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Arkansas mother gives birth to 16th child
(AP)
Updated: 2005-10-13 15:10
Michelle Duggar just delivered her 16th child, and she's already thinking
about doing it again.
In this photo released by the Discovery Health
Channel shows the Duggar children and their father Jim Bob Duggar, top
center, gather as their mother Michelle holds the 16th addition to the
family Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rogers Ark. The
girl Johannah was born Oct. 11, at the hospital. [AP]
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Johannah Faith Duggar was born at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and weighed 7 pounds, 6.5
ounces.
The baby's father, Jim Bob Duggar, a former state representative, said
Wednesday that mother and child were doing well.
He said Johannah's birth was especially exciting because it was the first
time in eight years the family has had a girl.
Jim Bob Duggar, 40, said he and Michelle, 39, want more children.
"We both just love children and we consider each a blessing from the Lord. I
have asked Michelle if she wants more and she said yes, if the Lord wants to
give us some she will accept them," he said.
The Discovery Health Channel filmed Johannah's birth and plans to air a show
about the family of 18 next May.
The Learning Channel is doing another show about the family's construction
project, a 7,000-square foot house that should be finished before Christmas. The
home, which the family has been building for two years, will have nine
bathrooms, dormitory-style bedrooms for the girls and boys, a commercial
kitchen, four washing machines and four dryers.
Jim Bob Duggar, who sells real estate, previously lost his bid for the U.S.
Senate. He said he expects to run for the state Senate next year but isn't ready
to make a formal announcement.
Michelle Duggar had her first child at age 21, four years after the couple
married.
Their children include two sets of twins, and each child has a name beginning
with the letter "J": Joshua, 17; John David, 15; Janna, 15; Jill, 14; Jessa, 12;
Jinger, 11; Joseph, 10; Josiah, 9; Joy-Anna, 8; Jeremiah, 6; Jedidiah, 6; Jason,
5; James, 4; Justin, 2; and Jackson Levi, 1.
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