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

[Purpose to defraud]

So Jessa had her baby.. and it's kinda ... meh.

I know. I've been wondering why TLC thinks everyone will be all excited about one more baby? Who cares? 

I'm here for the snark, don't care about Duggars, even tiny Duggars.

[kalamac]

I bet Jessa "I can't properly appreciate my blessing if I'm not on TV" Blessa is fuming that there's almost no interest in the baby.

[Churchhoney]

With over 10,000 likes.

 

Otherwise known as the Ten Thousand Stooges.

I bet Jessa "I can't properly appreciate my blessing if I'm not on TV" Blessa is fuming that there's almost no interest in the baby.

 

Every little bit of learning is a step in the right direction.

[Guest]

HOLY CRAP! IT LOOKS LIKE A PICTURE HAS LEAKED! JESSA MUST BE FURIOUS!!!!

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=890701357673325&set=o.269181913180625&type=3&theater

 

ETA: People has just posted a photo, probably because they realize that another photo is already out there. No name yet. More photos promised on the Seewald website -- of course. 

 

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20964938,00.html

 

 

ETA #2: Is 9 lbs, 11 oz bigger than Izzy? Ouchie. 

Edited November 6, 2015 by Guest

[Ilovemylabs]

Why did this sister/sister-in-law take it upon herself to announce the baby's arrival (and it's gender, too!)?  

 

That honor belongs to the parents. 

 

Does she not like the Duggar circus in general or Jessa in particular or something?  Because how could she not know that was a pretty presumptuous and inconsiderate thing to do?   

Which sister announced the arrival?  I'm confused.

[Ilovemylabs]

I assume the picture is Ben's mom holding the baby.   He is obviously a newborn.  But WHERE was the pix taken?  A hospital?  No hospital I know of has cobblestone floors.  Odd!

 

The baby, like most newborns, is adorable.

Edited November 6, 2015 by Ilovemylabs

[Guest]

I assume the picture is Ben's mom holding the baby.   He is obviously a newborn.  But WHERE was the pix taken?  A hospital?  No hospital I know of has cobblestone floors.  Odd!

 

It's Ben and Jessa's living room/kitchen at their house AKA the mold house. 

[Broken Ox]

He's cuter than Izzy.

 

And speaking of, any guesses how long before Jill goes for the upstage by announcing pregnancy #2?

Edited November 6, 2015 by Broken Ox

[iwadrade]

9.11 pounds at home. OUCH!!!! These ladies really do not get much time to enjoy their new "married" intimate time for long. Glad she has a healthy baby, but I am so curious as to how much pelvic floor therapy these ladies have to do with such close together births!  

 

 

 

ETA #2: Is 9 lbs, 11 oz bigger than Izzy? Ouchie. 

 

Ouch agreed!!!!!! ahhhhck.

[Emme]

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.

[Fuzzysox]

HOLY CRAP! IT LOOKS LIKE A PICTURE HAS LEAKED! JESSA MUST BE FURIOUS!!!!

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=890701357673325&set=o.269181913180625&type=3&theater

 

ETA: People has just posted a photo, probably because they realize that another photo is already out there. No name yet. More photos promised on the Seewald website -- of course. 

 

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20964938,00.html

 

 

ETA #2: Is 9 lbs, 11 oz bigger than Izzy? Ouchie. 

This is why Bam Bam would be the perfect name for him.

 

Is that an old towel they used to wrap him in? 

[kokapetl]

I'm kind of disappointed she didn't deliver in a hospital. I think Jessa would've preferred that, but it looks like TLC's cameras came first.

[MrsMommy]

I think the little guy is a cutie.

[yogi2014L]

Cameras and money aside, I would be PISSED if one of my siblings announced the birth of my kid first- especially if I was keeping the sex a secret. She took that fun moment away from them! ( Assuming she had a major case of word vomit and didn't have permission). 

 

But glad everything seems to have gone well- perhaps due in part to the fact that their resident lay midwife Jilly muffin is in another country. 

 

But I wonder- if you have tearing and such can a lay midwife ( like Jill) stitch you up? I would be so nervous to have a home birth, especially for the first kid. I wouldn't trust Jill ( or anyone with her credentials) to sew my socks much less anything else...

Edited November 6, 2015 by yogi2014L

[louannems]

HOLY CRAP! IT LOOKS LIKE A PICTURE HAS LEAKED! JESSA MUST BE FURIOUS!!!!

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=890701357673325&set=o.269181913180625&type=3&theater

 

ETA: People has just posted a photo, probably because they realize that another photo is already out there. No name yet. More photos promised on the Seewald website -- of course. 

 

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20964938,00.html

 

 

ETA #2: Is 9 lbs, 11 oz bigger than Izzy? Ouchie.

Isn't that Guinn holding her grandchild. You can tell he was Just born! He's still wrapped in a bath towel. So definitely a homebirth. A 10 lb baby at a homebirth for a first time mom is scary! Was he born in the kitchen??? He is absolutely lovely.

[dillpickles]

I'm kind of disappointed she didn't deliver in a hospital. I think Jessa would've preferred that, but it looks like TLC's cameras came first.

Believe me, she's disappointed too.

[kathe5133]

What if you had a baby and the world didn't notice..................

[kellylovessnark]

The birthing house kinda looks like the mold house. Guinn looks like she is sitting in the living room. Behind her is the dining area and then the kitchen.

[Fuzzysox]

The birthing house kinda looks like the mold house. Guinn looks like she is sitting in the living room. Behind her is the dining area and then the kitchen.

Can you imagine what a krazy scene that was with all those people in a tiny house while you are pushing out a huge bowling ball?

[Ljohnson1987]

I wonder what they named him.  I bet J'Chelle was there. At least the MIL got to be there too. Anna's Mom was never at her births.

[Ljohnson1987]

Yes Anna's mom schedules time with her kids.

[neural-plasticity]

What if you had a baby and the world didn't notice..................

if you don't show your newborn baby on social media, does it even exist?????? :)

[Ljohnson1987]

Or in People Magazine.

[Barb23]

Can you imagine what a krazy scene that was with all those people in a tiny house while you are pushing out a huge bowling ball?

Let's not forget Boob & the Stink Bus parked on the front lawn.

Why couldn't they have wrapped him up in a blue towel instead of the yucky colored one? (Or pink if it was a girl).

[Lemur]

if you don't show your newborn baby on social media, does it even exist?????? :)

This is like Schrodinger's Cat, isn't it?

[Fuzzysox]

if you don't show your newborn baby on social media, does it even exist?????? :)

I'm scratching my head trying to figure out why there is a picture of Guinn holding the baby and not Jessa????????? OH and Mrs. Seewald does not have her wedding band on.

[Ljohnson1987]

Benessa's son looks like he's contemplating his future in his screwed up family in his first pic.

[Buggin]

But I wonder- if you have tearing and such can a lay midwife ( like Jill) stitch you up? I would be so nervous to have a home birth, especially for the first kid. I wouldn't trust Jill ( or anyone with her credentials) to sew my socks much less anything else...

 

Good question! I had 2nd degree tears with both of my kids. The second time the on-call doctor was one not from my normal practice and the nurse told me that he was the best one for the job of stitching them up! I've heard of some home births where mom tore badly and had to be transferred to the hospital to be stitched. With big babies like they have, not tearing too much would definitely be added to my prayer list in the weeks prior to delivery because ouch.

[Gemma Violet]

I think some home birth mothers simply don't get stitched.  I used to know a woman who belonged to a cult that didn't believe in doctors or hospitals.  She had all her kids at home (a total of five) as did all the women in the cult.  No pre-natal check-ups, no doctors or hospitals afterwards.

 

I know Kim Kardashian's baby is not due for another month, but could you imagine if she and Jessa were due the same week and Kim pushed Jessa off the cover of People?  I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when Jessa found out.  

Edited November 6, 2015 by Gemma Violet

[NewDigs]

HOLY CRAP! IT LOOKS LIKE A PICTURE HAS LEAKED! JESSA MUST BE FURIOUS!!!!

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=890701357673325&set=o.269181913180625&type=3&theater

 

ETA: People has just posted a photo, probably because they realize that another photo is already out there. No name yet. More photos promised on the Seewald website -- of course. 

 

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20964938,00.html

 

 

ETA #2: Is 9 lbs, 11 oz bigger than Izzy? Ouchie.

I think someone upthread had the "formula" correct for guessing a baby's birth weight to be similar to its mother's.

Jessa is quoted in that People article as saying that she was the largest of her siblings at 9 lbs. 15 ozs. Ouch.

[Absolom]

The birthing house kinda looks like the mold house. Guinn looks like she is sitting in the living room. Behind her is the dining area and then the kitchen.

Yes, she seems to have delivered at their own home. 

 

In answer to the other question, I think lay midwives may only stitch the smallest of tears. 

[GinnyLee]

It appears Jessica delivered the news followed by Michelle (on the Duggar Family Official Facebook page), but I'm wondering if either of them had Jessa's permission to do so. I can understand Jessica's excitement at being a new aunt, but Michelle should know that this info wasn't hers to announce. Looks like this family needs to have a sit down and discuss privacy and who has the rights to announce personal info. 

[Ljohnson1987]

My girlie parts hurt just thinking about pushing out a baby that big. I bet Jessa was screaming for drugs

[kokapetl]

"What have I gotten myself into?!"

White couch? They'll soon regret that choice.

And of course, the King. ETA: it's their layered sand thing from the wedding on the mantle. A whole year without a howler shaking it up.

Edited November 6, 2015 by Kokapetl

[Lemur]

What if you had a baby and the world didn't notice..................

You mean like some peasant?!

 

Observations on the pictures:

-No one could close the freaking closet door?  Really?

-The irony of dressing the kid in a black and white striped onesie.  Yes, child, welcome to your life of being a prisoner to your grandfather's personal brand of crazy theology.  

 

I don't like babies, they freak me out, so no comments on the relative attractiveness of this one.  

Edited November 6, 2015 by Lemur

[Jenilane6]

Hmm, olive oil bottle on the floor near Grandma's head, and what is the "0" on the mantel for?  Days until due date, not updated?  Next we will see "40".

[JenCarroll]

Have been loving "Bam-Bam" - the perfect name in this particular situation. Bam-Bam Seaworld - love it!

Bam-Bam Binstone Seaworld. I wonder when he gets his first pet dinosaur.

[PJ123]

Jill must be livid that Jessa had a successful home birth.

[JoanArc]

Jill must be livid that Jessa had a successful home birth.

And didn't even read bible verses during labor aloud with Ben, to bond with him.

 

On another note, reading Bam-Bam makes my eyes bleed. Please just announce the name so the mods can ban all the nicknames.

[Ljohnson1987]

Grandma looks insane.

[Candy Cane]

Grandma looks insane.

 

Grandma looks like she is wearing two coats and a sweater, yet the baby is only in a towel.

[TomServo]

But I wonder- if you have tearing and such can a lay midwife ( like Jill) stitch you up? 

 

Yes, they can. but they also do more to keep you from tearing in the first place.

[Lemur]

Grandma looks like she is wearing two coats and a sweater, yet the baby is only in a towel.

I swear to God, she's wearing the ladies' version of a Members Only jacket in Ashes of Rose.  

[Tabbygirl521]

It appears Jessica delivered the news followed by Michelle (on the Duggar Family Official Facebook page), but I'm wondering if either of them had Jessa's permission to do so. I can understand Jessica's excitement at being a new aunt, but Michelle should know that this info wasn't hers to announce. Looks like this family needs to have a sit down and discuss privacy and who has the rights to announce personal info.

Boundaries are not among this family's strong points.

[BitterApple]

Are lay midwives allowed to prescribe drugs? A nearly ten pound kid is going to make for some sore lady-parts.

The baby looks like....a baby.

[cdp73]

I think someone upthread had the "formula" correct for guessing a baby's birth weight to be similar to its mother's.

Jessa is quoted in that People article as saying that she was the largest of her siblings at 9 lbs. 15 ozs. Ouch.

 

Ego weighs an awful lot.

[DangerousMinds]

What if you had a baby and the world didn't notice..................

Another baby. Blah blah blah.

[Westiepeach]

Hmm, olive oil bottle on the floor near Grandma's head,

Gotta get that baby out somehow! :)

[Joe Jitsu913]

I know this is low of me, but I'm okay with Jessica Seewald releasing the birth of baby Seeworld. After all, Jessa wanted to steal Amy's thunder when Amy was getting married. Karma,baby.

I hope reality hits Bin hard and makes him step it up. No more living off of Daddy Duggar's $$$$ anymore. Get a real job, Bin.

Edited November 6, 2015 by Joe Jitsu913

[StaceyNotStacie]

I wonder if it was the Seewald family as a whole announcing the arrival before the Duggars as a way to stick it to them. I could see Ben's father doing something like this to stick it to JB.