Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Duggar #5 Turns 23

Wishing Jessa Lauren (Duggar) Seewald a blessed 23rd birthday! Baby Seewald is three days overdue, so perhaps he or she will end up sharing a birthday with Mommy.



Photos courtesy duggarfamily.com/TLC/Scott Enlow

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  1. Happy Birthday to one of my favorite Duggars!! So excited to see pictures of Baby Seewald!!!

    --Abby

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  2. She is beautiful inside and out. Happy birthday Jessa Blessa!

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  3. Happy 23rd Birthday Jessa! Wishing you love and happiness and many more birthdays to come! I can't wait to meet your new precious bundle of joy! You and Ben are going to be great parents. I hope you have a safe and healthy delivery. God bless you and your family!

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  4. Happy birthday Jessa!! It would be awesome if Quincy was born today!! I was born the day before my dad's birthday and that's really cool!! Have a wonderful day!!

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  5. Happy birthday Jessa, but if you're afraid of a big baby, perhaps you should go to a real physician and have them "measure" for the sizes of yourself and the baby. A trained MD/OBGYN would know if this child is already too large for you to deliver without medical intervention...ie, a HOSPITAL.

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    1. Can we not start this debate again? Jessa and Ben will make their own choices.

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    2. Not everyone makes life decisions based on others approval. Thank God.
      God bless you, Jessa =)

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    3. Seriously? I've had 5 going on 6 children and with my first the trained doctors in the hospital tried to tell me that my baby was going to be over 10lbs. She was 7lbs11oz. They tried again with my second and were again off by a huge margin. My third pregnancy was twins, and the doctors worked themselves into absolute hysterics with the idea that one of the twins was 2lbs14oz less than the other by their measurements. Only when they were born a week later they weighed the exact same. 6lbs3oz. With #5 my midwife guessed based off of feeling and the sizes of my other babies. She was only off by 2oz!

      So please, do go on about how we need a hospital to tell us how big our babies are as a basis for whether or not our bodies can handle it.

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  6. Happy birthday Jessa!! It would be awesome if Quincy was born today!! I was born the day before my dad's birthday!! Have a wonderful day!!

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  7. Happy Birthday Jessa!

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  8. Happy birthday Jessa!!! I hope you have a wonderful birthday! Always remember to look up!!☺

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  9. Happy Birthday Jessa! God bless you with good health, happiness and joy all the days of your life.

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  10. I've been baby watching this week hope baby is born and all ok. Happy birthday jessa good look and lots of love x

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  11. Have a wonderful Birthday!! Praying you and baby have safe and blessed labor/delivery.

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  12. Can we hear about the rest of the family too?

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    1. Everyone in the family gets wished a happy birthday. Not just Jessa & Jill.

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  13. Happy happy Birthday Jessa!

    I predict you will be having a baby girl. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I carried her out front...all out front. I delivered her a week late and she was 9 lbs 14 oz. I wasn't able to avail myself of a midwife, but I know that midwives are required to have lots of training especially as they need to transfer patients to the hospital. They are certainly able to measure a baby externally. The ultrasound I had a couple of days before underestimated the size of my daughter by over a pound!. By and large, midwives used to do most deliveries. Now we have the advantage of doctors and hospitals when birthing becomes dangerous for the mother and/or baby.

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  14. My mom's first three children were born between 10-14 days late and she,thankfully never had to go to the hospital.
    It's like me pointing out all of the things that I think are wrong about apple pie and everything that may have gone wrong in past apple pies, that have been made but still refusing to try it. The point is you should not be hating something that you have not even tried or done any research on. Besides who says that midwives are not trained physician's?
    If Ben and Jessa choose to take the home birth route then good for them, it should be the parents decision. I assume you are not a parent therefore should have no say in this matter.

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  15. Wishing you a day of love,happiness and blessings.
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSA
    God Bless
    Joan and Marion

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  16. Wishing you a birthday filled with joy,happiness and blessings. God bless you and yours.
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSA
    Marilyn

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  17. Happy birthday Jessa!!! :) So excited for you & so excited to almost see your little one :) Can't wait for his or her appearance :) Hope you are enjoying your birthday!!! :)

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  18. Happy Birthday Jessa! You look amazing! Wishing you the best of times to come!

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  19. Happy birthday Jessa! Have a safe delivery.

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  20. Comment Anonymous #17 was meant to be a reply to Anonymous#5:)

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  21. Happy birthday, Jessa!

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  22. Happy birthday!!!
    Enjoy the day and rest up.

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  23. Jessa used to be so much prettier before she started wearing all that makeup!

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  24. Happy Birthday, Jessa and many many many more to come... God bless you......

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  25. It would be nice if she could share the birthday with her baby!

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  26. I can't blame #5. I felt much more confident delivering in a hospital with a doctor than I'm sure I would have felt delivering on a toilet or in a bathtub or on my bed at home with a midwife. Different strokes...

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  27. Happy birthday to you, I hope your baby gives yourself and Ben all the joy you both deserve. Enjoy every day, take lots of pictures and make your memories your own. Babies don't stay babies for long, cherish your family,your baby, your husband, but mostly yourself. Enough advise, have a wonderfully awesome day

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  28. Happy Birthday! If spouses are spiritual sandpaper, children are spiritual sandblasters ;). Great time for lots of growth. Praying for you all as your family changes and your love grows!!

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  29. Happy Birthday Jessa ! Enjoy the rest of the day.
    My mom had 3 kids and one of my siblings was 4 days late the other was 10 days late and I was 10 days early.

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  30. Happy 23 rd Birthday Jessa !!!! Hope Ben spoiled you rotten on your SPECIAL day !!!!!

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  31. Happy Birthday Jessa!

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  32. HAPPY BIRTHDAYS BLESSA JESSA👏🎂🎈🎉

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  33. happy birthday Jessa

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  34. Happy Birthday Jessa!! Have a safe, easy delivery!

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  35. Happy birthday to you jessa!!!!

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  36. Happy birthday, Jessa! May the Lord bless your day!

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  37. Happy Birthday Jessa! I had my fifth child/daughter on my birthday. She was my best birthday present ever. I said that I gave her my birthday and I would never get any older. Well, I have and she has given me three of my eighteen grandchildren.

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  38. Happy Birthday, Jessa. Praying God's blessings on your year. Have a wonderful day. Praying for a swift and safe delivery for you.

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  39. Happy Birthday Jessa!

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  40. happy birthday Jessa have a great day

    happy birthday Jessa have a great day


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  41. I wish we could see this birth on TV. I miss watching the events and milestones. God bless you all. xoxo

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  42. Happy Birthday Jessa!!!

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  43. Happy Birthday Jessa!

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  44. Happy Birthday Jessa Blessa! I hope you are enjoying your day and baby Quincy will be here soon. Waiting for his/her own special day.

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  45. I love the Duggar family and thank you for this access. I am not an evangelical Christian but I totally respect their beliefs and loved seeing their interaction. It was refressing and inspring. I hope they are doing well and I wish them all the best. I miss them.

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  46. Happy Birthday Jessa may it be a blessed day and may your new adventure into parenthood come soon!

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  47. Happy 23rd Birthday Jessa! I wish for you a fast and safe delivery as well!

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  48. Happy Birthday, Jessa!

    Blessings
    Cheryl

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  49. Happy birthday Jessa! It has been a blessing to watch your ministry with Ben blossom and flourish. It has been an encouragement to me as well. Praying for you! God has big plans in store for your little and growing family!! God bless you!

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  50. What happened to all the pet pictures? Or the pets?

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  51. Hope you had a great day yesterday

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  52. Happy belated birthday Jessa what's up with the baby not here yet ?! Praying u won't have to be induced and that u have a super easy birth at home or hospital pending what comes your way .

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  53. It feels like I am checking this site every hour on the hour for baby news.

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  54. Anonymous #17: No, midwives are NOT professionally trained PHYSICIANS..then why do we have physicians in the first place, and why do they deliver babies if they aren't needed?
    Also, YES, I am a mother and have gone through labor and delivery more than once. Having experienced, even an easier labor and delivery, I would NEVER opt for a home birth without having that backup equipment and medically trained personnel "just in case"...because it isn't about ME, it's about putting the welfare and best interest of my baby FIRST AND FOREMOST. That's why.

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  55. Happy birthday Jessa!! I hope you have a wonderful day and hopefully get the best gift ever for your birthday (your baby!). You are in my prayers that all goes well when the time comes!

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  56. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday Dear Jessa. Happy birthday to you. Wishing you the best birthday ever!
    On baby watch. Have a safe and blessed delivery ☆☆☆

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  57. ��Happy Birthday�� Jessa,
    God Bless you in all your journeys.

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  58. Happy birthday Jessa, wishing you luck on your new baby. I will be sending prays to your family
    -Charlene

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  59. Happy birthday Jessa! Hopefully the baby is coming soon!

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  60. Happy birthday Jessa hope you have a blessed day
    and i think you will have a girl love the whole family.

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  61. Happy Birthday Jessa! A day late, but hopefully you don't notice..;) I guess I shouldn't have mentioned it then! We wish you and Ben the greatest experience and our prayers!

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  62. Happy Birthday Jessa! A day late, but hopefully you don't notice..;) I guess I shouldn't have mentioned it then! We wish you and Ben the greatest experience and our prayers!

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