It's baby 18 ... and they want more!

Source: Agencies  |   2008-12-20  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION

AN Arkansas woman has given birth to her 18th child.

Michelle Duggar delivered the baby girl by Caesarean section at Mercy Medical Center in Rogers of the United States on Thursday. The baby, named Jordyn-Grace Makiya Duggar, weighed 3.26 kilograms and was 51 centimeters long.

"The ultimate Christmas gift from God," said Jim Bob Duggar, the father of the 18 children. "She's just absolutely beautiful, like her mom and her sisters."

The Duggars now have 10 sons and eight daughters.

Michelle started having contractions on Wednesday night and needed the Caesarean section, her third, because the baby was lying sideways. Jim Bob said both baby and mother were doing well on Thursday night.

"We both would love to have more," he said.

The US cable network TLC broadcasts a weekly show about the Duggars, called "Seventeen and Counting."

Chris Finnegan of TLC said the show's name would be updated to account for the latest addition to the family.

Jim Bob Duggar is 43, a year older than his wife. Their oldest child, Joshua, is 20.

The other Duggar children, in between Joshua and Jordyn-Grace, are Jana, 18; John-David, 18; Jill, 17; Jessa, 16; Jinger, 14; Joseph, 13; Josiah, 12; Joy-Anna, 11; Jeremiah, 9; Jedidiah, 9; Jason, 8; James, 7; Justin, 6; Jackson, 4; Johannah, 3; and Jennifer, 1.