The Duggars, with its fundamentalist, conservative leanings, have been vocal about being an anti in using birth control in their fertile family of 19 kids.
However, in a post in time for their 32nd year anniversary, Jim Bob revealed that they had used birth control pills in the first few years of their marriage as he and spouse Michelle were not ready yet to have kids that time.
"Believe it or not, when we first got married we decided we did not want to have children right away, so Michelle began taking birth control pills. Three years into our marriage Michelle went off the pill and we had our first child. Then she went back on the pill, because we heard it was better to space your children out, but Michelle got pregnant while she was on the pill," he wrote.
He further pointed out the pill's 'abortive' quality, referring it as the cause of Michelle's miscarriage and had made mention of a Christian doctor but did not drop any specific name saying, "whose name is totally not important right now, so let's just move on."
In the midst of the revelation, the 51-year old Duggar parent went on to express how happy and grateful he was in raising 19 kids in their brood. A source, however, noticed that he never mentioned Josh Duggar's name in the post and had only referred to him as 'to our first child.'
He later went on mentioning other names of their kids saying, "God blessed us with twins, Jana and John, then Jill & Jessa, Jinger & Joseph."
He capped the post with a heartwarming note that goes, "I look forward to spending the rest of my life with you and with our 6, going on 200 grandkids and counting,"
This week, the Duggar family announces Jinger's engagement with her boyfriend, Jeremy in their website which means the expansion and propagation of their clan.
"What a joy for us to announce that Jeremy and Jinger are now engaged to be married! Wow, where did the time go? Sweet little Jinger is now grown up and engaged! We are so happy for them both. Above all, we are so grateful for their love and commitment to Christ. We are so excited about another Duggar wedding! We know that wonderful days are ahead for Jinger and Jeremy and we are looking forward to every moment! Our entire family rejoices! Michelle & Jim Bob."
