Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Controversial subject..The Duggars

I will start by saying, 19 kids is A LOT, for anyone and in fact, i can't even fathom having that many children nor would i ever even think of having more then 5..honestly the thought of having more then 2 scares the daylights out of me.. Emery is an only child as of now..but i don't know what the future holds, so i will NOT rule out having more..
With that being said, The Duggars announced that they are pregnant with their 20th child this month.. I honestly have no problem with it, and why should I. Yes it is not something i would do but their children are raised in a Christian enviornment with extremely high values and morals and they appear to all be greatly loved and cared for and just amazing people.  No one has the right to tell anyone how many children they can and can not have. Now if they were living off welfare, couldn't pay their bills and the children were going without, i would agree with most of the population by saying ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. But they are not, in fact, they have NO debt. How many people do you know have no debt..I doubt even one.
Here is my problem, When people say they Duggars, shouldn't have any more children it isn't because the ammount or even their ages..Their main argument is, "They almost lost their last baby" .. By that logic, should any parent of a child who was born prematurely just NOT have any more children. I refuse to agree with this, 1 in 8 babies born in the US will be born premature.. (Before 37 weeks gestation is considered premature/preterm)  So since Emery was born 11 weeks early at just 29 weeks and had her fair share of issues in the Nicu, should i just be told by every doctor that i shouldn't have any more children. No, i was 19 and perfectly healthy when i had Emery premature and i do not believe that this should hinder my deciscion on future children. Yes, i know i will be high risk next time, i also know there is a pretty high chance my next child will be born premature as well and it is a scary thought. Emery is a healthy 3 year old and even with some lingering things that have followed us from the Nicu (respitory infections and digestion issues) the good outweighs the bad by 100% . So the argument that since their last was premature they shouldn't have another disgusts me. I understand that she had preeclampsia which led to their premature birth but even still...Read up on it, it doesn't happen with every child.. Some women will suffer from it with one pregnancy and not have it at all with the next. Yes i also understand she is older, so her chances go up for down syndrome and other chromosonal defects.. but still.. My whole point is, This is their choice, we have no right to say they shouldn't they know the risks.. So to the Duggars who i know will never read my blog and honestly probably don't care at all what people say, I say Congratulations.

P.s, i never spell check my writing, i write exactly what im feeling, if there is a comma in the wrong spot..oh well.. Precisely Paula means exactly that...

1 comment:

Larsen said...

You crack me.

You're so right though in regards to teh Duggars. But I have to throw in there, THEY ARE WEIRD. RIght? I mean, nice as all get-out, but weird.

If they were my neighbors I'd be happy to have somewhere to send my kids to play, that's for sure.

:)

G