Jessa Duggar gives birth to baby No. 5 with husband Ben Seewald
Jessa Duggar and her husband, Ben Seewaldwelcomed their fifth baby on Tuesday, December 19, after previously suffering a miscarriage.
“The baby is here and we couldn’t be more grateful!” Duggar, 31, wrote via Instagram on Saturday, December 23, she shared a hospital photo with her newborn son.
The Count on alum also shared a link to her YouTube channel, where she described her birth story.
“So after working about 12 hours, I was moved [from an emergency room bed] into my room and I was able to get an epidural shortly after,” she recalled in the social media video. “And it worked great on one side and it was a little spotty on the other side. It wasn’t a perfect version, but I’d say it’s 80 percent better than before I got it.
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Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald got married in November 2014 and have since expanded their family. The couple announced their first pregnancy five months after their wedding. “Ben and I are so excited to announce we are expecting a baby!!!!” Jessa, one of Jim Bob and Michelle’s Duggar’s 19 children, wrote via Twitter (now […]
After Duggar’s doctor told her the baby was still “pretty high up,” she decided to “turn off” the epidural. Duggar then followed her midwife’s advice to sit in different positions and try to turn the baby. Once the baby started to drop, Duggar felt more contractions and had the doctors re-administer the epidural.
Duggar was joined at the hospital by husband Seewald, 28, and her mother. Michelle.
“The most beautiful moment [was] when they picked the baby up and put him on me,” Jessa said in the video. “Just holding him there, I think there were so many emotions in that moment [and] so many things you process. It’s been a year since we lost our last baby and it’s been a flood of emotions.”
The couple – who tied the knot in November 2014 – are already parents to sons Spurgeon and Henry and daughters Ivy and Fern.
Duggar announced in September 2023 that she was pregnant. “After a heartbreaking loss last year, we are so grateful that God blessed us with a rainbow baby,” she wrote via her Instagram Story at the time, including a link to a YouTube video about the news.
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The 19 children and counting alum showed off her positive pregnancy test in the video shared to the family’s YouTube channel. “This past week we heard some fantastic news that our rainbow baby is on the way,” she said. “We couldn’t be more excited.”
Six months earlier, Duggar revealed that she had suffered a miscarriage. “Nothing could have prepared me for the weight of those words in that moment,” she recalled in February 2023, adding that she “immediately started crying” as she and Seewald “began trying to come to terms with the loss.” [while] sitting there and holding hands and crying.”
Duggar spoke candidly about the moments before she underwent a D&C procedure. “Right when they drove me back [to the operating room], I just wanted to ask, ‘Can I please have one more ultrasound? Please have someone check it, make sure,” she shared. “I was already afraid that they might have done something wrong. … You know it’s irrational, but you’re just scared.”
Duggar — who previously suffered another miscarriage before welcoming daughter Fern — recalled the “hollow feeling inside” after the procedure because “the life that was inside you is no longer there and you never got to see your baby and say goodbye.” ‘
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Over the years, Duggar has been open about how her life changed when she became a mother. “I think there were so many things where I was like, ‘I totally know how to do this.’ I’ve been around kids,’ but when it’s your own child, it’s completely different,” she shared exclusively We weekly in July 2020. “First of all, it is your responsibility.”
As she navigated parenthood, Duggar leaned on experienced moms for advice. “I’m constantly going to moms who are a season ahead of me, like my own mom, and saying, ‘Hey, do you have a kid with this personality?’ or “Have you dealt with this problem before?” Or ‘How do you keep a cool head?'” she explained. “That’s something I always ask my mom when I feel like I’m getting frustrated over little things. I’m absolutely impressed by my mother’s patience mother, certainly.”