After several months working on the baby's name, the '19 Kids and Counting' star and husband Ben have finally revealed the name of her baby and the meaning behind it.
- Nov 12, 2015
AceShowbiz - Jessa Duggar and her husband Ben Seawald have officially named their baby boy. The "19 Kids and Counting" reality TV star was more than excited to reveal the details about their baby including his name, weight and length via YouTube on Wednesday, November 11.
Toting her sleeping baby, Jessa said to the camera, "We are very excited to introduce our baby boy to the world... We've been working on deciding on name and we finally figured it out." Ben who was sitting next to his wife added, "So his name is Spurgeon Elliot Seawald."
Ben then explained the meaning behind his baby's name. The baby's name came from the last names of preacher in 19th century, Charles Spurgeon, and missionary to South America, Jim Elliot. The preacher wrote a sermon book which continues to impact a lot of people until now while the missionary was working so hard in spreading the gospel until he died on his mission. Jessa also announced that the baby was 21.14 inches long and weighed 9 lbs 11 oz. at birth.
Earlier in the day, Ben posted on Twitter a screenshot showing his son's first encounter with Jill Duggar's baby via FaceTime. While his son appeared to be sleeping, Jill's baby was seemingly trying to talk to his cousin. "Izzy got to FaceTime his cousin today!" read the caption.
Izzy got to FaceTime his cousin today! pic.twitter.com/Js7qx2UmQY
— Ben Seewald (@BenSeewald) November 11, 2015Her baby's name aside, Jessa recently opened up about her first experience of giving birth. "Labor is hard," Jessa told PEOPLE. "It was very intense, very long. Everything was different than I expected." The reality TV star revealed that after the baby came out, she was bleeding so much to the point that she's nearly fainting.
"I tried to keep my head, I was awake and alert," Jessa explained, adding that her mom Michelle Duggar called 911 due to the incident. Josh Duggar's younger sister also had to undergo a blood transfusion and stay overnight at hospital. However, her son was brought to her side.
