Did Michelle Duggar have a baby before she was married?

Answer 1

No.

This is a common misunderstanding that crops up from viewers that watch a lot of TLC shows. There was another series featuring big families on TLC, in that there was a family with an older daughter who was estranged from the family and who had a baby.

This was the Jeub family, not the Duggars. It is a fairly common mistake.

Answer 2

No, that is the Jeub family you're thinking of.

The Jeub family's oldest daughter is Alicia. She was featured on a few follow up episodes that highlighted her relationship with her mom and Chris Jeub.

Critics have pointed out that Alicia, along with the second oldest daughter Alissa, are infrequently mentioned on the family blog or website. They are both adults living on their own, but it does seem odd references about them are sparse.

Alicia has posted about the experience of being on a reality television show on the Television Without Pity forums. See related links.

Answer 3

No, this is a common misconception. The Duggar family, their history and children have been extensively documented in their books, and during Jim Bob's service as a member of the Arkansas Legislature.

Most people are probably confusing the Duggars with the Jeubs. This is another big family that has been featured on reality specials that aired on TLC. Mrs. Jeub did have a child before marrying her current husband, and that daughter is not an active participant in family live and had a daughter out of wedlock.

Answer 4

As of August, 2010, Michelle Duggar is not expecting another child. She and her husband are parents to 19 children, and in an interview, in August 2010, Michelle said she would welcome a 20th child, despite having her 19th child 3 1/2 months early.

Answer 5

No.

This rumor has been floating around since TLC did a series on big families that included a couple of families where the mother did have a child out of wedlock before entering into the relationship where they had 10 or more children.

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar met when they were in High School, and married shortly afterwards. Their first child, Josh Duggar, was born about 3 years after they got married.

Answer 6

In February 2012, Michelle Duggar lost her most recent baby due to miscarriage. Jubilee would have been the 20th Duggar child in the family.

Her big sister, Josie Brooklyn Duggar the was delivered by an emergency c-section on December 10, 2009 15 weeks early. She weighed 1lb 6 ounces at birth. As of 2012, Josie is growing and developing and does not require any special care.

Michelle Duggar has always said that she would love another baby but that she is aware that "time of life" is coming to an end. In one interview she said that it was okay because that was about the time grandbabies started showing up!

Answer 7

No, Michelle did not have a child before marriage. I have seen this question a lot and I do not know what started this rumor, but Michelle's first child, Josh, was born 4 years after she and her husband, Jim Bob, were married.

Answer 8

No, you are getting them mixed up with someone else.

Answer 9

No. Michelle Duggar's first child, Joshua, was born in 1988, four years after she married her husband, Jim Bob, in 1984.