By JILL ZEMAN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - It's a girl — again — for the Duggars. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar welcomed their 17th child, and seventh daughter, into the world Thursday. if(window.yzq_d==null)window.yzq_d=new Object();window.yzq_d['VyN2NNGDJHY-']='&U=13beu7vif%2fN%3dVyN2NNGDJHY-%2fC%3d588795.11098932.11669927.1442997%2fD%3dLREC%2fB%3d4608707';

Jennifer Danielle was born at 10:01 a.m. at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rogers, Ark., the Duggars said in an interview. Jennifer weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and arrived five days after Michelle's due date.

Less than 30 minutes after giving birth, the Duggars already were talking of having more.:faint::faint::faint::faint:

"We'd love to have more," Michelle said, adding that the girls are outnumbered seven to 10 in the family. "We love the ruffles and lace."

Jennifer joins the fast-growing Duggar brood, who live in Tontitown in a 7,000-square-foot home. All the children — whose names start with the letter J — are home-schooled.

The oldest is 19 and the youngest, before Jennifer, is almost 2 years old.

"We are just so grateful to God for another gift from him," said Jim Bob Duggar, 42, a former state representative. "We are just so thankful to him that everything went just very well."

Jennifer joins siblings Joshua, 19; John David, 17; Janna, 17; Jill, 16; Jessa, 14; Jinger, 13; Joseph, 12; Josiah, 11; Joy-Anna, 9; Jedidiah, 8; Jeremiah, 8; Jason 7; James 6; Justin, 4; Jackson, 3; Johannah, almost 2.

The family includes two sets of twins.

Michelle Duggar said that Joshua, Janna, Jill and Jessa were at the hospital, but that the rest of the family planned to visit their new sister later Thursday.

Michelle Duggar said she started feeling contractions Wednesday night and went to the hospital at about 5 a.m. Thursday.

"It actually went fast," she said. "I guess once I started progressing, it went within 30 minutes."

Jennifer was born via a VBAC — or vaginal birth after Caesarean, Jim Bob Duggar said.

The Duggars have been featured on several programs on cable's Discovery Health Network. The next special, the Duggar Family Album, is scheduled to air next month, Jim Bob Duggar said.

Among the "fun facts" listed on Discovery Health's Web page devoted to the Duggars: A baby has been born in every month except June; the Duggars have gone through an estimated 90,000 diapers, and Michelle, 40, has been pregnant for 126 months — or 10.5 years — of her life.

If that's what makes them happy, then good for them.

I can't imagine being one of 17 kids -- talk about starving for attention. Let's see what happens when their kids end up in rehab.

And it's completely possible to be raised an only child and still be starved for attention. These kids will always have someone to turn to AND someone to care for.

I doubt they're any more likely to end up in rehab than anyone else's kids -- probably LESS likely.

I too saw the show and they did seem like a very loving family, a little bit in the 'cult' side though, like they were tied up to some sort of religion or something. But, they can afford them, so I am all for it. Personally, I would not do it.

I don't find fault in how the family seemed to very loving, and willingly helping out---now we all know they DID know they were being filmed, but in general seemed very happy.

My biggest issue with having that many kids seems like you miss knowing each of them as well as you could with less. I do realize uncaring parents may not know their one child. But like I said before, the play time one on one with your child, or knowing that Jimmy doesn't like the food on his plate to touch, or that Susie is not drinking her milk it is just sitting in the glass....little things that seem impossible to deal with when you constantly have an infant, and then 16 others as well!

Then maybe she is just a whole lot better at it than I am!!! I did daycare, and we limited 4 children to one caretaker...which is about what she has when you consider her oldest children as caretakers.

As one of only 2 children, and my only sibling being a brother, I always wanted a sister to talk to and play with, these kids never lack for companionship. Which is one of the big reasons I did daycare, so my only child DD would have that...then I married a man with 2 kids...and the 3 were all one year apart....so they had close siblings in the end, and it was great!

It definitely is not something I would ever care to do---from the begining to the end---childbirth is not fun! And I can't see myself maintaining my sanity and raising 17 kids into healthy happy adults!!! I am sure my kids are glad too!!!!

Kat