The Duggar Family Expecting a Girl

The Entire Clan

Who knows what was going through Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's minds when they decided to keep on having children. Maybe they wanted an entire football team (and a few bench sitters), maybe they just plain love kids. Regardless of the reasons, Michelle Duggar is expecting an 18th child, a girl. She must be overjoyed, given the fact that her home is currently overflowing with boys (14, to be exact—the oldest is 20 and no longer lives with them).

Why so Many?

Although very religious, the Duggars didn't start out as a couple that didn't believe in birth control. Actually, as they explain it, when they were first married, Michelle Duggar was on birth control because they weren't yet ready for kids. After a few years of wedded bliss, the two decided to start trying to have children, but miscarried. Michelle went off the pill and 20 years later, the family has grown to (soon) have a total of 18 kids.

Here's a final fun fact about the Duggar children…all their names begin with the letter J. There are too many to list here, but if you want, you can go to their website and check it out at www.duggarfamily.com.

The family has their own show on Discovery Health titled The Duggar's Big Family Album.