John David Duggar and wife Abbie announced this weekend that they are expecting baby number two after a difficult first pregnancy.
Abbie, 29, holding her two-year-old daughter Grace in one hand and the other in the other, posted her baby bump on Instagram Sunday for the first time.
“To the little girl who called me mom and our baby who should be born at the end of summer, I will love you forever!” she wrote.
John David Duggar and wife Abbie announced this weekend that they are expecting baby number two after a difficult first pregnancy.
Abbie, 29, introduced her baby bump on Instagram on Sunday. She wrote: “To the little girl who called me mom and our baby born at the end of summer, I will love you forever!”
John David, 32, married later than most of his siblings – and while he’s alone with Abbie and their second child, they probably have a much smaller brood than his parents’ 19 children.
Abbie may be prone to fewer and more gradual pregnancies after a rough time putting on for the first time.
The first trimester was particularly difficult for Abbie, who suffered from severe morning sickness.
“It hit him hard and he probably slept through seven weeks with severe morning sickness,” John David later told The Weekly. “I was diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum and was hospitalized several times.”
Hyperemesis gravidarum is a complication in which pregnant women experience severe nausea and vomiting, often leading to dehydration.
Celebrities such as the Duchess of Cambridge, Kelly Clarkson, and Amy Schumer have also experienced it.
John David married later than most of his siblings – and since he and Abbie are alone with their second child, they probably have a much smaller brood than their parents’ 19 children.
Abbie had a difficult first pregnancy with hyperemesis gravidarum in her first trimester
She also struggled with 26 hours of labor before giving birth to her first child.
The birth was documented on the Duggars’ canceled reality show Counting On.
“We’ve had multiple emergency room visits for dehydration,” said John David. “He couldn’t eat a lot, couldn’t drink, couldn’t eat anything. So basically he was on IV and had IVs at home. So it was a pretty scary time.
He added that he took very good care of his wife.
“I save his water and snacks for him. I make him eat and relax. All I can get for him, I’m trying. i run to the shop [get] Whatever he needs, make him as comfortable as possible when he’s feeling down.”
She then struggled for 36 hours of labor to give birth.
“My body was clearly not progressing and I was really tired,” she said in a web episode of Counting On TLC.
Abbie and John David’s son will be one of the Duggars’ children.
Last week, 23-year-old Jed and his new 23-year-old bride, Katey, welcomed a baby boy named Truett Oliver Duggar, just 13 months after they got married.
Jed Duggar and his wife Katey welcomed their first child 13 months after they got married.
Jill and her husband Derick Dillard are also expecting a child this year when baby number three arrives.
‘He’s here! We love you so much baby True! ‘ they wrote on Instagram.
They added that the real baby was born Monday, May 2 18:34 weighs 8lb. It measures 5 ounces and 20.5 inches.
They chose the name Truett because they say it means “warrior for Jesus” and Oliver means “peace”.
Meanwhile, Jill and her husband Derick Dillard are also expecting a child this year when baby number three arrives.
Duggar’s watchers also speculated that Josiah and his wife, Lauren, and Joe and his wife, Kendra, were also waiting again.
Source: Daily Mail
