Jessa Duggar is pregnant with baby number four.
The 28-year-old star Counting On and her husband, Ben Seewald, shared that they are expecting another baby in the summer, also revealing that Jessa had a miscarriage in 2020.
‘After the great loss of a child last year, we are delighted to share that another little Seewald is on the way,’ said the couple.
Ta-da! Jessa Duggar is pregnant with baby number four
Family: Jessa and Ben, who married in 2014, have three children: four-year-old Spurgeon, three-year-old Henry, and one-and-a-half-year-old Ivy
‘The pregnancy is going smoothly, and both baby and Jessa are doing well,’ they said.
‘We are so thankful to God for the precious gift of new life! The kids are overjoyed, and we can hardly wait to welcome this little one into our arms this summer. ‘
In a video for TLC, Jessa said: ‘I feel great. Happy to be out of the first trimester, feeling sick. But feel good now and have more energy. ‘
Jessa and Ben, who married in 2014, have three children: four-year-old Spurgeon, three-year-old Henry, and one-and-a-half-year-old Ivy.
In the TLC video, the couple said their sons are ‘excited’ to have a new baby brother.
Spurgeon and Henry are excited. They understand, ‘said the man. ‘We don’t have many fertile apps on our phone that we look at and they see updates about the baby’s progress and growth.’
Ivy, who turns two in May, doesn’t fully understand yet, and Jessa thinks it will be a ‘shock’ when the baby arrives.
News: 28-year-old star Counting On and her husband Ben Seewald shared the news in today’s news, also revealing that Jessa had a miscarriage in 2020
The couple plan to keep their child’s sex as secret as they have been with a previous pregnancy
‘In some ways, this is the fourth baby, I think we feel a little more prepared. At least we know what to expect, ‘said Jessa. ‘But in other ways, I feel, you’ll never be ready for the next move of my life. ‘
‘We were thrilled to see Ivy enter her role as a big sister. I think she’ll be really good at that, ‘she said.
While they are now experts in caring for babies, Jessa admitted that every new one is a surprise.
‘In some ways, this is the fourth baby, I think we feel a little more prepared. At least we know what to expect, ‘said Jessa. ‘But in other ways, I feel, you’ll never be ready for the next move of my life. ‘
As to whether they are expecting a boy or a girl, they do not say.
‘Our tradition is to discover the sex, and Ben and I keep that a secret, surprising the family when the baby is born,’ Jessa said.
‘I think we’re likely to do that again this time. We certainly didn’t decide, though, because Sprugeon and Henry have been interested in knowledge, so that kind of makes us make a second guess.
‘But then if we tell them, it’s no longer a surprise, because they’ll definitely kill him.’
Jessa also updated on Ivy ‘s progress, saying:’ Ivy is talking, saying new words all the time. She loves to sing, and sings songs for a long time. But she always surprises us with her eloquence. It is very wide. ‘
Historically, Jessa has been born at home with her children, even though she had to be rushed to the hospital because of post – reality complications.
In 2019, she was born in her living room while TLC cameras rolled over, working on the family’s brown suede bed.
‘Waiting to be pregnant with a baby to meet your baby, it seems like it takes forever for the baby to come here,’ Jessa said at the time. ‘So the first few minutes right after the baby is born are the sweetest times of your life.’
But shortly after Ivy Jane came into the world, a midwife called Jessa 911, and an ambulance arrived to pick up the still-falling new mother and take her to hospital.
This wasn’t the first time Jessa had too much bleeding after giving birth: When she delivered her first child, Spurgeon, she lost enough blood that her mother called 911, and Jessa had to shed blood. get in the hospital.
Flashback: In 2019, she was born in her living room while TLC cameras rolled over, working on the family’s brown suede bed
Ready to go! When it was time, she sat on a bad receiver that had been thrown out of the runway and pushed her.
Emergency: But shortly after Ivy Jane came into the world, a midwife called Jessa 911, and an ambulance arrived to pick up the new mother who was still leaking and take her to the hospital.
There has been a bit of a lull in Duggar’s recent pregnancy announcement.
Currently, she is the only other member of the family who has confirmed that she is expecting Joe’s wife, Kendra, 22, who is due to give birth to her third child this month.
Meanwhile, Jessa’s sister, Jinger, 26, welcomed a daughter, Evangeline Jo, on November 22nd. She was the second child of Jinger and her husband, Jeremy Vuolo.
In announcing that she was pregnant last year, Jinger also opened up about a miscarriage she suffered.
‘We went in and they tried to get a heartbeat, and they couldn’t find a heartbeat. And they did an ultrasound and they said we had lost the baby, ‘she said afterwards.
‘It was very sad for us,’ Jeremy shook in. ‘Just in time, it was sudden. And we had just told our family, and it hit us hard. ‘
Currently, the only other family member to have confirmed that she is expecting Kendra’s wife, 22, is due to give birth to her third child this month.
While Jessa is expected to have the second largest child in the Duggar family, she is still two behind her older brother, Josh’s sex plague.
The 32-year-old and his wife Anne have six children.
Jill, 29, and her husband Derick Dillard have two children, and Joy Anna, 23, and her husband Austin Forsyth also have two.
John David, 31, has a husband and his wife Abbie, as do Josiah, 24, and his wife Lauren.
If Duggar’s timelines are any indication, Justin’s 18-year-old brother will be a father in no time, having been involved with Claire Spivey in the fall.