LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — No. 19 caught Michelle Duggar by surprise.
The 42-year-old mom of 18 noticed that she wasn’t losing weight — even though she and her husband, Jim Bob, were on Weight Watchers — and her youngest child, 8-month-old Jordyn-Grace, was fussing while nursing. She had found that a fussy infant meant a change in breast milk that came with pregnancy.
So she took a pregnancy test. “And lo and behold, I was just pleasantly surprised that this was positive,” Duggar said Tuesday. “I was just jumping up and down going, ‘Thank you, Lord. Here am I — 42, thinking my baby days are over — and you’ve blessed us with another one.’ “
The Duggars, of Tontitown, Ark., are featured with their family on TLC’s “18 Kids and Counting.” The announcement of their 19th child comes as their oldest, 21-year-old Josh, is about to become a father himself.
