Pendragons Princess

Children born with diabetes, that is. Read on:

http://www.lemondrop.com/2009/09/24/indonesian-woman-births-19-2-pound-jumbo-baby/1#c21850027

Sep 24th 2009 By Emerald Catron

Indonesian Woman Births 19.2-Pound Jumbo Baby

On Monday a woman in Indonesia broke her country’s record for fattest baby, popping out a whopper of a kid who weighed a little over 19 lbs. Sounds like double congratulations are in order … and some painkillers.

The woman, who had previously had three children with a traditional midwife in attendance, was escorted to the hospital when complications arose in her pregnancy, which was nine months along.

The doctors performed a Caesarian section and pulled out the 19.2-lb. baby boy. Doctors are saying the baby is healthy, although his crying is unusually loud, and his apparent love for food has traveled with him out of the womb. Binsar Sitanggang, one of the attending gynecologists, described it as “almost non-stop feeding.”

The baby is probably the size it is because his mother is diabetic, a condition which could have raised her glucose levels and thereby the baby’s, giving him more sugar than he needed and making him grow like a superhero fetus.

Although the largest surviving baby in the world weighed 3 lbs. more than this fellow, topping the scales at 22.44 pounds, let’s not kid ourselves: This baby is huuuuuge. How huge? Here are some other things that weigh approximately the same as Indonesia’s Jumbo Baby.

One of those ungodly gigantic sacks of potatoes that are so big you wonder who buys them.

A car tire. That’s right. An actual car tire.

If you had four 5-lb. bags of sugar, and your neighbor borrowed about 2 cups, the remainder would equal Gigantor Child.

Lemondrop editor Laura Gilbert’s tubby cat.

And this fish.
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Granted, the Indonesian woman who gave birth to this gargantuan infant probably did not have access to information on the dangers of having children if one is diabetic. So chances are very high that this baby is diabetic, too. What if this happened in the United States? A lot of people would be digging into the woman calling her uneducated, poor, a welfare queen, and other unsavory comments associated with women who just have lots of babies non-stop. The 19-pound baby is going to have a lot of health problems and not just from diabetes, either. Then there is the problem of the boy getting teased for being so big in school. But no, every woman has to have “just one more child.” Ugh.

Thom Christopher, the actor who played Hawk in the second season of “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” and Carlo Hesser in “One Life to Live”, is childfree.

The October 1990 issue of Soap Opera Digest reports that Thom, and his wife Judith, are in fact childfree by choice. This is a rather pleasant surprise, since I have always liked the Hawk character, especially the way Thom looked in those spandex tights (great hind view!). In the interview by Donna Hoke, Thom admits that with his and his wife’s busy schedule as actors, they have next to no time for taking care of kids. They have plenty of nieces and nephews, though, who they can splurge on when the chance comes. Thom also admits the reason people have children is because they feel pressured by society to do so, and that having children is a tremendous responsibility. Of course, Thom has many other responsibilities, including charity work for AIDS and the Special Olympics. Anyone with sexy, smoldering eyes like Thom’s is OK in my book, and his being childfree makes him even better. Love ya, Hawk.

I actually laughed as I read this one:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1212583/
Family-horrified-getting-restaurant-describing-year-old-daughter-little-f–er.html

‘Thanks, you little f*****’: Family horrified after restaurant bill makes clear what waiters thought of Molly, two

By Daily Mail Reporter

11th September 2009

Most parents have experienced their young children getting restless when waiting for a meal in a restaurant.

But not many get the bill at the end of it with a message describing their offspring as a ‘little f*****’.

This is what happened to parents Craig and Kimberley Cartin at a Mexican restaurant in Halifax, West Yorkshire, where they received the receipt which had ‘Thank you little f*****’ written on it.

Visiting the brand new eaterie, called Cactus Joe’s, on its opening weekend the family had already been frustrated by slow service and poor food, which caused hungry two-year-old Molly to complain.

‘Unbelievably offensive’: The family’s receipt - the obscenity is the last item on the bill

The couple believe her mild protests triggered the shocking comment - despite being seated in the advertised ‘kids’ zone’.

Fuming Craig, a 34-year-old administrator, said: ‘I couldn’t believe my eyes.  The meal was indifferent anyway but to be abused on the bill is unbelievably offensive.

‘I consider myself a fairly easy-going guy but this was too much, it’s awful behaviour.

‘Molly was a bit grumbly, a bit moany, but her behaviour certainly wasn’t  terrible - so this was just uncalled for. Presumably they meant to delete it  before printing but it’s still no excuse.’

Kimberley, 25, who was also with one-year-old daughter Megan at the time, described how the family had to wait a long time for their meal and then the offensive bill.

She said: ‘It was really quiet when we were in there.

‘But somehow they still managed to take that long to serve us and after about 20 minutes, Molly started to get restless and a bit impatient.

‘She wanted to get up and walk around but we wouldn’t let her so she had a little tantrum.

‘When we asked for the bill there was another long wait so I went up to pay at  the counter and that is when I saw the swear word on the bill.

‘I couldn’t believe it. The woman looked really embarrassed and the manager  apologised but I could still see people whispering and sniggering.

‘It’s out of order.’

Restaurant owner Steve Ryan apologised for the message and said the member of  staff responsible, believed to be a 29-year-old manageress, had been sacked.

He said: ‘This was absolutely inexcusable and it won’t be tolerated. The person  involved has been sacked and I am planning on consulting my lawyers to see if I can take further action against her.

‘I have visited the customer involved and invited him to be our guest this weekend. We offer unreserved apologies.’

The incident rounds off a torrid first fortnight for the restaurant.

After opening on August 28 it had to close again just days later because the gas  supply was inadequate causing dozens of cancellations.

Kimberley said she and Craig turned down the restaurant’s offer to be their guest.
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I guess the kid’s section did not work out too well in this new restaurant. Or maybe the new management was so poor and sloppy, the manager came from the local trailer park, thus exacerbating the poor service. I have this image of the manager saying, “I don’t know what the hell I’m doing.” Then we have the parents of the 2-year old grommet who decided to turn into a fire engine while the family waited for their meal. Not so precious, according to the person who left the message on the bill for the couple. As usual, the parents had their own excuse as to why they could not control their child or quietly leave the restaurant with her. It’s just another sign of the massive parenting fails around the globe.

Who says you can’t predict pregnancies?

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20301647,00.html

Duggars Expecting Their 19th Child!

By Alicia Dennis

September 1, 2009

Make way for more Duggars!

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of Tonitown, Ark., who have 18 children and one grandchild on the way, are expecting a new addition to their household – baby No. 19 will arrive in the spring.

“We are so thrilled,” says Michelle, 42. “We just couldn’t believe it is happening.” Jim Bob, 44, agrees: “This never gets old. We are so grateful for each child. We are looking forward to our first grand baby and our 19th child.”

Oldest son Joshua, 21 and his wife Anna, 21, are expecting daughter Mackynzie Renée next month, so she will be older than her new aunt or uncle.

“I think it is going to be awesome, it is going to be great,” says Josh about the news that his parents are expecting. “We have been looking forward to the arrival of my little girl and to now get to celebrate for my parents, it’s a wonderful thing.”

Another Fun Pregnancy
The families often get to see one another and are looking forward to the babies’ births.

“I love all of this, it is so fun,” says Michelle. “Anna and I will have babies five months apart. My mother and my sister were pregnant at the same time and it was really wonderful. The kids were really close and still are. I have a nephew who grew up with me, we’re just three months apart.”

The Duggars live debt-free in a house they built themselves with their kids, whose names all begin with J: after Josh there are twins Jana and John-David, 19; Jill, 18; Jessa, 16; Jinger, 15; Joseph, 14; Josiah, 13; Joy-Anna, 11; twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah, 10; Jason, 9; James, 8; Justin, 6; Jackson, 5; Johanna, 3; Jennifer, 2, and Jordyn-Grace, 8 months. Their lives are featured on TLC’s 18 Kids and Counting, airing Tuesday nights.

Surprised This Time

Despite being pregnant 18 times before, Michelle says this pregnancy came as a shock, although her daughters wondered why she was eating more pickles than usual.

“I was wanting pickles and the older girls were saying, ‘Mom, you only crave these at the very beginning of being pregnant, You kept it from us before, now tell us. Are you?’” Michelle says. “And I kept telling them I wasn’t. I just wanted some pickles.”

But when she couldn’t lose weight on her diet, she became suspicious.

“I was in Weight Watchers with Jim Bob and I wasn’t losing any weight,” she says. “I couldn’t figure it out. I was doing what I should. And the baby, who was nursing, was fussy. I kept thinking, ‘This isn’t right. She isn’t teething, she doesn’t have an ear infection. I’m not cheating on my diet, I should be losing weight.’ Then, I put two and two together and wondered if I could possibly be pregnant.”

She took out one of two tests she had in the house and it was immediately positive.

Renewed Marriage Vows
“I told Jim Bob and he couldn’t keep it in, he was so excited,” she says. “The kids were outside playing on a water slide and he gathered them together and had to share the news. There was all this screaming and yelling.”

The Duggars recently renewed their wedding vows – they’ve been married 25 years and one month – and say that the ceremony was a wonderful way for their own children to understand the commitment of marriage.

“We got married when Michelle was 17 and I was 19,” Jim Bob says. “We were married in the hallway of a church because at the time they had no sanctuary. There were plastic chairs and crepe paper. So, when we renewed our vows, we did it in that same hallway and we splurged to make bows out of a plastic white table cloth this time, but we still had plastic chairs. I think it is important to have the kids see that commitment themselves.”

No Health Concerns
Michelle says that since she was 36 years old, her doctor has given her and Jim Bob pamphlets about prenatal testing since there is an increase of risk of health problems in babies with older mothers. But, she says they don’t worry about those risks and don’t take the tests.

“We know what could happen,” she says. “We read through the information. If the Lord chooses to give us challenges along the way, we know His grace will be there, so we don’t opt to do the testing.”

As far as her own health, her doctor told PEOPLE when her last child was born that Michelle’s health was excellent: “Some women are made to have babies, and Michelle is to the nth degree,” ob-gyn Amy Sarver told PEOPLE in December. “She is in terrific health without any strain on her uterus.”

Michelle says she’s just glad for every day that she gets to enjoy being with her kids, even as she endures a 19th round of morning sickness.

“I’m feeling nauseous right now,” she says. “And, I’m tired. I am happy for the feelings of morning sickness and I’m happy for every day I get to play with my kids. We don’t know what tomorrow holds and so I try to enjoy every moment.”

Another J-Name
Already, names are being discussed in the Duggar household: Jessa, 16, has printed up a list of J-names for boys and girls that have yet to be used by a Duggar, Michelle says.

“We’ll hopefully find out whether it’s a girl or a boy at 20 weeks,” says Jim Bob. (Michelle is almost at the 12-week mark now.) “That will narrow the list down some.”

And Jim Bob says he’d welcome a little assistance: “We’d love to hear from the readers at PEOPLE.com to come up with a special name for this child.”

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Guffaw. A special name for the child? How about anything that does not start with the letter J?

My husband just commented to me that although Michelle Duggar and I are the same age, she could pass for my great great great grandmother. Sadly, multiple pregnancies do age a body and everything else in the process. Okay, so maybe he was exaggerating. Michelle may feel nauseous, but not as much as the rest of America, even those who have more than five but under ten kids. This is sick, it is not normal, it is not natural, and it sure as hell is not a clown car. I wonder if Jim Bob feels like God yet? This guy can populate an entire planet with his creations. Well, Michelle and Jim Bob have proven to the world they propagate prolifically enough for the rest for the human race to stop breeding overnight. I’m still laughing at my husband’s comment, though. And then that “Jim Bob couldn’t keep it in” - he certainly couldn’t! Too funny. It’s good to be childfree and look decades younger than your real age.