Jessa is pregnant and revealed the pregnancy today, she is due around her 1st anniversary. During Jessa's last trimester her sister Jill should be expecting her 2nd child and her sister- in -law, Anna, will be almost back in shape from her 4th pregnancy. Truthfully this family "breeds" like rabbits. There might be another little one on the way if the current courtship leads to marriage before November. You never know but this is the reality of a quiverfull wife, allowing God to decide family size. The family denies they are quiverfull but in reality they are.
I have no problem with large families as long as the parents are providing a majority of the care and the child is helping around the house occassionaly but that isn't the case with these families. Yes allowing the children to help teaches responsibility but it also denies the children the right to just be children when they are forced to raise their siblings. Their form of homeschooling also limits the children's future also, until just being a helpmeet and mother is the girls only option.
I am hoping Jessa and Ben have a healthy child, that they cherish each birth as sacred . I am hoping they choose not to exploit each moment of this pregnancy as a rating boost for 19 kids and counting. I am hoping Jessa will keep some of her "pregnancy" off TV and remember each child is a treasure, a gift from God. I am hoping her first child is male so he will be allowed to be a child for longer than a girl would be allowed. I hope! I hope!
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