Jessa Duggar shared a slew of sweet photos of her 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 daughter Fern five days after giving 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡.
Having a 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 doesn’t always go according to plan. You can anticipate a ᴠᴀɢɪɴᴀʟ delivery and wind up having a C-Section, go into labor before you’ve completed your ɴᴜʀsᴇʀʏ, find yourself very pregnant days after your ᴅᴜᴇ date has ᴘᴀssᴇᴅ or, in rare cases, you could end up having your 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 before you’ve made it to the hospital or 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡ing center where you’d planned to deliver.
The Counting On star Jessa ,29, gave 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 to Fern, her fourth 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 with husband Ben Seewald at a hospital – after having home 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡s with her three other 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren. She posted a snap of the two-week-old sleeping in a light blue and white 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦grow. Jessa put a sweet white bow in Fern’s hair and wrapped her in a pink blanket in the adorable shot. Giving 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 in a hospital was a ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏᴠᴇʀsɪᴀʟ choice as all the Duggar mothers ᴛʏᴘɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ welcome their 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren at home ᴜɴʟᴇss there are ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴs.
The Duggars are an extremely ᴄᴏɴsᴇʀᴠᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ Cʜʀɪsᴛɪᴀɴ family, whose other values support no sᴇx before marriage, ɴᴏ 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 control and ʜᴏᴍᴇ-sᴄʜᴏᴏʟɪɴɢ your 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren. Jessa said :”Even though I ᴅɪᴅɴ’ᴛ get my ᴇᴘɪᴅᴜʀᴀʟ ᴛɪʟʟ the very last hour before she was ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀᴇᴅ, I feel like it was still so worth it. Not only did it help with my ᴘᴜsʜɪɴɢ ᴘʜᴀsᴇ, it took the ᴘᴀɪɴ ᴏᴜᴛ of it. What I was really excited about was not being able to feel the after-ʙɪʀᴛʜ ᴄʀᴀᴍᴘs. Because those things are ᴀᴡFᴜʟ and they get ᴡᴏʀsᴇ with ᴇᴀᴄʜ kid. So I was really excited not to be able to feel that and just be able to enjoy holding my 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦.”
She added: “And then all that massaging that the ɴᴜʀsᴇs do on your ᴜᴛᴇʀᴜs – ᴅɪᴅɴ’ᴛfeel it. It was nice! Was so thankful.” The couple first announced in February that they were expecting their fourth 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 together after Jessa experienced a pregnancy ʟᴏss last year. They said: “After the ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʙʀᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ʟᴏss ᴏf a 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 last year, we’re overjoyed to share that another little Seewald is on the way. The pregnancy is going smoothly, and both 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 and Jessa are doing well. We are so grateful to Gᴏᴅ for the precious gift of a new life! They continued. The kids are delighted, and we can ʜᴀʀᴅʟʏ wait to welcome this little one into our arms this summer.”
Fern 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 weighed in at a little more than eight and half pounds, and measured 21 inches. The happy couple then spent some tender moments connecting with their new daughter. The famous pair also share sons Spurgeon, five, Henry, four, and daughter Ivy, one. On Monday morning, the little one was introduced to her siblings on FaceTime who were staying with Ben’s parents and they gushed in excitement.
