Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald's household has grown once more with the arrival of their sixth child.
“When child was born and all the things was OK, I simply sobbed like a child. I simply cried,” Duggar mentioned in a YouTube video uploaded on Monday, August 4, asserting the kid's delivery. “We each cried. The infant's crying, I'm crying. It was such a fantastic second and we're so grateful.”
Duggar gave delivery to her little on Saturday, August 2. She added the “general” it was not an extended labor for her because it lasted “7.5 hours.” Her mother was by her facet for the supply.
The fact star didn't share the title or gender of her child and teased each will likely be revealed in her subsequent video.
Duggar and Seewald tied the knot in November 2014 and went on to welcome son Spurgeon in November 2015, son Henry in February 2017, daughter Ivy in Could 2019, daughter Fern in July 2021 and son George in December 2023.
In March, Duggar introduced that she was anticipating the couple's sixth child. “Midway to holding you in our arms! 💞,” she captioned sonogram pictures shared through Instagram on the time.
5 months earlier, Duggar shut down hypothesis that she was pregnant after sharing a household portrait on the seaside. “So grateful for these blessings,” she wrote through Instagram in September 2024.
When a social media consumer commented that Duggar “look[ed] pregnant” within the image, she replied, “Not pregnant. Simply an excessive amount of ice cream on trip. 😆.”
Jessa is the fifth eldest little one of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, whose household rose to fame on TLC's 19 Youngsters and Counting. The fact present aired from 2008 to 2015, and following its cancellation, Jessa and her sister Jill Duggar starred on the spinoff Counting On from 2015 to 2020.
Though Jessa was raised with 18 siblings, she opened up completely to Us Weekly in July 2020 concerning the distinctive facets of adjusting to motherhood.
“I feel there have been so many issues that I felt like, ‘I completely know the way to do that. I've been round children,' however then when it's your personal child, it's completely totally different,” she defined. “For one, it's your duty, it's not like, ‘Right here, Mother, the child stinks, change the diaper.' Waking up within the evening, I feel that was in all probability one of many hugest changes for me. Feeling that duty of checking on their fever and ensuring they're OK. Like, when do I do know to go to the physician?”
The following era of Duggars are right here and extra are on the way in which — as a result of 19 Youngsters and Counting simply wasn't sufficient. It began when Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar tied the knot in 1984 and began rising their household 4 years later. Since Josh's 1988 delivery, the couple have welcomed twins John-David […]
Jessa has additionally been forthcoming about how she and Seewald juggle their relationship with their roles as dad and mom.
“Having alone time when you will have two younger children doesn't simply occur,” she completely informed Us in July 2018, revealing that the pair have a standing date evening. “We've to be purposeful.”
With their demanding schedules, generally Jessa and Ben reconnect over takeout after their children go to mattress.
“It's nice as a result of our conversations can go lengthy and also you're not on a time-clock with a babysitter or questioning if the infant's bedtime routine went easily,” she famous. “It's a great match for us at the moment in our lives.”
