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27 minutes ago, Ljohnson1987 said:

I wonder if TLC will use Joy and Austin's YouTube footage for a birth special. No way a camera crew was allowed. 

Considering how very little interesting stuff ever happens with this crowd, I don't think TLC has a choice.  I hope that Joy and Austin got paid for the footage separate from JB's deal,

Congratulations to Joy on the successful VBAC.  From what we saw, she did an excellent job of preparing herself and did her best to get the outcome she wanted.  Alas, this may indeed speed up the baby train for these two; but it is safer for her in the long run.

If Joy and Austin are now gone from the show in addition to Jill and Derrick; it is going to be harder and harder for TLC to sell us on the notion that this is such a wonderful, happy family.  Joy is also far more likeable and has a lot more viewer recognition than most of the other Duggar daughters and DIL on the show.  I just don't see Lauren or even Abbie and Kendra having much of a following compared to the original Duggar sisters who were the core of the show. Now,  with two of them gone, Jana doing nothing interesting whatsoever; we're left with Jessa as the only one of the kids from the original show who is well known to the viewers.  She needs to get pregnant with triplets like yesterday.

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11 hours ago, absnow54 said:

Jinger, the show’s “breakout star” would like to have a word with you. 

Shows just how interesting Jinger's life is.  I did forget about her.  That doesn't bode well for her ability to 'breakout'.

2 hours ago, ginger90 said:

In the video, while she’s in labor.

Everyone says that in labor.  If I had a nickel for every time I heard it ...  One of my sisters said she actually told her husband, in front of nurses and others, that they were never having sex again.  She had two more kids, I delivered them; she got pregnant the old fashioned way.  Funny how that works.  Most women have only vague memories of the pain of labor; as soon as they see their baby, it doesn't matter, until the next labor starts and it all comes rushing back.

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I think that was due to the medicine she got before the epidural. After she got it and some rest, she was back to her old self.

I was high while I was giving birth to my son, without epidural. I gave birth to my daughter with epidural and I was clear headed then

But after I gave birth to my son I said, yes I can do this again

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Any confirmation about Joy and Austin no longer being on the show? I remember Derick claimed that in one of his social media rants, but they have appeared in this season, and I've never seen any other official confirmation from Joy/Austin or TLC that they're leaving. Ordinarily, I could see them possibly stepping back and appearing less, but to me, the way they handled the birth and name announcement seems like people who are wanting to generate more publicity (as one would expect from a reality TV personality), not less.

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1 hour ago, Zella said:

but to me, the way they handled the birth and name announcement seems like people who are wanting to generate more publicity (as one would expect from a reality TV personality), not less.

But they seemed like they were generating publicity for their own Youtube channel/ Instagram, rather than TLC. I mean, has a Duggar spawn ever posted a birthing video before? Usually we get a TLC webisode/ special episode instead.

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7 minutes ago, dargosmydaddy said:

But they seemed like they were generating publicity for their own Youtube channel/ Instagram, rather than TLC. I mean, has a Duggar spawn ever posted a birthing video before? Usually we get a TLC webisode/ special episode instead.

That's certainly possible, but I'm not sure that means they are leaving TLC either. It will be interesting to see what happens, especially if they do bolt after all. 

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1 hour ago, dargosmydaddy said:

But they seemed like they were generating publicity for their own Youtube channel/ Instagram, rather than TLC. I mean, has a Duggar spawn ever posted a birthing video before? Usually we get a TLC webisode/ special episode instead.

I think with the pandemic and all the disruption of filming schedules for reality TV and everything else, they probably wanted to get the story out there and get some clicks from their followers since there is no telling how soon the show will be able to pick up and move forward.  Even pre-pandemic, the show was about a year behind in showing births.  

I don't think their current posting habits are necessarily indicative of anything except that times are strange.  It could be that they will already have ANOTHER kid before TLC gets around to covering this birth.

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13 minutes ago, BigBingerBro said:

Joy and Austin are smart to make content on YouTube.  Even if the show on TLC ends, if they build up a loyal fan base, they can still make $$ doing YouTube.  

Assuming youtube stays strong as a platform and doesn't take stronger measures to protect children's privacy. I've seen youtubers say they're worried about the longevity of the site. I suppose something else could replace youtube eventually, but there are always trade-offs and risks. 

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17 minutes ago, Temperance said:

Assuming youtube stays strong as a platform and doesn't take stronger measures to protect children's privacy. I've seen youtubers say they're worried about the longevity of the site. I suppose something else could replace youtube eventually, but there are always trade-offs and risks. 

I think YouTube will be around a good long while, but I can see them demonetizing channels that heavily feature minor children. 

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1 hour ago, BigBingerBro said:

Joy and Austin are smart to make content on YouTube.  Even if the show on TLC ends, if they build up a loyal fan base, they can still make $$ doing YouTube.  

They’d be smarter to be more private and stop exploiting their kids, IMO. Austin is perfectly capable of providing.

40 minutes ago, Scarlett45 said:

I think YouTube will be around a good long while, but I can see them demonetizing channels that heavily feature minor children. 

As they should!

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18 hours ago, BigBingerBro said:

Joy and Austin are smart to make content on YouTube.  Even if the show on TLC ends, if they build up a loyal fan base, they can still make $$ doing YouTube.  

Thereby neatly and efficiently avoiding all of the inconvenience to JB of having to monitor their income flowing into his wallet, keeping it all tidy and completely correct and accounted for, and all the fuss and bother of deciding if and when he might consider distributing it to them.  I am so relieved to hear they are being so considerate to possibly take on the burden themselves and reduce JB's workload. 

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18 hours ago, Scarlett45 said:

I think YouTube will be around a good long while, but I can see them demonetizing channels that heavily feature minor children. 

YouTube as a platform hasn't been sustainable for content creators for a looooooong time. The amount people get from ads is a pittance compared to their heyday.

It's why most content creators have moved to Patreon and upload to YouTube a few days later. 

Joy and Austin's videos are probably less time and labor intensive to make than others, but they aren't going to make a living off this. Eventually it'll be more effort than it is worth. 

This site estimates they make $1330 per video. It's probably a lot lower than that because more popular content creators have stated they make much less per video. 

https://influencermarketinghub.com/how-much-do-youtubers-make/

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On 9/5/2020 at 11:22 PM, absnow54 said:

Jinger, the show’s “breakout star” would like to have a word with you. 

Please hold, she will be with you momentarily.   First Jeremy needs to select the appropriate outfits, get glammed, get Jinger to press the perfect pocket square, direct Jinger's glam session and compose her response.  Then he will direct the lighting and camera crews, stage the appropriate background, and take a seat and position his puppet just so on his knee.   

Nobody will even detect Jeremy's lips moving when Jinger sets @doodlebug straight about THE breakout star(s) of the show.

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4 hours ago, Pixie Chicken said:

There's plenty of reasons to stop having children before you get to 8 or 10 or 20 of them, but getting "one of each" isn't necessarily the ideal for everyone and doesn't mean Joy should stop now. 

I have three. I wanted three. They all happen to be boys, but I can't tell you how many times friends and even strangers have told me I should try "one more time" for a girl or said things like, "Oh, was the third supposed to be your girl?" IN FRONT OF MY KIDS. (My husband gets the opposite, generally from men -- "you lucked out, no girls!") My youngest was very much wanted, regardless of the sex of my older two. 

We snark on the Duggars for their rigid ideas of gender, but the idea that every family should have one (or some) of each exists in society in general. A lot of this is based in gender roles too -- boys grow up and leave their families of origin, girls will take care of you in old age, moms need girls to dress up, boys have to carry on the family name, etc. 

Joy and Austin should have as many as they want, so long as her health and their financial and family circumstances allow it.

I used to get the opposite response: I had a boy, then a girl, and was pregnant with my third baby. People would tell us we "ruined the perfect millionaire family" because we already had one of each. Ugh.

I hope people refrain from those kinds of comments with Joy amd Austin, since they also lost a daughter, which makesnot even worse to comment about in my opinion. 

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On 9/7/2020 at 9:30 AM, Pixie Chicken said:

I have three. I wanted three. They all happen to be boys, but I can't tell you how many times friends and even strangers have told me I should try "one more time" for a girl or said things like, "Oh, was the third supposed to be your girl?" IN FRONT OF MY KIDS. (My husband gets the opposite, generally from men -- "you lucked out, no girls!") My youngest was very much wanted, regardless of the sex of my older two. 

 

People actually say this shit to you?? That’s AWFUL! I’m so sorry. 
 

I don’t know what’s wrong with people. Women just can’t win- if we don’t have kids we are criticized, if we have one we are criticized etc etc. 

 

I would think people wouldn’t be so hateful and ignorant to say such things to Joy-Anna, but I won’t hold my breath. 

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On 9/7/2020 at 10:30 AM, Pixie Chicken said:

There's plenty of reasons to stop having children before you get to 8 or 10 or 20 of them, but getting "one of each" isn't necessarily the ideal for everyone and doesn't mean Joy should stop now. 

I have three. I wanted three. They all happen to be boys, but I can't tell you how many times friends and even strangers have told me I should try "one more time" for a girl or said things like, "Oh, was the third supposed to be your girl?" IN FRONT OF MY KIDS. (My husband gets the opposite, generally from men -- "you lucked out, no girls!") My youngest was very much wanted, regardless of the sex of my older two. 

We snark on the Duggars for their rigid ideas of gender, but the idea that every family should have one (or some) of each exists in society in general. A lot of this is based in gender roles too -- boys grow up and leave their families of origin, girls will take care of you in old age, moms need girls to dress up, boys have to carry on the family name, etc. 

Joy and Austin should have as many as they want, so long as her health and their financial and family circumstances allow it.

My parents had 5 girls and 1 boy.  I cannot count the number of times people have said, 'Oh, kept on trying until they got a boy!'  No, he was #4 out of 6.  My parents, particularly my Dad since  it is usually supposed to be the guy who wants sons, was very happy to have lots of daughters and said so all the time.  My youngest sister was born after a 9+year gap when my parents were in their 40's.  Plenty of people also indicated that we must be disappointed she wasn't a boy.  Nope, not ever.  I will say that when my mother was pregnant, we referred to our future sibling as Baby Brian because we figured the law of averages were favoring a boy; but when she turned out not to be a Brian; I don't recall any of us thinking twice about it.

One of my sisters was certain she would have a girl with her first child, just sure of it.  She worked in retail children's clothing and was constantly pointing out stuff she would buy for her daughter.  Then, my nephew was born.  First thing she said to me was 'What was a I thinking?  A baby boy is just perfect!  A boy is just what we needed!'  

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54 minutes ago, doodlebug said:

Those suckers cost around 55 bucks at Ulta.  A lot of dough, IMO, for a young couple with a couple of kids.  They must be doing alright moneywise.

It also looks a lot like the Ulta brand pallette I have...and I scored one on clearance once for about $4.50 (one of the colors had gotten broken up).

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On 9/7/2020 at 10:30 AM, Pixie Chicken said:

 

I have three. I wanted three. They all happen to be boys, but I can't tell you how many times friends and even strangers have told me I should try "one more time" for a girl or said things like, "Oh, was the third supposed to be your girl?" IN FRONT OF MY KIDS. (My husband gets the opposite, generally from men -- "you lucked out, no girls!") My youngest was very much wanted, regardless of the sex of my older two. 

 

I have 3 girls. We wanted healthy babies; neither of us cared about their sex. But I get asked if we were going to or tried for a boy. Or if my husband is sad he didn’t have a boy. Nope.   My husband also gets comments about how sorry people are for him having to deal with all girls. No one ever says that to me—and they drive me the craziest!

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My friend is an OB ultrasound tech. She says when people are obviously disappointed about the sex of the baby, it’s always the dad having a tantrum the baby is a girl. I think it is so frequent that it is slowly killing my friend’s faith in humanity.

On topic: Joy’s makeup could be a present. Several years ago we were BROKE. So very broke. My MIL loves to give gifts, and my sister worked at Fleet Feet and gave me shoes that were discontinued, so while we were BROKE I had (too small) Brooks shoes and a Vera Bradley purse. 

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1 hour ago, Marshmallow Mollie said:

My friend is an OB ultrasound tech. She says when people are obviously disappointed about the sex of the baby, it’s always the dad having a tantrum the baby is a girl. I think it is so frequent that it is slowly killing my friend’s faith in humanity.

On topic: Joy’s makeup could be a present. Several years ago we were BROKE. So very broke. My MIL loves to give gifts, and my sister worked at Fleet Feet and gave me shoes that were discontinued, so while we were BROKE I had (too small) Brooks shoes and a Vera Bradley purse. 

Yeah it could have been a gift.  That's the Naked Reloaded palette that came out last year.  I could see someone like the Bates girl gifting it to Joy last year after she lost Annabelle.  Also, it's available at Ulta and Ulta has a great rewards program if you make all of your purchases there.  I use them almost exclusively for myself and have redeemed my points for some nice stuff I would never have paid full retail for.  

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2 hours ago, Marshmallow Mollie said:

My friend is an OB ultrasound tech. She says when people are obviously disappointed about the sex of the baby, it’s always the dad having a tantrum the baby is a girl. I think it is so frequent that it is slowly killing my friend’s faith in humanity.

Someone needs to remind these men that it's the sperm which determines the sex of the baby.  And more importantly, to be grateful for a healthy child.  

On topic: It's lovely to see Joy looking so happy!  

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