I am all about the nuclear family.
And I would never dain to get between a person and what they perceive their deity &/or religion to be(if they hold to one). And I don't go around knocking people's belief system even if it involves 7 wives or husbands or wearing black nikes with $5 bills tucked inside and taking poison to get back to the 'mothership'.
What you believe is between you and your deity(or lack thereof)....as long as it doesn't impinge on the way I want to live my life.
Having said that.....
I do believe that the Duggars deity is trying to tell them something at this point in their lives.
And since the Duggars have declared to the world, often and in a very public way that they do have a close personal relationship with their deity, which involves speaking with each other, I do think the Duggars are just not listening to their deity or following his/her advice.
Duggar #19 was brought into the world in December.
That's a wonderful thing!
Brought into the world 3 months early via emergency C-section.
Oh, now that's not so wonderful.
Brought into the world weighing 1 pound, 6 ounces.
Thank your deity for Neonatal Intensive Care Units and the miracles of modern medicine Duggars!
So far, #19 is doing ok.....but down the road the chances are high that this child will have some kind of problem, or lots of problems as she grows.
The reports I have read for the last few years all say that Mrs. Duggar has needed to have a Cervical Cerclage(a procedure where the cervix is sewn shut when it doesn't stay closed fully, to keep the baby from being born too soon)with each recent pregnancy to keep the baby inside and safe until it was full term.
After so many pregnancies and wear and tear on ones reproductive system, cervical incompetency is bound to happen, ya think?
Do you know what carrying 19 children in one's uterus does to the muscles of one's pelvic floor? Women are prone to have....how to put this genteelly.....urine leakage issues after only carrying a couple or so pregnancies to term. I have this feeling that Mrs. Duggar will be exchanging all those baby diapers for a life of adult diapers as she ages.
Do you think perhaps your deity is trying to tell you in a fairly strong way that maybe you should practice a little self-control and stop letting nature take it's course? Maybe avail yourself of some other miracles of modern medicine if Mr. Duggar can't prevent himself from showing how much he loves his wife in that particular way, so much and so often?
After bringing baby #19 into this world the Duggars really need to stop talking to their deity(and the media endlessly)and listen to the message He/She is sending them.
IMHO they have been blessed many times over with a gaggle of children.....but they are now moving into "pushing their luck to it's limits" territory.
You are both only human.
Leave being Superman/Superwoman to your god.
Sluggy
It's really hard to say anything negative about such positive, self-reliant people, isn't it? But yeah, as a person who works in the field of birth and maternal care, I think they should consider stopping. When deciding to have that 27 minutes of bliss, they might want to think about how hard it will be for Jim Bob to raise those 19 by himself if something should happen to Michelle. I tend to wonder which of those older girls will get stuck having to stay home and dedicate herself to raising all the younger ones and essentially being a surrogate mom.
ReplyDeleteExactly LisaPie....my grandmother was one of 12 kids that survived in her family to adulthood. She was the surrogate mom to most of them. Is it any wonder why she elected to have ONE child herself?lol
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