Duggar Family Copes With Loss of Jubilee

Not to be mean, but maybe ‘god’ is telling her she’s to old to keep pumping out babies. Silly humans.

How far along was she? How many weeks into the pregnancy? Ya know, she needs to get a grip. It sickens me to hear her say how the older girls were saying “momma needs to take care of momma”. uhh.. momma needs to take care of her children! I’ve been thinking for some time that pumping out babies was ‘momma’s’ excuse to NOT take care of her children because she can always say “oh I have to take care of the baby, you girls, YOU raise your siblings”. IT’s a sin what has happened to those older girls. Close up shop, momma. Time for you to start acting like a mother and RAISE THE CHILDREN YOU HAVE.

I THINK THAT PEOPLE NEED TO MAKE THEIR MIND. SOME PEOPLE STATE THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN ABORTION BUT YELL ABOUT THIS FAMILY HAVING TOO MANY CHILDREN. I DON’T THINK THAT REALLY IT IS NONE OF OUR BUSINESS HOW MANY CHILDREN THESE PEOPLE HAVE. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE OLDER CHILDREN ARE HAPPY THEY ARE LVED AND WELL CARED FOR. I WISH I DID AS GOOD A JOB ON MY 2 AS THIS MOM AND DAD HAVE DONE ON 19. SO EASY TO JUSGE OTHERS BASED ON OUR BELIEFS..THEY SUPPORT THEIR OWN AND SEEMS THEY ARE HAPPY. SO I SAY GOOD FOR THEM!!

T SEEMS TO ME THAT THE OLDER CHILDREN ARE HAPPY — really? It seems the exact opposite to me. Those girls have no choices in their lives. They are the ones who are really raising the children, no childhood of their owns and being taught that females are nothing more than breeding mares. This mother is a neglectful drama queen who is NOT being a mother! No, I do not support welfare mothers, or women having children out of wed lock NOR any mother who does not raise her children properly. These poor kids have no friends, they do not go to school, they aren’t on any soccer teams, or in the school band, or laughing with friends at lunch or running around with them at recess. It is a sin what these kids, especially the older girls, have to call a life. I find this women Michelle very selfish. I think she has a death wish. I think she has zero intention of ever actually raising all these kids she produced. She’ll keep having babies which allows her to constantly check out on the kids, have the older ones raise their siblings, and one of these pregnancies, she’ll die, leaving them all to fend for themselves and she’ll not have to do the hard work of being mom. “mom take care of mom” —–how spare me. Stupid mom, use some birth control and stop wishing you were in your twenties. act you age and be a mother to your children for God’s sake.

Wow…..for a group of people who don’t know this family at all, you all sure do have lots of opinions on how they should conduct their family life and how they should take care of their kids. From what I can see, their kids are more well manner and educated than half the trolls spilling out family advice on this board.

GrannyNosBest…I must admit that I have only seen a few episodes of the show when it first came out. After that it just didn’t really interest me all that much. The little I do know is that they are a Christian family that home schools and in the episodes I watched they do have friends that they socialize with but many of them won’t appear on the program. Either way it seems you’re very caught up in how they live their lives and that is where I have a problem with people like you. These kids do not appear to be abused or malnourished or otherwise neglected. However, people who feel the need to inject themselves into other people’s lives and dictate what is acceptable and not is what is inherently wrong with society today. You might be a lot happier if you stopped worrying about how other people raise their families and concentrate on your own. As to your question about how far into the pregnancy this was and that this is some kind of drama; only a liberal who doesn’t value the sanctity of life would think it matters.

SEAELK, I take issue with your comment about liberals not valuing the sanctity of life. I’m a liberal and I very much value the sanctity of life. Please stay on topic.

My condolences to the family. To answer another poster’s question, Michelle was twenty weeks along, and had gone in for a routine ultrasound. They were hoping to learn the baby’s gender, but instead discovered that there was no heartbeat. I can not imagine how devastating that must have been. For her, and for every woman out there who’s had to suffer the loss of a pregnancy no matter how far along she was. Those who claim this woman is hurting her other children, please keep in mind that many of them are old enough to read and use the internet. They’re dealing with enough right now. Spiteful comments are hurtful, and unnecessary. No one is forcing you to read the article. Show some maturity.

is where I have a problem with people like you. —eh, suck an egg. Had they not put their entire family on a tv show like a circus troupe we’d not even know their name, now would we? I stand by everything I’ve said. Let’s just wait and see what “Mommy Dearest” stories come out of this in the next 20 years as these kids grow up and realize the childhood they never had, the friends they never had, the soccer games they were never allowed to take place in. And to have this stupid drama over a miscarriage, oh please. That women is not mentally stable. Who has a funeral over a miscarriage and why is no one answering the question – how far along was she? Are we talking less than 12 weeks, because if that is the case, then there is some serious mental illness and/or media exploitation that is simply shameless going on.

Those who claim this woman is hurting her other children, please keep in mind that many of them are old enough to read and use the internet. —yes, and they should know we sympathize with them, and that they SHOULD be having normal childhoods!! They SHOULD be able to go to school, sit int the lunch room and laugh with friends, walk home from school and chat with friends, be on soccer teams with their girl friends, have sleepovers ….. yeah. And you know who else i hope reads this, the crazy wacko selfish parents especially that mentally impaired mother! Start acting like a mother to your children!!!! YOU should be raising your children!

Leave these people alone. Regardless of what you think about the number of children they choose to have, or the way the live their life — it is their business and they are not hurting (or for that matter relying) on anyone. It’s news because they have a show on TLC and have viewers who are interested in them. If you aren’t interested — or have nothing nice to say — then don’t read the article, and don’t leave a comment — simple as that!

The words “grossly enmeshed” come to mind.

It’s ironic because the reason why they chose not to use contraception was to prevent a miscarriage.

idk y ppl r so upset about them taking pictures of their baby to remember her by. When I had a miscarriage in 2006 the hospital took pics and sent them to me. I only wished they would’ve taken pics like that so I could put my baby’s pics out along with the rest of my famliy pics. I love what they did. Jubilee was a part of their family. If someone else had died in their family they would’ve put their picture up and everybody would have thought that was natural.

why are the negative posters even commenting? They have just lost a precious baby& can read all this!!!!! they are beautiful people we have no problems with sending our children to school every day with class sized of 20plus kids for 6 hours a day to ‘socialize’ with kids that come from all backgrounds so why do you have a problem with a beautiful mum raising 19 children with love,morals,kindness&good provision??!!! How much garbage is on TV that demoralise family life?????? It’s disgusting that as soon as a family decides to let the world see how they raise theor family it’s all bad!!! They are encouraging mothers&fathers of any number of children& Michelle&Jim-Bob give them individual time….I know them!!!!!!! So just leave them in peace to grieve!!!! I thank them for showing the world how precious life is & that it’s ok to grieve…we can all be encouraged&grieve with them too!! All my love to Jim-Bob,Michelle&all 19 gorgeous children!!! Sadness came on Friday but JOY CAME ON SUNDAY!!! XXXXOOO

I watch the show off and on, I think that these two do a wonderful job with their children. There is nothing wrong with home schooling, and yes these kids do have freinds, they do get to socialize. There is nothing wrong with not playing sports and even home schooled children can play sports if they choose to. These chilrent are loved, cared for and raised in a Christian home. They are not subjected to the “cruelties” that go on in public schools, big or small. It happens everywhere. As for televiision, I myself, rarely ever watch TV because of what it has become. If I can catch the old reruns of the Waltons or even Hee Haw, then yes I will watch those, when my grandchildren come and ask to watch cartoons, they will get upset because Grandma does not allow them to watch the cartoons that they are allowed to watch at home, because to me, they are not cartoons, they are just violent and should not be considered a children’s program.
Let this family grieve in their own way, and if this is their way of doing it then so be it. We all grieve differently. I have learned that the hard way, as I have lost a child, she was 19, and it was sudden, I have also had a miscarriage, mine was early on, didn’t even realize I was pregnant, but it does not matter, it is still a loss of a precious child. Leave them alone! No one says you have to watch the show, or read the articles.

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I like this family, however they are not supporting themselves…YOU ARE supporting them by watching the show. If it wasn’t for TLC they would have stopped having kids a long time ago. This woman does NOTHING but get preggo then gives the child to one of the older girls to take care of. If 8 of the oldest kids left right now Michelle would be in BIG trouble. If she really had to do everything for every child she would have stopped having kids a long time ago. They are very selfish. Where does Jim Bob work???????

Ya’ll are talking about the older kids raising the younger ones and that Michelle would be in big trouble if they were to leave.. Who raised the 8 older ones when they were young? Michelle did! Yes I see the older kids helping, my 2 children help as well, how else are the kids supposed to learn These kids are pretty amazing, they have learned responsibility, budgeting, traveled to other countries on mission work, this list goes on and on. How many times have the boys been shown doing men’s work, How many of you negative people had your sons and daughters working side by side building your own home? How many of you negative people have NO debit, that was the case before they were on TV? How many of you will drop everything to go help build an addition to a friends home? Are you forgetting we live in a free country, and we each have the right to believe in the religion we choose, if they want to leave the amount of children they have up to the Lord, then who is say they can’t? If you live in a two bedroom home, how would you like someone telling you not to have more children? Sounds kinda stupid, don’t you think? I have watched the show enough to see a family who is making things work! I’m not saying that they are perfect, however I don’t see anyone being selfish! Now, as for having a funeral for a 16 week old baby, note a fully formed baby, what exactly do you think they should have done….toss the baby in the trash and move on? How many of you would like people judging your family or telling you what you should or shouldn’t do!!??? Bottom line, if you don’t agree with the show for any reason, I’d be willing to bet..you have other channels to watch…click that remote.

This world has enough people! It is a uterus, not a clown car. They seem like nice people, but if we all had 20 kids this planet would be dead by the next generation. Very Selfish. Look around, do you want to bring a child into this, 3, 5 , 8, 10, 15 20???!!! The land does not get bigger, but the housing developments make the food shorter, the water shorter and don’t ever let me hear you complain about traffic.

I know this is an old story at this point, but it wasn’t her 21st pregnancy, it was her 19th. 19 kids, among whom there are 2 sets of twins makes 17 pregnancies, plus the miscarriage Michelle had earlier in her marriage makes 18.

we lost our only son when my wife was 22 weeks along. he lived for 22 minutes and left us in his mothers arms. i carry a picture of him in my wallet and hi feet and name tattooed on my shoulder.