Friends and family members of the famous Bates family are hoping Erin Bates pulls through after experiencing septic shock following childbirth — and that includes the Duggars. The two families are now ...

The Bates family found fame on their Up TV reality series, which chronicled Erin’s parents, Gil and Kelly Bates, raising 19 children. Erin and her husband, Chad, tied the knot at Clear Springs Baptist ...