Kendra, Joe, and Garrett Duggar: Part 11

[BachelorToTheRapture]

I think constantly seeing tiny infants to compare to how much a 9 month old has grown may contribute to how Kendra's feeling. She's around her baby sibling, Lauren's youngest sibling, soon to be jessas baby, plus probably quite a few others we dont know so the difference between a newborn and a nine month old is much more visible to her than to a lot of parents who arent constantly surrounded by a million babies and kids.

[allthegoodnamesrgone]

12 hours ago, ihaveanexamintwodays said:

I think Mary still owns it, or at least she still did when they relocated the building to the compound. If I were them, I'd want to build too.....ideally *off* the compound, lol. 

 

I take Joy's comment in the end TH to mean that they're "trying" just about now.....though Austin's face when she said that didn't look promising, poor thing. She also said during the Benessa announcement something along the lines of "this is a lot of work, i couldn't imagine having two much less three". ha. She's about 13 months post C-section now, I'm curious when the announcement will be. JoKen seem a bit more chill for sure - they'd "love to have another little one" with Kendra's newborn bro bringing on the baby fever, but also enjoy the perfectly lovely child they already have. 

I kind of got mixed messages from Joy at 1st she was like "this is a lot of work" then it was like, I'm sure we'll have another one this year, as in it was inevitable.  I honestly don't see these two having a ton of kids, 1 I think they both were more than a little shell shocked with how difficult life with a newborn was, and 2 Austin is far to pragmatic to have eleventy kids. 

[Bad Wolf]

I think Joy's quiver will depend on whether her next birth is another c section.

[BachelorToTheRapture]

16 minutes ago, allthegoodnamesrgone said:

I kind of got mixed messages from Joy at 1st she was like "this is a lot of work" then it was like, I'm sure we'll have another one this year, as in it was inevitable.  I honestly don't see these two having a ton of kids, 1 I think they both were more than a little shell shocked with how difficult life with a newborn was, and 2 Austin is far to pragmatic to have eleventy kids. 

I think they've had enough kool aid that they'll have the kids even if they dont want them and their common sense says otherwise 

[Knight of Ni]

I wish I loved being pregnant. I honestly disliked just about everything about it except feeling her move. Someone said that meant I was selfish so I tried to enjoy it more, but I honestly couldn’t enjoy it. 

[Dandruff]

3 hours ago, Audrey2 said:

I hope Austin really is on board.

I think Austin would love to have a lot of kids.  His family runs a Family Camp.  I believe more kids would support the business theme plus free labor when they get older.

[singsingsing]

22 minutes ago, Knight of Ni said:

I wish I loved being pregnant. I honestly disliked just about everything about it except feeling her move. Someone said that meant I was selfish so I tried to enjoy it more, but I honestly couldn’t enjoy it. 

How could it possibly be selfish to not enjoy having your body play host to a growing entity for nine months?! People are absolutely unreal.

[AtlanticTug]

30 minutes ago, Knight of Ni said:

I wish I loved being pregnant. I honestly disliked just about everything about it except feeling her move. Someone said that meant I was selfish so I tried to enjoy it more, but I honestly couldn’t enjoy it. 

Same here. I felt terrible. Not only did I have hyperemesis until 16 weeks (both times), but I had very serious complications (low PAPP-A, insulin-dependent gestational diabetes, blood clotting disorder), I had 3 appointments a week with different specialists and weekly ultrasounds in first and third trimesters (biweekly in 2nd). One of the kids was a preemie, the other made it to 39w but both were c-sections. My body HATED being pregnant, as evidenced by the above + 6 miscarriages. I had my tubes removed with my last c-section and it was honestly like I could breathe again. People who had easy/routine pregnancies and are blissfully ignorant to how much can go wrong sometimes have a very hard time understanding why some of us hated every minute.

[SillyDillys]

I'm an only child because my mom didnt enjoy pregnancy at all. So many people said she was selfish and that's why my dad left her. I have never once blamed her for not having siblings because I am not in her shoes  Even with no complications pregnancy is a hard thing on your body. I've only been pregnant once for two weeks but the nausea and fatigue was awful. It's okay not to enjoy pregnancy.  Im sure it can be uncomfortable especially towards the end. I cant stand "mommy shamers' who think they know it all. If I ever become a mom heaven help the mom shamer that comes after me 

[twoandthrough]

1 hour ago, BachelorToTheRapture said:

I think they've had enough kool aid that they'll have the kids even if they dont want them and their common sense says otherwise 

I agree, which is really unfortunate for everyone involved

[Ticklish]

2 hours ago, Knight of Ni said:

I wish I loved being pregnant. I honestly disliked just about everything about it except feeling her move. Someone said that meant I was selfish so I tried to enjoy it more, but I honestly couldn’t enjoy it. 

Me too. I wanted to love it so badly. But I was sick- all day, every day- with both pregnancies until about 37-38 weeks. By the time the exhaustion and vomiting stopped, the pain and discomfort kicked in. I agree that the only part I enjoyed was feeling and seeing them move. You are not alone and you are not selfish ?

[Chewing Gum]

2 hours ago, Knight of Ni said:

I wish I loved being pregnant. I honestly disliked just about everything about it except feeling her move. Someone said that meant I was selfish so I tried to enjoy it more, but I honestly couldn’t enjoy it. 

I have so much respect for all pregnant women, but especially those who are having a hard time being pregnant for whatever reason. You're not baking cookies! It can take a toll on you physically or mentally or both, with hormones that high. I was lucky to love being pregnant, and had such a hard time (twice) after 41+ weeks for it would be over (very) soon. I would be pregnant all the time if that was an option. 

[just_ordinary]

I loved being pregnant as well. Even though I hated all the doctor appointments and needles that sadly came with it (clotting disorder meant daily heparin and gestational Diabetes meant checking my blood sugar four times a day and a quite restricted diet so I didn’t had to take insulin). It was hard on some days but in general I actually enjoyed sharing my body. It was harder after my daughter was born and she wasn’t a part of me anymore. Just for the pregnancy part I could see me having tons of kids. 

Everyone responds differently and even the same woman might respond differently to multiple pregnancies. And that is absolutely fine. No one has to love pregnancy- but hopefully loves their child.

[MaryOrMartha]

I didn't mind being pregnant, as my pregnancy was relatively smooth despite strong food aversions. We are currently trying for our second baby, and I am hoping this time around is as easy.

Though, having seen my poor sister in law while pregnant and after giving birth in December, I'm feeling very nervous and acutely aware of how hard [and dangerous] pregnancy can be.

My sister in law had an awful time with both of her pregnancies with hyperemesis gravidarum but her second pregnancy was worse. She had developed gestational diabetes on top of HG, and on top of that, my nephew was breech which resulted in an emergency c section with post birth complications.

I was visiting them a couple of days after my nephew was born, and one of her cousins was there and tried to downplay my SILs trauma when an off handed remark was made about their family being complete. My SIL looked like she was just about ready to hurl herself off the bed and punch her cousin in the face.

My poor SIL is still recovering from the traumatic experiences which really effected her initial ability to bond with her son. I completely understand why they have made the decision to not add a third child into their family.

[Italiangirl]

I have just saw on KUWF Page that a couple of days ago Kendra had pin a new board about pregnancy announce...should we start speculate? 

[VeryNikeSeamstress]

On 3/27/2019 at 10:32 AM, singsingsing said:

How could it possibly be selfish to not enjoy having your body play host to a growing entity for nine months?! People are absolutely unreal.

THIS. The fact that anybody would imply a woman is selfish for not enjoying pregnancy (or not wanting kids) really shows how messed up society's view of womanhood really is. All I can think of is Aunt Lydia reprimanding handmaids when I read of women being shamed for not enjoying pregnancy.

Yup... I think Kendra might be trying to tell us something with that baby announcement Pinterest board. That or she hasn't figured out that people are watching, and it would make sense to keep this board private if she's not ready to announce. Then again, she could be collecting ideas for other fertile women in her circle (including her mom!).

[Galbin]

Wow. I am sure there will be an announcement soon then!

[CarrotCake]

It is quite inevitable that she will announce a pregnancy again at some point in her life. The board could just be there for inspiration in the future.

I have a wedding inspiration board but I am not even engaged.

[mstee]

Pregnancy is so personal and different for everyone. I personally loved being pregnant from 20-35 weeks- could’ve skipped the rest haha. It was the only time in my life that I really loved my body. I always joke with my husband that I’d love to be permanently 22 weeks pregnant. People still talk about how sickly I looked (I was slightly anemic, it was wintertime, and then had a very long labor and lost a lot of blood). I get so sick of hearing about it. I’m like I pushed out a person. So what if I looked sickly after?! Back on topic- hopefully Joy’s next delivery is less traumatic for her. It would be nice to see them go the route of a planned hospital delivery. Kendra and Jinger both did okay with theirs. 

[SillyDillys]

If you took a look at my boards you would think I'm a married mom of three who has an interior design business and bakes wedding cakes on the weekend.

Also I have a board dedicated to wine and traveling. So I could also be a rich college student with too much time on her hands

Unfortunately the only thing that applies is the college students that bakes pretty spectacular cakes if I say so myself ?

[habert]

Kendra’s mom must have delivered by now. Does anyone know the baby’s name and birthday?

[QuiverFullofBooks]

2 minutes ago, habert said:

Kendra’s mom must have delivered by now. Does anyone know the baby’s name and birthday?

The baby was a the Duggars’ Christmas party and appeared to be a boy. Has anyone heard a name?

[Carm_88]

A pregnancy will come eventually for Kendra. She might as well start planning for it. I've pre-ordered say the 5th or 6th book in a series, despite not having read 4 or 5 or even 3. I will get there eventually, I will be prepared when it does happen. 

[pook]

40 minutes ago, habert said:

Kendra’s mom must have delivered by now. Does anyone know the baby’s name and birthday?

I just can't imagine being pregnant at the same time a my Mom.  I mean it happens, but never would in my family.  My almost 45 year old cousin is expecting for the first time so there is no way she and her 70 year old Mom could possibly play pregnancy twinsies - kinda hilarious when you think about it.

[kachuu]

I didn't enjoy pregnancy either. I had a C-Section with our first & my husband was talking about kid #2 while we were still at the hospital. I've made it clear that if he even sneezes his cooties near me before i'm ready, we will have a Bobbitt situation on our hands, y'all.