Escape from Duggarville: How playing the good Christian housewife almost killed me

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9. Good article

I remember Vyckie from way back on homebirth and vbac email lists. I think she has posted here in the past. I was a bit shocked at first to learn that she had left the movement (after her posts on those email lists) but I've read a lot of her blog - it's very informative.

The whole quiverfull movement is really scary. I've known a few other ladies online who belong to it. Without question, they were brainwashed. It's sad to see. I've known more than a few who have had difficult pregnancies and births, yet months after a difficult birth they are pregnant again. I can see the appeal - you get to stay at home with your kids, maybe live a 'natural' life, grow your own food, and so on, but the brainwashing and emotional abuse is massive, never mind the physical toll. Whenever I see Michelle Duggar on tv she has that totally brainwashed 'look' on her face. You all know the look I'm speaking of. And it makes me so sad for her.