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

[Ljohnson1987]

It's official. Jessa is knocked up

 

http://www.people.com/article/jessa-duggar-seewald-pregnant-expecting-first-child-ben?xid=socialflow_facebook_peoplemag

[JoanArc]

Congrats Jessa!

 

So much for those that thought it was a food baby!

[JennyMominFL]

Wow, they waited  a whole 3 months to get pregnant. I'm so glad the decided to take it slow.

[Clemgo3165]

Did they put a pillow under her dress, or what? She's looked pregnant, but not THAT pregnant in the recent pics. I'd figured her due date to be earlier. Hope all goes well for all three of them.

[3 is enough]

Well, shit.  At least she waited for the first trimester to be over to announce.  Maybe she will say NO to cameras during labor.

 

If that is what they really want, more power to them.  Hope everything goes well.  

 

I found the comment about being grateful for having a year together as a couple to be quite telling.  I could be wrong but maybe they were not as eager to be parents as Jill and Derick were.

Edited April 21, 2015 by 3 is enough

[3girlsforus]

Am I allowed to say s#it on this board??? The article is disturbing too. She says 'having this first year to share just the two of us has been special' ignoring the fact that it was about the 10th quote with special in it, they have only been married 5 1/2 months and she's entering her 2nd trimester. Where was this first year just the two of us???

[purpleflowers]

Congratulations Jessa! But also I am disappointed. What exactly does Ben do to support a family? 

[Ljohnson1987]

I had higher hopes for Jessa. Will Bin be 20 by then? They're creepy.

[Mountainair]

God. Damn. What a fucking waste. Another woman delegated to only bearing children. Thank god my life is more than that. How utterly sad and demeaning and for what? The TLC paycheck because God knows Bin has absolutely nothing else going on for him.

This pisses me off more than it should but holy crap, someone grow a fucking pair of balls and claim something else for their life other than the party line.

[galax-arena]

Am I allowed to say s#it on this board???

Oh, I use much stronger language than that on this board, lol. 

 

Congrats to Jessa, I guess. I wasn't following the is-she-or-isn't-she speculation here because I've never found celebrity pregnancies to be that interesting. Especially with a family like the Duggars, where the main thing they're known for is popping out kids one after the other, after a while it's just... okay, I get it, you're fertile. (Yeah, I know that Michelle =/= Jessa =/= Jill, but at a certain point all the babies/pregnancies just blur together for me!) 

[Ljohnson1987]

Thank God for the show. Without TLC Bin and Jessa would be living in a shoe. Neither have any skills for the real world.

[3 is enough]

 

Where was this first year just the two of us???

Baby is due on their anniversary, so they will have had a year as a couple.  Of course being pregnant changes the dynamic so much.  That little elephant in the room is hard to ignore.

[Ljohnson1987]

I wonder if they'll still adopt. Doubt it. She'll pop out a blessing every year.

[trimthatfat]

Congrats to Jessa and Ben.

[galax-arena]

Without TLC Bin and Jessa would be living in a shoe. Neither have any skills for the real world.

You don't think that the Dashing Binjermin Seewald has the skills to go into ministry? His video interviews with Jinger didn't convince you? 

[graefin]

God. Damn. What a fucking waste. Another woman delegated to only bearing children. Thank god my life is more than that. How utterly sad and demeaning and for what? The TLC paycheck because God knows Bin has absolutely nothing else going on for him.

Don't forget that it's their primary goal to populate God's army. The TLC paycheck just facilitates it.

[3girlsforus]

Baby is due on their anniversary, so they will have had a year as a couple.  Of course being pregnant changes the dynamic so much.  That little elephant in the room is hard to ignore.

Sorry. Doesn't work that way (I know you know that but it doesn't seem that Jessa does) A year by yourselves means no baby in the room, even if it's fully contained. Once you are pregnant it's about the baby, not the relationship. Plus she said it as if it was different than Jill or a honeymoon baby. Sorry but 2 - 3 months is not a year alone together

[Hpmec]

Bin and Jessa better be praying that TLC doesn't cancel the Duggars because their tv fame is the only thing that's going to keep them and what will become their ridiculously large brood fed. Boob isn't going to be able to provide a livelihood for everybody down the line -especially if he continues marrying off his daughters to uneducated teenagers. Bin has no skills whatsoever, so he is entirely dependent on the show and whatever crumbs Boob throws his way. Sad for the baby being born into this trainwreck.

[buddabing]

NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Gross, just gross. These people are nuts.

[flyingdi]

Maybe there is an upside to this pregnancy. Maybe Jessa can move Jinger in with them on the basis that she needs some extra help. It would get Jinger out of the Big House and maybe cheer her up a little.

The way the Duggars seem to feel Jessa and Jinger can no longer be besties just because Jessa got married makes no sense to me.

[buddabing]

Don't forget that it's their primary goal to populate God's army. The TLC paycheck just facilitates it.

They really are trying to build God's Army. It is frightening. No one cares if you are going to have kids or not have kids, but to do it in this creepy cult way is so mind boggling. Please someone get educated! I will come and tutor the Duggar kids for free. 

[buddabing]

Wow, they waited  a whole 3 months to get pregnant. I'm so glad the decided to take it slow.

Hahahaha! Their fertility is insane!!!!!! Even for young people they are pregnant immediately, everyone  single one of them. 

[Leigh3]

So if she is due November 1, she is about 3 months along? Looking at her size in the People picture I am guessing twins. With my twins I popped out by 2.5 months. If it is twins might be a reason they waited to announce.

[Darknight]

Gee who cares. Gosh these people go to people for everything.

[Leigh3]

I should clarify my baby belly popped out LOL Good luck Ben and Jessa.

[Darknight]

So if she is due November 1, she is about 3 months along? Looking at her size in the People picture I am guessing twins. With my twins I popped out by 2.5 months. If it is twins might be a reason they waited to announce.

So she didn't have a honey moon baby

[crutchie]

I'll admit that I read the People article and my heart sank a little.  I was hoping they would take a little more time as a couple before becoming parents.  Although the baby will not arrive until November, it still is not a full year.  I suspect that many of their conversations now will centre around baby.

 

I do often wonder how these couples are going to support themselves once TLC goes away.  Jim Bob and Michelle have created a generation of 19 uneducated kids not equipped to deal with the real world.  It makes me sad, especially since Ben appears to only be working for Boob.

 

I guess the next pregnacy announcement will come when Jill announces #2.

[Betweenyouandme]

She's 3 weeks behind me in regard to pregnancy. I'm due Oct 9 (no u/s to confirm date yet). My stomach has been out like that, too, for a few weeks. Mostly bloating but the last week, my uterus is definitely out now.

[fesspoire]

Let's have some fun and caption this pic:

 

 

https://instagram.com/p/1vn2nfmrQ-/

 

 

[zenme]

Ben's face looks so creepy in that photo. He's looking like "I've been having sex 'round the clock, and now she's been impregnated..."

[Betweenyouandme]

Ben's face looks so creepy in that photo. He's looking like "I've been having sex 'round the clock, and now she's been impregnated..."

He does look a little....off.

[JoanArc]

Jessa's acne has been photoshopped to hell in the People pic.

 

Jill and Anna are likely fuming at being old news. I wonder if they'll even bother filming Anna's birth. (Kidding!)

[TheDoctorsCompanio]

https://m.facebook.com/648984968502376/photos/a.652088928191980.1073741831.648984968502376/843435315724006/?type=1&source=48&refid=17&_ft_&__tn__=E

Ugh she did that thing with Anna and Jill

[JenCarroll]

Let's have some fun and caption this pic:

 

 

https://instagram.com/p/1vn2nfmrQ-/

"Anything you can do, I can do better..."

[TheDoctorsCompanio]

So did Jessa outlast Anna with the first pregnancy?

[JoanArc]

So did Jessa outlast Anna with the first pregnancy?

 

Nope. Anna made it 4 months.

[TheDoctorsCompanio]

Nope. Anna made it 4 months.

What a shame.

[Darknight]

Again why didn't Anna get this much attention? I feel bad that poor Ben didn't pull out or at least talk her into protection

[Ljohnson1987]

Anna is a Duggar by marriage. She's second fiddle when it comes to the 19 that Queen J'Chelle birthed.

[abseedee]

Let's have some fun and caption this pic:

 

 

https://instagram.com/p/1vn2nfmrQ-/

"Cooked, cooking and just in the oven."

 

She's doing a Jill pose.....arched back and raised eyebrows with crazy eyes added.

I guess congrats to Bingermin and Blessa.

Edited April 21, 2015 by abseedee

[Ljohnson1987]

Jessa. We know you're knocked up. (It's all you're good for). Stop purposely arching your back to show us.

[JennyMominFL]

I bet that before Jessa delivers , Jill we  have announced she's pregnant with the spare.

[STFUFrank]

Let's have some fun and caption this pic:

https://instagram.com/p/1vn2nfmrQ-/

"We just had sex..." (To the tune of The Lonely Island song "I Just Had Sex.")

[GEML]

Sigh. That's really all I have to say.

[MarkySnark]

"Anything you can do, I can do better..."

Hear nothing intelligent, say nothing intelligent, do nothing intelligent

ETA: That is a caption for the photo, not a comment on the caption previously written. I can't copy photos.

Edited April 21, 2015 by MarkySnark

[Bean421]

Jessa's older sister Jill Dillard, 23, and her husband, Derick, 26, welcomed son Israel David on April 6 after a 70-hour labor. Jill, a student midwife, "has all the knowledge and training," Jessa says.

 

Does she? Does she really Jessa?  I'm wondering if they'll have Jill be responsible for delivery since she's supposedly taking her certification exam this summer.

[Ljohnson1987]

Scoff. Jessa probably has about as much training as Jill. Hope she'll be smart enough not to screw around if complications arise, like Jill did.

[WhitneyWhit]

Let's have some fun and caption this pic:

 

 

https://instagram.com/p/1vn2nfmrQ-/

"We're still not exactly sure how this happens".

[JennyMominFL]

"We're still not exactly sure how this happens".

It happens after the best 20 seconds of their lives

Edited April 21, 2015 by JennyMominFL

[truelovekiss]

I had higher hopes for Jessa. Will Bin be 20 by then? They're creepy.

Yes, his birthday is next month. I only know because we share a birthday!