Thursday, August 16, 2007

Woman Births Her 17th Child

It is reported in Little Rock, Arkansas Jim and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 17th child into the world on August 2nd. The baby girl weighed 8 pounds and 8 ounces. Less than 30 minutes after giving birth the couple were talking about having more children.

They now have 7 girls and 10 boys. All of the children are home-schooled and have names that start with the letter J. The oldest child is 19 and the youngest before the baby is 2 years old.

The family has already been on several programs on cable's Discovery Health Network. Their next special is scheduled to air next month in September. Facts about the family include that a baby has been born in every month except June, they have gone through over 90,000 diapers in total, and Michelle, who is 40, has been pregnant for 10.5 years of her life in total.

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