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<h1> Arkansas couple welcomes 17th child</h1>

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - It's a girl &mdash; again &mdash; for the Duggars. <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar</span> welcomed their 17th child, and seventh daughter, into the world Thursday. </p>

Jennifer Danielle was born at 10:01 a.m. at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rogers, Ark., the Duggars said in an interview. Jennifer weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and arrived five days after Michelle's due date.</p>

Less than 30 minutes after giving birth, the Duggars already were talking of having more.</p>

"We'd love to have more," Michelle said, adding that the girls are outnumbered seven to 10 in the family. "We love the ruffles and lace."</p>

Jennifer joins the fast-growing Duggar brood, who live in Tontitown in a 7,000-square-foot home. All the children &mdash; whose names start with the letter J &mdash; are home-schooled.</p>

The oldest is 19 and the youngest, before Jennifer, is almost 2 years old.</p>

"We are just so grateful to God for another gift from him," said <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; cursor: pointer">Jim Bob Duggar</span>, 42, a former state representative. "We are just so thankful to him that everything went just very well."</p>

Jennifer joins siblings Joshua, 19; John David, 17; Janna, 17; Jill, 16; Jessa, 14; Jinger, 13; Joseph, 12; Josiah, 11; Joy-Anna, 9; Jedidiah, 8; Jeremiah, 8; Jason 7; James 6; Justin, 4; Jackson, 3; Johannah, almost 2.</p>

The family includes two sets of twins.</p>

Michelle Duggar said that Joshua, Janna, Jill and Jessa were at the hospital, but that the rest of the family planned to visit their new sister later Thursday.</p>

Michelle Duggar said she started feeling contractions Wednesday night and went to the hospital at about 5 a.m. Thursday.</p>

"It actually went fast," she said. "I guess once I started progressing, it went within 30 minutes."</p>

Jennifer was born via a VBAC &mdash; or vaginal birth after Caesarean, Jim Bob Duggar said.</p>

The Duggars have been featured on several programs on cable's Discovery Health Network. The next special, the Duggar Family Album, is scheduled to air next month, Jim Bob Duggar said.</p>

Among the "fun facts" listed on Discovery Health's Web page devoted to the Duggars: A baby has been born in every month except June; the Duggars have gone through an estimated 90,000 diapers, and Michelle, 40, has been pregnant for 126 months &mdash; or 10.5 years &mdash; of her life.</p>

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Wow. lol, thats a lot of kids to raise. Now say they were living in Germany the parents would get about 5000 euros (close to $6800). (about 300 for a child), it's like support until they become 18.</p>


How can she do it. Strong woman. </p>

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anyone here from a big family?</p>

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Well, that's not something you see everyday.
 

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