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Jessa Duggar, 30, is simply a subordinate of the Duggar family, who became celebrated from their now-canceled TLC world amusement 19 Kids and Counting. Jessa is the 5th child, and 3rd daughter, of Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar, who person 19 children. After 19 Kids and Counting was canceled successful 2015 owed to Josh Duggar‘s sexual maltreatment scandal, Jessa starred successful the spinoff Counting On, which was also canceled successful 2021 due to the fact that of another scandal involving her brother. The family’s controversies are the taxable of a new Prime Video docuseries, which Jessa does not look in.
Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald (Photo: SplashNews.com)
Jessa is present enjoying beingness distant from world tv with her hubby Benjamin Seewald, 28, and their four children. In February 2023, Jessa shared the heartbreaking quality that she suffered a miscarriage with her 5th kid 2 months prior. Jessa had antecedently suffered a gestation nonaccomplishment earlier her girl Fern was born successful July 2021. Here’s everything you request to cognize astir Jessa and Ben’s 4 children.
Spurgeon
Jessa and Ben’s eldest child, lad Spurgeon Elliot Seewald, was calved connected November 5, 2015. Spurgeon’s commencement was featured connected an occurrence of Counting On. He was named aft British preacher Charles Spurgeon. A fewer months aft Spurgeon’s birth, Jessa told US Weekly that she planned to rise her lad otherwise than however she grew up successful her extremely blimpish family.
“Spurgeon is inactive beauteous young, but I’m definite that arsenic helium continues to grow, I volition find that I thin to bash immoderate things otherwise than my ma did,” Jessa said astatine the time. “That’s the quality of the idiosyncratic family. No 1 is identical. There volition beryllium variations with small things present and there, but I cognize that our foundational goals stay the aforesaid — to rise our kids to emotion God and beryllium a blessing to others,” she added.
Henry
Jessa and Ben’s 2nd child, lad Henry Wilberforce Seewald, was calved connected February 6, 2017. His commencement was announced connected an occurrence of Counting On. Jessa said she chose the sanction Henry for her 2nd lad due to the fact that she “really liked it.” Henry’s mediate sanction is successful grant of William Wilberforce, a person and philanthropist who was instrumental successful putting an extremity to the enslaved trade.
The time aft Henry’s birth, Jessa and Ben shared the archetypal photograph of their household of 4 with PEOPLE. They besides did a TLC video to present the caller summation to their family. “I deliberation it’s truly awesome that we person 2 small boys truthful adjacent unneurotic successful age,” Jessa said successful the video. “I cognize they’re going to beryllium champion friends and emotion increasing up and doing everything together, truthful I’m looking guardant to seeing that.”
Ivy
Jessa and Ben’s 3rd child, daughter Ivy Jane Seewald, was calved connected May 26, 2019. Like her older brothers, Ivy’s commencement was featured connected an occurrence of Counting On. Ivy weighed 7 pounds and 14 ounces and measured 20.5 inches agelong erstwhile she was born, according to Us Weekly. “She feels truthful tiny compared to her siblings!” Jessa and Ben told the publication in a connection aft Ivy’s birth. The mates added, “We’re truthful grateful to God for this precious gift. She is already truthful loved. Her large brothers adore her!”
When Ivy turned 3 successful May 2022, Jessa shared a saccharine tribute to her eldest girl connected Instagram. “She brings joyousness and laughter to our location each azygous day,” Jessa wrote. “I tin hardly retrieve what beingness was similar earlier she was present with us! So thankful to God for this precious acquisition of Ivy Jane!”
Fern
Jessa and Ben’s 4th child, Fern Elliana Seewald, was calved July 18, 2021. Jessa revealed her 2nd daughter’s sanction and enactment successful a “Birth Story” video connected YouTube. Fern weighed 8 pounds and 5.9 ounces, and was 21 inches long. The “Birth Story”, which was breached up into respective parts, besides featured Ivy, Henry, and Spurgeon gathering their caller sibling for the archetypal time. Jessa shared a photo of Fern erstwhile she was 2 weeks old. Baby Fern wore a yellowish bandana with a bow successful it successful the snapshot, which Jessa captioned, “Baby Fern is 2 weeks old!”
In Sept. 2022, Jessa posted a photo of Ben holding babe Fern, and shared that Fern is “a daddy’s girl— nary uncertainty astir it!” Jessa revealed that Fern “runs crossed the house” erstwhile she hears Ben coming location from work. “And I’m not jealous— not 1 bit!” Jessa said. “I’m conscionable implicit present melting into a literal puddle each clip I witnesser these scenes.”
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