the Duggar family expecting 18th child, a girl.

[classiestkid.livejournal.com]

Update: In an appearance this morning on The Early Show, the Duggar family revealed that the new baby is a girl. Not surprisingly, they also shared that they will continue on the name theme, meaning their new daughter will have a 'J' moniker as well.

Their new reality series, 17 Kids and Counting, premieres tonight on TLC at 10 p.m.

Originally posted May 9th: Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, who became well known after a series of documentary television shows on TLC and Discovery Health, announced this morning on the Today show that they are pregnant with their 18th child. Michelle, 41, is currently six weeks along in her pregnancy and due on New Year's Day. Michelle joked,

We've had three in January, three in December. Those two months are a busy time for us.

The new baby will join siblings Joshua, 20, twins John David and Janna, 18, Jill, 16, Jessa, 15, Jinger, 14, Joseph, 13, Josiah, 11, Joy-Anna, 10, twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah, 9, Jason 7, James 6, Justin, 5, Jackson, 3, Johannah, 2, and Jennifer, 9 months.

Source: Associated Press

Comments

[invisiblepet.livejournal.com]

I bet it will be Julie or Julia...or Julianna.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

ahh, get it.

They should go with Juliet. Bet they'll go with something vile though.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

If she's 6 weeks how does she know it's a girl? Or am I reading that wrong?

[bouncepogo.livejournal.com]

I think that must be a misprint, as it says she's due New Year's Day.

[lindiohead.livejournal.com]

She is due the same day as me. This is an old article since I am almost 27 weeks!

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

ugh. if you want to name your kids with all 'j' names, USE J NAMES!

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

oops. i posted that before i was done. ginger is not a j name..wtf?

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I know!

And it wasn't even as though they had exhausted all the possibilities for real 'J' names before that! It would still be unforgivable to name the kid Jinger, but it's even worse when there are perfectly normal names that follow her.

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

these people should stop having kids :|

[icebyrd67.livejournal.com]

does anyone else thing Johannah and Joy-Anna are the pretty much the same name spelled differently?

[icebyrd67.livejournal.com]

*think not thing

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

This is exactly what I think. Especially when so many of the other names are biblical, she really stands out.

[stellarichards6.livejournal.com]

she should name the kid january at this point. though i think julia, jessica or jane would be more likely. seeing as they have no issue w/ naming the kids very similar names *cough*joy-anna/johannah*cough*, i think jessa/janna might have a little mini-me come birthin' time.

eta: january because of the due date. and the probability that she'll deliver in january. though that is a bit cliché. then again, so is naming 18 children w/ the same first letter.

eta2: i promise this is the last one, i was just re-reading the post and noticed this: We've had three in January, three in December. Those two months are a busy time for us.

no, i'd say march-april is a busy time for you. :-)

[bouncepogo.livejournal.com]

Rabbits do that every spring...

Wow, I can't even believe I just said that.

[memorymaze.livejournal.com]

The oldest boy, Joshua I guess, just got married the 26th to a girl named Anna. They moved into the family house.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i heard that. i have no idea why she'd want to live there...she'd probably just end up cooking and cleaning

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

and at the baby shower some sweet soul out there could give these people a computer and an internet connection... or a box or two of condoms... now that I got that off my chest... Jinger?? Joy-Anna and Johannah? I am cheesy and love starting the names with the same letters for brothers and sisters but not the SAME name. I do like some names here but seriously... there are other things one can do with your time other than making babies....

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

I'm a little miffed that she used named like Jinger when there are still perfectly good J names *cough*Julianne*cough*

And agree that Joy-Anna and Johannah are practically the same name.

[aaww-my-bees.livejournal.com]

I saw a commercial on TLC? I think... They're getting their own weekly show. I kind of can't wait to see what kind of batshit this produces.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Poor Jinger. Poor, poor Jinger. I still don't understand how they got Jinger before Jennifer.

[azelmaroark.livejournal.com]

Jeremiah Robert and Jedidiah Robert are way worse than Joy-Anna and Johannah, you guys. =/

This family disturbs the hell out of me. Who knows what they'll come up with for the name. They haven't managed to use ANY of the J-names I like, and I like a bunch of J-names. For girls I really love Julianne, Juliet, Jocelyn, Jean and Jane. But I doubt they'll use any of those.

If Joshua starts having litters of kids with J-names, too, I'm going to seriously puke.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

why would they use the same middle name?? it's bad enough that jeremiah and jedidiah are so similar.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I agree with everyone else: I don't like Jinger either. Pffsht.

I bet they will use Julia or Juliet next. Or Jemma? If they can use Jinger, they can use Jemma, too.

[krysteener.livejournal.com]

wow. They have got to stop.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

At this point, I almost feel like they're having more kids so they can get more publicity! I'm so sick of the Duggars and their Stepford children.

[azelmaroark.livejournal.com]

WORD.

[levis-jules.livejournal.com]

I don't think they believe in, obviously LOL

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

They're trying to out-breed the non-Christians.

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

Some of the captions they have for their online Portrait Gallery make me laugh. They also seem to have a "Prayer Closet" which I think would be more like a "Prayer Prison" if I had to sit in a closet with a book of tales and no windows.

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

Since when was it so bad to have kids, which is what we're meant to do. The comments putting down the fact that they have so many kids, quite disturbs me.

As for the names, so what. Yeah, we think we could do better. But what's more important, a person's name, or being part of a huge loving family to share life with.

[shechoselove.livejournal.com]

Since when was it so bad to have kids, which is what we're meant to do.

I know many childfree folks who would dispute this. Also, I can understand why people might think 18 kids are a bit much. (e.g., This planet is overpopulated as is, more people correlate with greater usage of resources, some people's tax dollars may be affected, etc.)

[shechoselove.livejournal.com]

Damn, bitch's vagina is probably sooo torn up...

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Not like that's stopping her...

I'm really hoping they're going to go with Julia, but that's quite out of their range, I'm afraid.
I also hope they're not going with Jessica, as they already have a Jessa!

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I remember watching that show once. I think Michelle Duggar revealed that the total amount of time she's been pregnant is more than half the amount of time she's been alive, or something like that. Yeesh.

But back to the topic...I'm guessing they'll name her Jemma, since most of the girls' names end in 'a.'