elvish]

Originally Posted by stevielynn

Maybe that is where I get my perspective . . being so old and all. And especially my husband. The whole family worked to run the farm. Kids had to actually work back then. Hard.

Didn't turn my husband or his sister into ax murderers.

And you should see my sis-in-laws' yard . . . . gorgeous. She is an English as a Second Language teacher for elementary and high school. Married a Hispanic man and had 3 kids. All bilingual. All had chores. All graduated from college.

My husband rescued a woman and her two little boys, married her and made two more babies.

Hard work, organization, rules, "jurisdictions" won't kill ya. And might just make you stronger.

We agree on something!

[megananne7]

I don't know how many of you are familiar with the Duggars, but I've seen a couple of their specials on TLC/Discovery Health. They have their own website http://www.duggarfamily.com/ And I remember on the news a month ago, they announced Mom was pregnant with #18!

Has me wondering, what are the health complications or risks from having kids one after another like this?

[chevyv]

Wow! Can you all imagine so many children???? Also, I can't help but wonder what happens when she sneezes or laughs really hard..... I have 2 and after having my 2nd for about 2 months every time I sneezed I had to change my pants. EWW!

[Gr8Dane]

Mr. Duggar needs to learn to wrap it up.

[rnmomtobe2010]

All jokes aside but can having kids basically every year cause health problems for a woman?

[rnmomtobe2010]

Originally Posted by chevyv

Wow! Can you all imagine so many children???? Also, I can't help but wonder what happens when she sneezes or laughs really hard..... I have 2 and after having my 2nd for about 2 months every time I sneezed I had to change my pants. EWW!

Ha I was known as the pee pee lady when I was pregnant with my son..He would literally kick it out of me

[shelly304]

I watched the whole series on Discovery Health Channel. I have very mixed feelings about the whole thing. I do remember in one of the last episodes when Mrs. is at the dr., the comment is made that her uterus just won't sustain much longer. If you can look for the series-very odd!

[kizzykatlove]

she must have one heck of a strong uterus... she oughta be boggy by now... i can't believe she's having 17.. now i'm begining to think it's all about the publicity... 17 ??? i have 6 and i thought that was alot.. if i had 17 i'd be crazy ( more than i am right now) ... is this her 17th or 18th?? they must have alot of money.. i've seen their show and i'm amazed at the way they live... wow...

[chevyv]

I would think at the very least, your body would be robbed of calcium, which we all know us women need more of when we're pregnant/lactating. There has to be so much more risk to her and each developing baby as she ages. I was told that a developing fetus will take what it needs from the mothers body, if it isn't provided for in food/vitamins. Makes sense to me. Personally, I'd be cutting off Mr. and praying for menapause

[rnmomtobe2010]

Originally Posted by kizzykatlove

she must have one heck of a strong uterus... she oughta be boggy by now... i can't believe she's having 17.. now i'm begining to think it's all about the publicity... 17 ??? i have 6 and i thought that was alot.. if i had 17 i'd be crazy ( more than i am right now) ... is this her 17th or 18th?? they must have alot of money.. i've seen their show and i'm amazed at the way they live... wow...

This is numero 18!!!!!