Amy Duggar King, the 34 year-old niece of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, took to Instagram over the weekend to fire back at a fan who had told her to “pick up the pace” with having children.
King shared a photo of a direct message she received in which a fan told her that while she’s “a good mom” to her and husband Dillon King’s 1-year-old son Daxton, she is also “a little behind some other famous people who are having four babies by the time they are 20.”
“I think your body is fine to have more. I like you [to] have a fun life but don’t be selfish with your life,” the fan wrote. “Pick up the pace, you should have been pregnant again like yesterday.”
King responded by saying that while she “tried so hard not to post this,” she felt she had to speak her mind.
“I think what really got to me was the fact that this total stranger apparently knows my body so well!? and literally tells me that my body is OK to produce more childen [sic],” King wrote. “… First off I’m flabbergasted that someone would have the audacity to type these words to anyone!! I mean. Who in their right mind says, ‘I think your body is ready to pop out more kids’ to a total stranger?!”
King went on to explain that she’s still healing from her C-section, struggling with vertigo, and dealing with exhaustion.
“This pandemic has been so rough on so many people and my business has taken a hit just like so many others. I need to be on my A game,” she wrote. “I need to give it my all. I need to stay creative and focus on 3130. Children are such a blessing, but I can’t imagine being pregnant again right now. I’d be unmotivated, emotional, stressed out and not in a good head space and that’s OK to admit.”
“I’m a very hands-on mom, and I also want to give my son my full attention,” King added. “This toddler stage is so amazing and I don’t want to miss a thing!”
King also said that her body “is not a factory” and that “it’s WORK” to have a child, going on to say that she and her husband “are teetering” on the idea of just being parents to one.
“I am an only child, and I think I grew up just fine. So cheers to the mama’s who decide to have one child! Honestly we are teetering on that idea,” she explained. “Some women are designed not to have large families. I am one of them. Too much noise, chaos, it’s just not for me.”
“But kudos to those mamas who do! God gave you super human strength. Deep down even though in a way it terrifies me I’d love to foster or adopt,” Amy continued. “It’s exhausting always being compared to other people. I’m in my 30s now, away from that show and I’m so over it. It just has to stop.”
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King had previously told Entertainment Tonight [1] that a large family is not something she wants.
“Maybe not 12 or 20 [kids]. One or two, maybe three,” Amy said. “We kinda have our own way of doing things.”
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com [2] and is used by permission.
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