Stressed about choosing a baby name? Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar have done it 16 times — and there’s another on the way!
They’ve used almost 100,000 nappies, get through nearly seven litres of milk a day and the family washing machines run 24/7. But for Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, the proud parents of 16 children, those numbers are about to change again.
In less than two months Michelle will give birth to her 17th child — which will earn the 41-year-old supermum a place in the record books.
And Michelle, who has been pregnant for an incredible 133 months of her life, does not intend to call a halt to her one-woman baby boom. “We’ll see what happens after number 17. If we are blessed with an 18th child then I will be happy.”
The pair already know number 17 is a girl who they will name Jennifer. She is guaranteed plenty of attention from her 10 brothers and six sisters, who range in age from 20 months to 19 years old.
All the children have names starting with “J” — Joshua, 19, twins John-David and Jana, 17, Jill, 16, Jessa, 14, Jinger, 13, Joseph, 12, Josiah, 10, Joy-Anna, 9, twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah, 8, Jason, 7, James, 5, Justin, 4, Jackson, 3 and Johannah, 20 months…
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