Vyckie's Tour de Crap: Quiverfull and the Life of the Mother

The recent “Born to Breed” episode of “Secret Lives of Women” has attracted quite a bit of attention from practicing Quiverfull women ~ and several QF/P blogs are discussing my story and NLQ.  I appreciate that quite a few of these blog commenters are giving thoughtful consideration to the message here.  But many others are insisting [...]

Michelle Duggar is expecting her 19th child

by Vyckie Michelle Duggar with her children after the birth of baby #18 The news at People.com is that the Duggar family is joyously anticipating the arrival of their newest baby in the spring. “I love all of this, it is so fun,” says Michelle. “Anna and I will have babies five months apart.” According [...]

Unassisted Bathtub Births and Quiverfull

Here’s the FOX 59 report which includes a portion of the interview that I did in Minneapolis:   Discuss this post on the NLQ forums!

Dear Carri ~ an open letter from one traumatized "mom of many" to another

by Vyckie I was recently interviewed by a Minnesota news station in relation to the sad case of Carri Chmielewski ~ a “quiverfull” mother whose planned unassisted home birth of baby #9 ended tragically. As one who has been in similar high-risk situations with three of my pregnancies ~ I wrote a piece expressing my [...]

Vyckie's Tour de Crap: A Change of Heart

Are these all yours? No ~ not all ~ Angel was at the zoo when this picture was taken yesterday at the park ~ so one of them is missing I’ve been thinking that now would be a good time to add our “reversal testimony” to my Tour de Crap ~ since I am to [...]