Will it be ’20 and Counting’ for the Duggars?

Posted on 09 Nov 2011 at 1:23am

Will it be '20 and Counting' for the Duggars?The Duggars family  changed the title of their reality show two times. It started as ’17 Kids and Counting’ in 2008 and after two births it was ’19 Kids and Counting’

Now, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar just announced that she is pregnant for the 20th time.

If they give birth to their 20th child, they have to change it to ’20 Kids and Counting’

Their new baby is due next year, on April.

The show typically describes the daily grind and the struggles on raising their 19 children in Arkansas.

Michelle Duggar was interviewed by TLC and said, “We are just really looking forward with excitement to this new little gift. And so the title will change to 20 and Counting.”

She wrote in her blog saying, “Our family is so excited that God blessed us with another child.”

The mother of 19 said, she and her husband was so surprised on her 20th pregnancy. When she had her 19th baby she had Pregnancy-Induced-Hypertension (PIH) .

Her newborn also arrived pre-mature. Baby Josie arrived 25 weeks/six months.

Jim Bob was asked on how he feels if his wife will get PIH again, he said that her wife got pregnancy-induced hypertension on her second child and got the second time in her 19th child.

He added, “We are praying that won’t happen this time.”

She is 45-years-old and she has multiple health risks like, Down Syndrome for the baby,uterine rupture,pre-eclampsia, heart attack, stroke, hemorrhage and many more.

Interestingly, all their children’s names starts with letter J.

Jim Bob was a former House of Representatives in Arkansas.