[~Lynda~]

the duggar family?

I have always believed that everyone has a right to do what they wish... but after josie having so many problems and the OB telling michelle that she is playing with fire having more children, i feel a bit differently about it now.

what is your opinion?

[wishfulgal]

I think it is a bit extreme to have that many kids and to keep having them at their age, but at the same time I am fine with it b/c I do believe it is completely their choice and admire their faith. Actually I'm kind of jealous b/c we have similar thoughts about childbearing and we will never probably have as big of a family as we wanted.

DH and I do not plan on ever preventing, but we obviously aren't popping out kids every year. We were planning to do NFP eventually between kids if we ever wanted a bigger age gap, but since we have MFI I don't think we will ever have to worry about wanting a bigger age gap....we never prevented at all after our son and he will be older than we ever imagined before he gets to be a big brother. We always wanted 5-6 kids, but at this point we will take as many as we can get and see them as a huge blessing. I'm 26, so we have a ways to go until menopause. I doubt I will even end up with as many kids as we wanted so I'm not to worried about being the next Duggars

[snsgirl336]

I agree that they are totally entitled to do what they want with their lives and I think they do a decent job at being parents (though it seems that the older girls do a lot to help with the little ones).

That being said, I can't ever forsee myself having more than 3 kids. I've babysat for a family of 6 kids and while I handled it well, I was exhausted at the end of the day. Now watch- I end up pregnant with quadruplets!