Duggar Family Struggling to Cope With Pregnancy Loss
Michelle Duggar says that while the family held a memorial service for the fetus she miscarried, her 19 children are struggling to cope with the pregnancy loss.
Duggar, 46, had one previous miscarriage between the births of her first and second children- an incident that soured the Duggar family’s opinion on birth control (as they believed that the use of birth control pills precipitated the first pregnancy loss) and shaped their super-sized family today. But having to explain the recent miscarriage to her children has been difficult, Duggar explains, and she says some of the children are having a difficult time accepting the loss of the child the family named Jubilee.
7-year-old Jackson Duggar, she says, is having a particularly difficult time understanding the miscarriage. His mom explains:
“I told him there is going to be a day when we are going to be together again,. As the days go on, I know we will have time to talk through all this. I have been trying to hold my composure and do what I needed to do, and then be able to grieve.”
But it’s not just the little ones that are having a hard time, Michelle says. Her 20-year-old daughter Jill is training as a midwife, and prior to the miscarriage, had been monitoring the pregnancy. Michelle says:
“[Jill] was crying and weeping last night,” Michelle revealed at a memorial service for the baby in Arkansas on Wednesday. “I hugged her and said, ‘I am holding on, and I am going to let the tears go. We can pray, cry and grieve together in the weeks and days we walk through this… My older girls have been precious to make Momma take care of Momma right now, and Jim Bob has been busy taking care of everything.”
Despite the somber mood, Michelle says, the family has taken time to celebrate five Duggar birthdays that occur in December.
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Posted: December 19, 2011
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Dec 19, 2011
So sorry for the loss of your baby God will heal your broken hearts.
Dec 19, 2011
This family were blessed to have their last living child, having seen the documentary the physician said back then that she was at high risk and you could tell by the physicians face and demeanor , she didn't recommend Mrs. Duggar have any more children back then! At the risk of the mother and the child.
I think it was selfish to put the family through this loss. When they knew 2 pregnancies ago, she'd past her child bearing years. She could have lost her life as well as the babies and then where would her large family be then? Without the matriarch completely, and all 19 Children and husband would have been without a Mother for all of them.
No matter Christian beliefs, God expects us to be sensible and responsible enough to know, when enough is enough. By the Grace of God only.. this woman survived. Any Doctor is in his/her right mind would have tied her tubes after the 19th. A woman's body can only take so much, as it is she's probably already lowered her life expectancy quite a bit. Those older daughter's needn't marry and start preparing now to help their father finish raising the younger children.
As for Mrs. Dugger it would not surprise me if she's not pregnant again in 6 months, seeking selfish fame/fortune for her large family.
Christians know when to moderate and be humble, this is just a show boat for the whole clan. IMHO"!" I'm sure I'm not the only one to feels this way. Nothing against large families mind you, but there is a thing such as extremism. I hope God allows these parents long enough lives to properly care for this brood, and instills in them a sense of when to stop having children to please HIM, and instill practicality. NO two parents can give enough individual love and much needed one on one time / attention to this many children. Bet if you asked how much individual time each parent spends with them, it would shock you. For such a large loving family I bet there's ample neglect those kids feel deep in their subconsciousness. I do wish this family well, but know from personal experience when you have so many children, someone down the line gets the short end of the stick. Sad she HAD to get pregnant again, only to end a life that did not asked to brought into an already extreme situation.
Dec 19, 2011
Finally! someone with some sense!
Dec 31, 2011
I respectively disagree with all those who feel that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are selfish for having so many children and that they should have listened to the doctors about considering not to have anymore children. It is very obvious to me that God is in this situation and has blessed their family with all those children. And they are using their blessings to share with the rest of us that raising good children in these days is not impossible. When I watch their TV show I am always amazed to see how well behaved the children are and how they seem to get along and work well as a family. My wife and I raised 3 children and I wish I could have done half as good a job as Jim Bob and Michelle.
I know…you're thinking that if God was in it, how come they had a miscarriage? We don't always know why God chooses to allow certain outcomes in our lives. God's ways are not our way's. There's a song that says "This is such a strange way to save the world". It's referring to the birth of Jesus (Christmas story). Those events defy worldly logic too.
I hope the Duggars have fifty children so that there isn't anyone who doesn't know about them and doesn't get the chance to have a glimpse of what God can do through a family who put their trust in him!