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    Jessa, Ben and Their Brood: Making a (Diaper) Mountain out of a Mold House

    in Counting On

    Ugh. People magazine website has the "exclusive" story. Still no name announced.

    Jessa (Duggar) Seewald Opens Up About Difficult Home Birth and Why She Was Rushed to the Hospital: 'Everything Was Different Than I Expected'

    This quote enrages me:

    "I said, 'That's it! I'm done! I am going to the hospital and I'm going to get an epidural,' " she says. "They asked me if I really wanted to do that and I said, 'No, I don't, but I do.' I wanted to try natural if at all possible."

    Really? Who is this "They" referenced above? So much fucking pressure all the time.

    Why is were no name? The kid has a name. I wasn't allowed to leave the hospital without a name on a signed birth certificate. Perhaps Arkansas is different?

    The baby is cute. There is a photo of Jessa with Ben and baby. It's a very real picture of a post-partum woman. Jessa looks pretty big (again - real! I'm not body shaming). I guess she doesn't get final say in pics People chooses.

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    Jessa, Ben and Their Brood: Making a (Diaper) Mountain out of a Mold House

    in Counting On

    We were discussing filming births in the hospital. Discovery Channel and TLC filmed Michelle giving birth several times in the hospital, including at least one c-section.

    The Discovery Channel also aired a special called Birth Day a few years back. It was a live 24-hour program that followed delivering women at, I think it was 3, hospitals around the country.

    I had been admitted at about 36 weeks with high blood pressure. My OB told me that he was being featured on the program. If the decision was made for me to deliver, he said I would have the option to be filmed. As it was, my blood pressure stabilized, and I went home until two weeks later when I did deliver.

    I watched Birth Day when it aired, and sure enough - there was my OB, helping with the delivery of another baby. It was really surreal, as I had just been there, in that hospital.

    Amazing now to think that was totally live... The issues of malpractice must have put an end to it, as it only aired two, maybe three times.

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    Jessa, Ben and Their Brood: Making a (Diaper) Mountain out of a Mold House

    in Counting On

    The eighth day is an Old Testament mandate and most observant Jews wait that long. There's a bris where the baby is circumcised, officially named, and welcomed into the Covenant between the Jewish people and God. Traditionally the circumcision was done by a specially trained rabbi called a mohel (pronounced moil); nowadays this rabbi may be a doctor with rabbinical training, or they may bring in a rabbi for the prayers and a doctor for the procedure. Or it may just be a traditional mohel. It's normally done in the home, surrounded by relatives, friends, and food.

    Among Jews, circumcision is not an embarrassing topic. It's a religious rite that all males go through. I can't even tell you how many of these I've been to.

    Yes, well written JenCarroll. Our son was circumcised in our home on the 8th day, and his Hebrew name announced. Our rabbi was in attendance for the service, but my OB/GYN did the actual circumcision. It's something he did on occasion for Jewish patients. I was happy that he did it. The 8th day part was hard. I had a c-section after my 10lb. 3oz. baby failed to progress during labor. However, loving family and friends were present, and I napped with the baby as soon as it was over, while the guests ate lunch!

    When my daughter arrived the next year, there was no circumcision, and we had her naming about six months after delivery.

    It's probably good if Jessa is still in the hospital, as she will hopefully be getting much-needed rest.

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    Teresa Checks In Part 3: The Visit

    in The Real Housewives Of New Jersey

    Are Melissa and Joe back in their house?  I am confused, I know at the reunion Melissa said they got the person that was living there out, and the house was empty, did they move back in?  What's the story?

    I had the same confusion. I read that they are now selling the land where they were going to build their "dream house," along with the plans for a "celebrity" house (ha! ha!). The guy who was renting while they were trying to sell is gone. I think they moved back in right before the holidays last year.

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    Milania: Gimme Pizza You Old Troll

    in The Real Housewives Of New Jersey

    I love watching Milania. Yes, she's pretty out of control, but she is amusing.

    I've been watching some of the early-season shows. There's a scene of Milania (3) in a boutique, pulling a bunch of tights off of a display. Another where she's making pizza with her sisters, and totally taking control. She's very much the Milania you see today. No playing for the cameras.

    I wonder if being number three made her feel like she had to scramble to get noticed, or get her due. In addition to being somewhat of a menace, I think she is very bright, and actually has a lot of compassion for others. It will be interesting to watch her grow.

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    Jessa, Ben and Their Brood: Making a (Diaper) Mountain out of a Mold House

    in Counting On

    He's cute. Cuter than Izzy. He will have fun playing with baby cousins Meredith and Israel (but no alone time with Uncle Smugs!).

    9 lbs. 11 oz. is big. My first was 10 lbs.. 3 oz. (2 weeks late). Yes, ouch! And he never did fit in all those newborn clothes - straight to 3-6 month sizes!

    Looks like a home birth (bath towel wrap).

    I keep thinking Benjamin, Jr. For a name. Perhaps a way for Jessa to restore some of the dignity Jim Boob has stripped away from her husband. If not that, then something kind of trendy - Carter, Emerson.. I think a biblical name like Asher or Noah would be cute.

    Teresa Checks In Part 2: Mr. Mom For The Shore

    in The Real Housewives Of New Jersey

    Joe Gorga has been seen spending more quality time with Gia than his own kids. Maybe because she's at the age where she doesn't have to be "watched"? Aside from moments of playing around, Joe's never been seen taking his kids anywhere or really doing stuff with them, without Melissa. My head -and my fathers- almost spun around when Joe was up Chris Laurita's ass for being a father toward's Nicholas and said in a TH "most men, ya know, leave." That will always be burned in my brain along with his awe that Chris actually took his kid to therapy. I was born with a disability (the congenital version of what Lucious on Empire has, actually.) Some of my disabled friends were raised by single parents, just like some of my non-disabled friends were! And some were raised just by their dad. Rich didn't leave Kathy when their daughter had a brain tumor. Joe seems to constantly live in an alternate world where fathers are kinda disconnected from actually doing things for their kids beyond putting food on the table and being around for dinner, yet he is very into having an relationship with his GodDaughter.

     

    I can't help really suspect the Gorga's being involved in these specials where encouraged by Bravo, to let them be on in order to do thIis special with the Giudices as a stipulation of doing the filming. I can't see Joe and Teresa offering them to be around. I can see Melissa making for of an effort to "be around" for the Giudice girls upon finding out that Bravo may be filming. I believe Rosie might really be coming around for Joe, and Bravo got wind of that and decided to film. I wonder if Kathy and Rich have tried to get in on the filming -they got in on sentencing day after all- but Bravo doesn't find them relevant enough to make JoeGi put up with them. I think these specials are just a test run, if Joe and the Gorga's work, then they'll think Teresa and the Gorga's will while Joe's away, but JoeGi doesn't shit-stir or seem to hold grudges at all, even with dealing with raising the kids fresh out of prison, I bet Teresa would find things to harp on them doing wrong sooner rather than later and it'll be same old stuff as the last few seaons of HW.

    Andy asked Joe Giu on WWHL which of the RHONJ cast members had been in touch. He mentioned Rino had really reached out, and so I wasn't surprised by the scene at his restaurant.

    Does anyone know where Joe will be serving time?

    Teresa Checks In Part 1: Tre Of Life

    in The Real Housewives Of New Jersey

    I thought I recognized the name Damon Dash on that list (owes close to $1M). Here's a short bio:

    Damon Dash, also known as Dame Dash, is an American entrepreneur. Dash is Jay-Z's former manager and business partner at Roc-a-Fella Records, and in 1999, he organized a tour for Jay-Z which made $19 million.

    I believe he and Chris Laurita were connected somehow... Wasn't Chris a part of the Roc-a-Wear clothing label? Possibly started up with Dash, and maybe an initial influx of Jay-Z $$?

    Teresa Checks In Part 1: Tre Of Life

    in The Real Housewives Of New Jersey

    This is why they are both responsible for the mess they are in, it's not just Theresa,  they are both spenders. Joe has/had that huge wine press in the garage to make his wine and other toys, now he has spent money he really doesn't have on a rock that the next owner will tell the family if they want it they better haul it out of there pronto.

    My memory might be fuzzy, but in the first season (first episode), doesn't Teresa show up with the (then) 3 little girls at Joe's office? I thought the business was somehow masonry related.

    I bet he didn't pay a penny for that slab of stone. He probably has a bunch of random pieces of marble, quartz, etc. at the hous in the garage or a shed. Kind of like when my IBM-dad used to bring home the beige THINK pencils and wide computer print out paper (perforated, circles on the side to fit the printer feeder), from his workplace.

    Of course, that doesn't mean Joe isn't spending money left and right that he doesn't actually have.

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    The Other Duggars: The Lost Girls and Amy

    in Counting On

    Ok, wow. Way too many fonts in that thing, and whoever had the idea that the cartoony script font was a good choice with the weedy swash font was deeply mistaken.

    Interesting that the media information was in clear, legible sans serif faces, like that's the information she wanted to be sure everyone read and understood.

    I bet graphic artist Smuggar "designed" the invites. I was cracking up when they showed him working on Jessa and Ben's invites. As if my five year old couldn't drop all that shit into a template and print.

    Would have been funny if Joshie had two windows open - Paint (or whatever simpleton graphic design program he uses) on one screen, porn on the other. I could see him mistakenly dropping and dragging something like a reverse cowgirl positioned couple onto the front of the Amy's invite by mistake.

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    The Other Duggars: The Lost Girls and Amy

    in Counting On

    Emme, normally I'd agree w you because it's Famy and it's all about what can get her the most exposure. But honestly, I really can't blame her at this point. The ship is on fire and the rats are trying to escape before the whole thing sinks. If someone has the option to NOT be a Duggar right now, I think they have every reason to take that offer.

    Yes - I do agree with that. I mean, I'd be fleeing too if I had the Duggar moniker. However, I still find it annoying that she picks and chooses when to be a Duggar. 

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    The Other Duggars: The Lost Girls and Amy

    in Counting On

    People has a story this morning about Amy's upcoming wedding (this weekend), and how she "can't wait" to change her last name from Duggar.

     

    What a fucking hypocrite! She was Amy Jordan (her father's last name) for many years. Then, when she decided to jump on the Duggar Bandwagon, to hopefully fuel her singing career, she became Amy Duggar. She claimed it was all good, as her parents didn't marry for a long time after her birth, and she was rightfully using her mother's last name. 

     

    I don't care what she calls herself, but I think the back and forth is self-serving and annoying.

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    Michelle and JimBob aka J'Chelle and Boob

    in Counting On

    I just watched 5 minutes of "Bringing up Bates."  Kelly is so much more awesome than Michelle it's sad  She gave their oldest sons wife (sorry, have no idea their names) a photo album of when the son was a baby because he is expecting his first baby.  I can't see any reason Michelle would give such a thoughtful gift to a son/daughter in-law, let alone her own children

    MEchelle wouldn't be able to identify photos of each of her children as babies, let alone have an album put together. I remember one episode where she said she couldn't remember if she knew ahead of time if her new baby would be a boy or a girl (I think it was Josh). Now, I haven't had a jillion pregnancies, but finding out the sex is an event I clearly remember having (and cherishing) with each of my pregnancies/children. It's all about the numbers with her - never the individual.

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