The '19 Kids and Counting' alum, who welcomed her fourth child with husband Ben Seewald in July 2021, reveals she had been feeling 'really sick' and had 'some spotting' before finding out about her miscarriage.
- Feb 27, 2023
AceShowbiz - Jessa Duggar has suffered a miscarriage. The "19 Kids and Counting" alum couldn't help but break down in tears while revealing her pregnancy loss in a video shared on YouTube.
The 30-year-old, who welcomed her fourth child with husband Ben Seewald in July 2021, shared her story in a YouTube video titled "Heartbreak Over the Holidays". In the clip, she recalled the moment when her ultrasound technician told her, "The sac looks good. The baby does not."
"Nothing could've prepared me for the weight of those words at that moment," the former reality star added. "At that moment I was just in complete shock. I didn't have words. I just immediately started crying."
Jessa admitted that she had been feeling "really sick" and had "some spotting" before finding out about her miscarriage. "It does seem a bit concerning," she recounted. "I feel like in some ways miscarriages can be so jarring because you don't have clear signs of something going wrong... I had minimal spotting for 24 hours, and that was it."
Jessa eventually had a dilation and curettage procedure upon learning of the sad news. "Right as they were wheeling me back [to the operating room], I just wanted to ask, like, 'Just, can I please have one more ultrasound? Please, somebody check, make sure,' " she said. "I was having all these fears that maybe they got something wrong… You know It's irrational, but you just feel scared."
Though she was going through hard times, the TV personality found solace in her faith. "I was able to thank God in that moment for giving us this life, even if we wouldn't be able to hold this baby in our arms," she declared. "When you lose someone so dear to you, it does make heaven that much sweeter. We talked about that with the kids. We can't wait to meet this little one in heaven one day."
